GCP Cloud Architect Job McLean area,Virginia USA,IT/Tech

As a Cloud Architect, you will work within our growing Dev Sec Ops practice delivering features to support cloud migration, cloud optimization, and cloud deployment on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role is responsible for the design, standards, and architectural direction of GCP environments supporting mission‑critical, regulated workloads.

We are looking for candidates with 8‑10 years of experience with GCP platform services and Dev Ops practices such as infrastructure as code and configuration management automation, and deep, hands‑on architectural ownership of enterprise GCP landing zones.

Contributions

Identify and implement the most optimal GCP‑based solutions for the customer
Design GCP cloud environments and demonstrate technical architectural knowledge, playing a vital role in the design of production, staging, QA, and development infrastructures running in 24×7 environments
Architect and own GCP Landing Zone Architectures, GCP Terraform Foundations, and Organizational Policies, incorporating guardrails and standards established by leadership
Design hybrid connectivity architecture, including Cloud Interconnect
Design DNS architecture, including Cloud DNS, Private Zones, and hybrid DNS resolution
Design VPC‑level networking architecture and standards, including Shared VPC architecture and VPC firewall rules
Implement and oversee cloud strategies including migrations and optimization
Establish development tools and infrastructure for automation
Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey this to developers and engineers
Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes using Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, Artifact Registry, and Cloud Source Repositories, Cloud Run functions, and infrastructure as code
Test and examine code written by others and analyze results
Perform root cause analysis on complex business processes and technical components
Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats, leveraging Security Command Center and NIST 800‑53/FedRAMP/FISMA control frameworks
Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and fixes
Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
Support enterprise cloud applications and infrastructure through infrastructure as code, including automated server and network configurations, large‑scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing (CI/CD)
Document the as‑is state of the environment, perform gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
Act as an individual contributor and provide technical mentorship on best practices
Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement of the services provided
Present regular status updates and provide cross‑training to other team members

Qualifications

Ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in an IT‑related field, or a bachelor’s degree in a non‑IT field with at least 2 years of related IT experience.
10+ years of overall professional experience.
8+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions.
8+ years of experience with systems development in an Agile environment.
5+ years of experience implementing proof‑of‑concept (POC) or minimum viable product (MVP) solutions and participating in sprint demonstrations.
5+ years of experience across several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, and advanced analytics.
8+ years of experience using Git source control…