Principal Google Cloud Architect — Enterprise Transformation Leader

Placements24; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Principal Cloud Technical Architect (Google) to lead Google Cloud architectures for SA and MEA, guiding strategic cloud initiatives and governance. You will collaborate with sales, consulting, and delivery teams to shape scalable, secure, and cost-optimized solutions.

You will mentor engineers, drive IaC adoption with Terraform and Google tools, and ensure best practices across migrations, modernization, and platform automation while staying current with cloud-native trends.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud architecture, or platform engineering with focus on Google Cloud.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification (required or strongly preferred).
• Experience designing enterprise networking, identity, security, and governance within Google Cloud.
• Hands-on IaC experience using Terraform and Google Cloud automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and technical governance of enterprise-scale Google Cloud solutions.
• Partner with sales and client stakeholders to develop cloud strategies, architectures, and transformation roadmaps.
• Design highly available, secure, and scalable cloud platforms using Google Cloud best practices.

Skills

Executive stakeholder communication

Cloud strategy alignment

Enterprise cloud governance

Analytical problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Google Cloud Deployment Manager

Google Cloud Platform

GKE

Cloud Run

Cloud Functions

Cloud Storage

Cloud SQL

BigQuery

Datadog

Prometheus

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Terraform Cloud

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a Principal Cloud Technical Architect (Google) to lead Google Cloud architectures for SA and MEA, guiding strategic cloud initiatives and governance. You will collaborate with sales, consulting, and delivery teams to shape scalable, secure, and cost-optimized solutions.

You will mentor engineers, drive IaC adoption with Terraform and Google tools, and ensure best practices across migrations, modernization, and platform automation while staying current with cloud-native trends.