Senior Healthcare Architect: Patient-Centered Design

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

Principal Cloud Technical Architect (Google)

**Make an impact with NTT DATA**
Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion - it's a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Cloud Architect (Google Cloud) to partner with enterprise sales, consulting, and delivery teams in designing and positioning scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-optimized cloud solutions for clients across South Africa and the Middle East & Africa. This role serves as the senior technical leader for Google Cloud architecture engagements, providing strategic guidance, solution leadership, and architectural governance across the full cloud lifecycle.
The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders, translating business objectives into enterprise-grade cloud architectures while supporting pre‑sales activities, solution design, migration strategies, modernization initiatives, and cloud transformation programs.

• Lead the architecture, design, and technical governance of enterprise-scale Google Cloud solutions.
• Partner with sales and client stakeholders to develop compelling cloud strategies, solution architectures, and transformation roadmaps.
• Design highly available, resilient, secure, and scalable cloud platforms using Google Cloud best practices and Google Cloud Architecture Framework principles.
• Define target‑state architectures covering networking, security, identity, observability, automation, disaster recovery, and operational excellence.
• Develop and promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Google Cloud Deployment Manager (or Infrastructure Manager) and Google Cloud configuration automation tools.
• Provide architectural leadership for cloud migration, application modernization, containerization, and serverless initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, security, and application teams to implement CI/CD and platform automation strategies.
• Drive cloud security, compliance, governance, and FinOps best practices.
• Perform architecture reviews and provide technical oversight throughout solution delivery.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, presenting technical solutions to executive, business, and technical audiences.
• Mentor architects and engineers while contributing to cloud capability development and thought leadership.
• Stay current with emerging Google Cloud services, industry trends, and cloud-native technologies.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud architecture, or platform engineering, with at least 4 years focused on Google Cloud.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification (required or strongly preferred). Additional Google Cloud certifications are advantageous.
• Deep expertise across Google Cloud services including VPC , Cloud Router , Compute Engine , Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) , Cloud Run , Cloud Functions , Cloud Storage , Cloud SQL , Bigtable/Firestore , Cloud IAM , Resource Manager , Cloud Monitoring , Cloud DNS , and Backup and DR.
• Strong experience designing enterprise networking, identity, security, and governance architectures within Google Cloud.
• Hands‑on expertise with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Google Cloud infrastructure automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and platform engineering practices, including Git , CI/CD pipelines , Docker , Kubernetes , and automation frameworks.
• Experience implementing cloud security controls, compliance frameworks, and operational monitoring solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, solution presentation, and documentation skills.

• Experience leading large-scale cloud migration and modernization programs.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure in hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
• Experience with serverless architectures, event-driven systems, and cloud-native application patterns.
• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or Splunk.
• Background in software development or scripting using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Experience with cloud financial management (FinOps), cost optimization, and cloud governance frameworks.
• Experience supporting pre‑sales, solution consulting, RFP responses, and executive-level client engagements.
• Experience supporting complex sales pursuits, RFP/RFI responses, solution workshops, and executive-level client presentations.

Workplace type: Hybrid Working

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start‑up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

Equal Opportunity Employer: NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.