GCP Architect Location: Plano-Texas, USA (hybrid) We are looking for GCP Architect for an immediate need. This is a client-facing role & the candidate will have regular interactions with various client leaders. Job Description: Designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure GCP-based solutions to meet clients' business requirements. Advising clients on the best practices and optimal use of GCP services and features Building and maintaining GCP infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, and networking components Automating deployment and management of GCP resources using tools like Terraform and Ansible Monitoring and troubleshooting GCP infrastructure, applications, and services. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement end-to-end solutions that leverage GCP services. Staying up to date with GCP offerings and new features, and recommending improvements to existing solutions Ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements Developing and maintaining documentation related to GCP architecture, configurations, and processes. Knowledge and experience in Google Cloud Platform involving compute, storage, network, and database solutions. Strong analytical skills in understanding the business and technical requirement and propose appropriate GCP solution to meet those requirements. Experience in creating technical design and architecture documents, work with review board for design and solution approval for implementation. Strong knowledge, design, and implementation experience in Google Kubernetes Engine to host containerized workloads at scale and with high availability for production apps. Experience in GKE cluster sizing, network configurations and security controls for resilient and secure container runtime environment. Ability to create and customize Kubernetes manifests for creating deployments, services, and ingress objects. Experience in Microservices deployments using Istio or any other service mesh. Knowledge and experience in designing CICD pipelines using GCP DevOps solutions and 3rd party tools viz. Jenkins, bitbucket, GitHub, Travis CI etc., Knowledge in Cloud Operations suite, and hands on experience in implementing Cloud Monitoring, Logging to ensure site reliability and performance of hosted applications. Experience in implementing Cloud IAM with principle of least privilege, security hardening of cloud infrastructure in line with CIS, NIST standards. Experience in provisioning of GCP infrastructure with Infrastructure as a Code approach preferably using Terraform. Implementation experience in GCP managed database and storage solutions such as Cloud SQL, Fire store, cloud storage buckets Preferred Certification: Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect or Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Engineer Benefits : Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off 401(k) plan and contributions Long-term/Short-term Disability Disclaimer: The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. Why Cognizant? Collaborate with a community of experts to enhance and expand your skills. Join a team where global culture adopts diversity of thought and background. Find balance with our hybrid model that prioritizes your health, safety and well-being. Opportunity to work for leading global companies while advancing your career.