What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Solutions Architect position at Searce Inc?
About Searce
Searce is a modern technology solutions' consulting firm that empowers clients to futurify their businesses, leveraging Cloud, AI & Analytics.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of complex, scalable, and secure GCP cloud architectures aligned with business objectives.
- Create detailed architectural blueprints for GCP-based solutions, incorporating compute, storage, networking, security, and data services.
- Define the overall technical vision, including cloud-native application design, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes / GKE), and multi-cloud strategies.
- Collaborate with C-suite executives and stakeholders to define cloud strategies and long-term roadmaps.
- Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for GCP, driving adoption of cloud services and innovative technologies such as AI / ML, serverless, and data analytics.
- Mentor and guide engineering teams, fostering best practices in DevOps, CI / CD, and IaC (Infrastructure as Code).
- Design and oversee hybrid cloud or multi-cloud architectures, integrating on-premise systems with GCP services like BigQuery, Anthos, Pub / Sub, and Cloud Storage.
- Establish and enforce GCP security best practices, including IAM, data encryption, VPC Service Controls, and zero-trust networking.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA where applicable.
- Conduct periodic reviews to identify opportunities for optimization and enhancements.
- Stay ahead of emerging trends in cloud technology and proactively propose innovative solutions.
- Lead proof-of-concept (PoC) initiatives to explore and validate new GCP services and features.
- Identify opportunities to integrate AI / ML and data-driven solutions into the enterprise architecture.
Qualification
Is Education overrated? Yes. We believe so. But there is no way to locate you otherwise. So we might look for at least a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and preferably an MBA.
Any current Google Cloud Certifications will be an added benefit and extra points if this is Professional Cloud Architect :
