Google Cloud Platform Architect - Onsite

Position Title: Google Cloud Platform Architect
Location: Charlotte, NC / Austin, TX (5 Days Onsite)
Duration: Long Term Contract

Job Description:
Overall Experience 14 years in Enterprise Architecture. Cloud Experience 5 years working on Cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform preferred).
Lead enterprise cloud architecture initiatives with a focus on Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
Define cloud transformation strategies and modernization roadmaps.
Drive enterprise DevOps transformation initiatives.
Establish enterprise-wide governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
Conduct technical due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.
Mentor Technical Leads.
Design scalable, secure, high-performing, and cost-optimized cloud solutions.
Cloud transformation strategies & modernization roadmaps.
Enterprise DevOps transformation.
Enterprise governance, security & compliance frameworks.
Mentoring Solution Architects and Technical Leads.
Google Cloud Platform Enterprise Services: Google Cloud Resource Manager, Google Cloud Organizations
Enterprise Architecture: Enterprise Integration, Distributed Systems Architecture
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Google Cloud Deployment Manager
Security & Governance: Google Cloud IAM, Security Command Center, Google Cloud Audit Logs, Organization Policy Service
Data & Analytics: Big Query, Dataflow, Pub/Sub
DevOps & CI/CD: Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy
Compute & Container Platforms: Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run
Networking & Hybrid Cloud: Cloud VPN, Cloud Interconnect
Cloud Modernization: Application Modernization (Monolith to Microservices), Containerization, Serverless Architectures, Migration Strategies (Lift-and-Shift, Re-platforming, Re-architecting), Cost Optimization & Performance Tuning