[Remote] GCP Cloud Architect (Terraform / Platform Engineering)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ICONMA is an IT Services and Consulting company seeking a GCP Cloud Architect (Terraform / Platform Engineering) for their Remote location. The role involves designing and implementing secure and scalable cloud solutions using GCP and Terraform, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact digital platforms.
Responsibilities
- The Sr Architect designs and implements secure and scalable cloud solutions using GCP and Terraform for a large multinational organization, ensuring resilient infrastructure, optimized performance, and efficient cost management while working in a hybrid model and collaborating closely with cross functional teams to deliver high impact digital platforms
- Design robust GCP architectures that align with enterprise standards while ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency for complex business critical applications
- Develop reusable Terraform modules that standardize infrastructure provisioning and minimize configuration drift across multiple GCP environments and projects
- Implement infrastructure as code practices that improve deployment consistency, reduce manual errors, and accelerate delivery of secure cloud platforms
- Configure and manage GCP identity and access management policies that enforce least privilege principles and safeguard sensitive enterprise data assets
- Optimize GCP resource utilization through detailed capacity planning, rightsizing analysis, and proactive monitoring to maintain performance and control operational costs
- Collaborate with application teams to design target architectures that integrate networking, compute, storage, and security controls in a cohesive GCP solution
- Create clear technical documentation and architecture diagrams that guide engineering teams in implementing and supporting the designed GCP solutions
- Coordinate with security and compliance partners to embed required controls, logging, and encryption standards into every Terraform based GCP deployment
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues in GCP environments by analyzing logs, metrics, and configurations to restore services quickly and prevent recurrence
- Guide teams in adopting DevOps practices that integrate Terraform workflows with version control, code review, and continuous integration pipelines
- Conduct design and code reviews for Terraform configurations to ensure adherence to best practices, internal standards, and regulatory requirements
- Engage with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical GCP architectures that deliver measurable outcomes for customers and internal users
- Mentor junior engineers on GCP concepts, Terraform patterns, and operational excellence so that the broader team can deliver consistent quality solutions
- Provide Standards/Best practices on Platform Usage
- Cloud Architecture Reviews
- Advanced Troubleshooting - Handle Escalations
- Help Application Teams Deliver Value
- Eliminate Developer Friction
- Design for Consistency and Recoverability
- Level Up Cloud Security
- Standardizing Cloud Deployments
- FinOps
- Cloud Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resiliency
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Developer Empowerment & Productivity
- Good knowledge on cloud networking
Skills
- GCP Admin
- GCP
- Terraform
- Possess extensive hands on experience designing and operating production workloads on GCP including networking, compute, storage, and managed services
- Demonstrate strong proficiency with Terraform including module design, state management, workspaces, and integration with continuous integration pipelines
- Exhibit practical knowledge of GCP administration tasks such as organization setup, project structure, billing configuration, and policy governance
- Apply working understanding of security and compliance frameworks in cloud environments including identity management, encryption controls, and audit logging
- Bring proven exposure to hybrid work models with effective remote collaboration using enterprise tooling and structured communication practices
- Show familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions on GCP and related tools to maintain observability and proactively address performance issues
- Display experience in migration or modernization initiatives where on premises or legacy workloads were transitioned into GCP using structured methodologies
- Maintain awareness of emerging GCP services and Terraform ecosystem enhancements and apply relevant innovations to improve platform reliability and efficiency
- Cloud Run
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- GCP Cloud Storage
- Google IAM
- Cloud Load Balancer
- Log Analysis
Benefits
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
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