Senior Google Cloud Architect

Zion Cloud Solutions is seeking a Senior Google Cloud Architect to lead the design and implementation of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructures, specifically focusing on building enterprise-grade landing zones. The role involves extensive experience with GCP’s networking, security, and automation tools to create secure, compliant, and efficient cloud environments. The job is hands-on and requires leadership skills to manage the end-to-end lifecycle of GCP landing zones, including VPC configuration, hybrid connectivity, and cost optimization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Landing Zone Architecture: Designing and deploying multi-tenant landing zones, ensuring resource isolation and governance using GCP tools.
• Advanced Networking: Architecting VPC topologies, hybrid connectivity, and secure egress/ingress traffic.
• Security Hardening: Implementing advanced security measures including encryption, DDoS protection, and VPC Service Controls.
• Control Plane & Automation: Automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Cost Governance & Optimization: Implementing billing account management, optimizing costs through VM options, and ensuring resource efficiency.
• Technical Leadership: Leading architectural reviews, troubleshooting issues, and providing guidance on GCP best practices.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering, with 3+ years of experience architecting GCP environments.
• Expertise in GCP networking, Terraform, and security tools.
• Experience debugging network issues, managing hybrid setups, and securing multi-cloud environments.
• Fluency in scripting (Python, Go, Bash).
• Preferred Certifications: Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, Network Engineer, Security Engineer, and HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate.

✅ 7+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering

✅ 3+ years architecting GCP environments at scale

✅ Experience deploying production landing zones with 10+ projects

✅Experience with hybrid connectivity

✅ Experience with 100+ VPCs/subnets

✅Hands-on experience debugging L3/L4 network issues (MTU mismatches, NAT traversal)

✅Experience securing multi-cloud or hybrid setups

✅ Mastery of GCP networking stack: (VPC, Cloud Router, Load Balancers, Traffic Director, Hybrid Connectivity Option)

✅Google Cloud Professional Certification Preferred