Sr. Solutions Architect (GCP)

Pankalytics; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Pankalytics in the United States is seeking a seasoned Cloud Architect to serve as the technical authority for designing and deploying resilient, scalable enterprise solutions on Google Cloud Platform.

You will design end-to-end GCP architectures with GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, and Terraform; lead discovery sessions; enforce security, IAM, VPCs, and compliance; and drive FinOps to optimize cloud spend.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in systems architecture.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification required.
• Proven migration of legacy systems to GCP using IaC.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end GCP architectures leveraging GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub and Terraform.
• Lead technical discovery sessions to translate requirements into GCP design specs.
• Enforce GCP security best practices, IAM roles, VPCs and compliance controls.
• Conduct architectural review boards and optimize cloud spending via FinOps.

Skills

System architecture

IaC

Education

GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification

Tools

GKE

BigQuery

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub

Terraform

Job description

• Role Overview: Serve as the technical authority for designing and deploying resilient, scalable, and cost-effective enterprise solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
• Key Responsibilities:
  • Design end-to-end GCP architectures leveraging GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, and Terraform.
  • Lead technical discovery sessions with key business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into GCP design specs.
  • Enforce GCP security best practices, IAM roles, network topologies (VPCs), and compliance controls.
  • Conduct architectural review boards and optimize cloud spending through modernFinOps strategies.
• Qualifications: 7+ years in systems architecture; GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification required; proven track record of migrating legacy systems to GCP using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).