GCP Architect

About Client:
The client is a global technology, consulting, and digital solutions company with problem-solving abilities and an emphasis on developing ingenious solutions that allow its clients to remain competitive, profitable, and secure in an evolving business environment.
Client anticipates and leads change to remain in the leader’s quadrant for profitable growth, driven by partnerships with globally leading hyperscales like AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft. It has built strong capabilities in new as well as existing technologies such as cloud, data, and digital, pioneering new frontiers.

Salary Range: $140K-$150K/Annum Benefits

Job Description:
Roles & Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure GCP-based solutions to meet clients' business requirements.
• Advising clients on the best practices and efficient 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 fix 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.

• Enterprise Architect: 7 – 10 year
• Google cloud Migration: 6 – 8 year
• Cloud Architect: 6 – 8 year
• 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

About ApTask:
ApTask is a leading global provider of workforce solutions and talent acquisition services, dedicated to shaping the future of work. As an African American-owned and Veteran-certified company, ApTask offers a comprehensive suite of services, including staffing and recruitment solutions, managed services, IT consulting, and project management. With a focus on excellence, collaboration, and innovation, ApTask provides unparalleled opportunities for professional growth and development. As a member of the ApTask team, you will have the chance to connect businesses with top-tier professionals, optimize workforce performance, and drive success across diverse industries. Join us at ApTask and be part of our mission to empower organizations to thrive while fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

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