What are the responsibilities and job description for the GCP Infrastructure Architect position at Novia Infotech?
Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Infrastructure Architect / SME with deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will have strong solution architecture experience, hands-on skills across GCP services, Terraform automation expertise, and the ability to design, optimize, secure, and maintain large-scale cloud environments.
This role will collaborate closely with IT, engineering, and cloud operations teams to ensure seamless cloud integration and high-availability operations.
Must-Have Technical Skills:
- 10 years of experience in Solution Architecture with a strong Infrastructure background.
- Deep expertise in GCP VPC design patterns including Shared VPC, VPC-SC, Private Service Connect (PSC), etc.
- Strong understanding of IAM at scale and best practices for enterprise identity and access governance.
- Expert-level knowledge of managing core GCP services including:
- GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
- BigQuery
- Vertex AI
- GCP Storage
- Networking
- IAM
- Hands-on experience with Terraform (HCL, modules, state management) for multi-project cloud rollouts.
- Experience setting up monitoring & alerting, analyzing performance metrics, troubleshooting, and ensuring system health.
- Experience provisioning GCP data analytics services using Terraform modules.
- Strong expertise in optimizing cloud environments for cost-efficiency, performance, reliability, and availability.
- Experience in BCP/DR planning and execution within GCP environments.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure solutions on GCP.
- Collaborate with IT teams, developers, and cloud operations teams to integrate cloud services effectively.
- Ensure infrastructure security and compliance with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain and monitor cloud systems to ensure optimal performance and high availability.
- Develop and implement Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Plans (BCP) for cloud systems.
- Troubleshoot complex cloud issues and provide expert-level support for cloud operations.
- Create and maintain detailed architecture documentation, procedures, and audit-ready artifacts.
Desired Competencies (Behavioral & Technical):
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- Ability to manage complex cloud ecosystems across multiple projects and teams.
- Proactive approach to cloud optimization and security governance.