Top Skills' Details

• 7+ yrs in GCP infrastructure architecture (GCP certifications are a nice to have but not a requirement)

• Expert level in infrastructure as code (specifically Terraform)

• Experience with Docker, Containers and Kubernetes

Work Environment

100% Remote but must be in Pacific or Mountain Time Zones.

Brief Job Description

The Senior GCP Cloud Architect will serve as a subject matter expert and help drive the long-term strategy for the Cloud Platforms team. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership to our Cloud Center of Excellence, create GCP landing zones, understand cloud costs and FinOps, recommend infrastructure reliability best practices based on established Cloud Infrastructure best practices, and consult with application teams to ensure optimal cloud solutions.

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

Leader in the US Airline Industry

Reputation for treating contractors well (just like FTEs)

Be at the forefront of the latest tech developments in the airline industry

Position is also likely to extend and based on performance has a chance to convert FTE

Description

Role Summary:

The Senior GCP Cloud Architect will serve as a subject matter expert and help drive the long-term strategy for the Cloud Platforms team. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership to our Cloud Center of Excellence, create GCP landing zones, understand cloud costs and FinOps, recommend infrastructure reliability best practices based on established Cloud Infrastructure best practices, and consult with application teams to ensure optimal cloud solutions. This role requires a combination of hands-on engineering and architectural expertise. Prior experience in implementing Google Cloud infrastructure platforms and related certifications such as Google Certified Cloud Architect is required for this position. If no certifications candidates will still be considered if they have great experience that is recent with GCP.

Key Duties

• Act as a subject matter expert and enterprise technology thought leader on GCP Cloud platforms.

• Provide best practices, automation guidelines and systems engineering principles for Cloud Infrastructure. The role will focus on rolling out the Google Cloud Platform to the enterprise.

• Engage in hands-on engineering tasks, including the deployment, configuration, and management of Cloud resources.

• Design and implement innovative solutions for multi-region, highly available and highly automated Cloud environments to support full software development life cycle and production of mission-critical applications

• Serve as the point of escalation for other application administrators in the event of severe or critical issues impacting production operations.

• Utilize Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate and manage cloud infrastructure. Extensive experience in Terraform is required, along with experience in CI/CD and using Azure DevOps pipelines.

• Develop and execute FinOps strategies to optimize cloud costs and enhance financial accountability.

• Focused on continuous improvement in system reliability through automation and monitoring.

• Lead the rollout of cross divisional enterprise infrastructure projects related to GCP.

• A Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior architects and engineers.

• Develop and maintain documentation for cloud architecture and best practices.

Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

Required

o Extensive experience (7 years minimum) in GCP infrastructure architecture and software engineering.

o Proven experience working as a Senior GCP Architect or similar role.

o Experience in all the following:

 GCP certification such as Cloud Engineer and/or Cloud Architect

 GCP core infrastructure including networking, security, identity, and data Load Balancing, DNS, Interconnect, CDN, Compute, Storage, DR, Security, and Monitoring

 Architecting, designing, and implementing plans for deploying complex application workloads on GCP data products such as Big Query

 Knowledge of Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Key Management, Access Controls and Security Protocols, Network routing, Firewalls, ACL's, cloud IaaS components on GCP

 Expert knowledge and experience in Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment

 Experience developing, maintaining, and driving a continuous improvement culture within Cloud Center of Excellence team and its partners.

 Proven experience in implementing cloud security best practices

 Experience with Docker, Containers and Kubernetes

o Bachelor’s degree, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.

o Demonstrated expert level experience in leading Enterprise-wide cloud initiatives

o Demonstrated experience in cloud cost management and FinOps including creating automated solutions to help manage costs.

o Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams to understand objectives, gather automation requirements, write technical specifications, and perform in a lead role.

o Experience in Agile (Scrum) or Kanban development methodologies

o Experience in establishing a continuous improvement plan for Cloud Operations including troubleshooting outages, performing root cause analysis, and executing continual service improvements.

Skills

GCP, Google cloud, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, FinOps, Devops, identity access management, Azure, troubleshooting, Mentorship

Top Skills Details

GCP,Google cloud,Terraform,Docker,Kubernetes,FinOps,Devops,identity access management

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Preferred:

Experience working in Azure, in addition to GCP

Experience Level

Expert Level

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $69.00 - $83.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)• Short and long-term disability• Health Spending Account (HSA)• Transportation benefits• Employee Assistance Program• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 31, 2025.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.