Solution Architect - Cloud (GCP)

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Role Summary

Key Responsibilities

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• Define multi cloud architecture strategy aligned with business goals
• Design scalable and reliable cloud solutions across GCP and other platforms
• Lead cloud infrastructure design and cost optimisation
• Define DevOps practices, CI and CD pipelines, and automation methodology
• Architect API gateway infrastructure using Apigee
• Design CDN and edge strategies using Cloudflare
• Define containerisation and orchestration strategies
• Establish Infrastructure as Code standards
• Define observability practices including logging and monitoring
• Ensure cloud security, governance, and compliance
• Design disaster recovery and business continuity approaches
• Define shared cloud services and platform components
• Lead cloud modernisation and technical debt reduction
• Mentor teams in cloud engineering and best practice
• Evaluate cloud services and emerging technologies
• Produce and maintain cloud architecture documentation
• Present cloud architecture decisions to senior stakeholders

Expected Outcomes

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• Improved scalability, reliability, and security of cloud platforms
• Reduced cloud spend through optimisation and governance
• Mature DevOps and automation practices across teams
• Consistent cloud patterns and reusable components

Cross Functional Design Leadership

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• Facilitate multi team architecture and platform design workshops
• Guide complex decisions during high risk changes
• Work with engineering, security, product, and operations to address cross cutting challenges
• Support teams in adopting cloud native and DevOps practices
• Communication and Influence
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• Communicate cloud strategies clearly to technical and non technical stakeholders
• Produce high quality diagrams, documentation, and models
• Present cloud decisions and trade offs transparently
• Influence senior leaders on technology direction and investment

Cross Discipline Architectural Competencies

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• Understanding of domain driven design
• Awareness of integration patterns
• Understanding of fundamental data architecture concepts
• Awareness of cyber security principles and cloud security best practice
• Understanding of DevOps and platform engineering approaches
• Ability to define and assess non functional requirements
• Ability to balance cost, performance, resilience, and maintainability
• Ability to evaluate vendor and third party technologies

Shared Architecture Practice Expectations

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• Contribute to architectural standards, patterns, and governance
• Participate in architecture reviews and forums
• Support development of cloud and platform roadmaps
• Produce consistent and clear cloud architecture artefacts
• Share reusable patterns and guidance across teams

Decision Making Authority

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• Acts as technical authority for cloud architecture
• Owns cloud standards, frameworks, and practices
• Responsible for long term cloud strategy and direction
• Makes informed decisions balancing short term delivery and long term strategy

Technical Skills

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• Advanced GCP expertise
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or OCI
• Core cloud technologies

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• Apigee
• Cloudflare

• Google Kubernetes Engine

• Cloud Run
• Cloud Functions
• Cloud Storage
• BigQuery
• Cloud SQL and Cloud Spanner
• Cloud Pub and Sub
• VPC and cloud networking
• IAM and security services
• Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging
• Infrastructure and automation

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• Terraform
• Argo CD
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Configuration automation practices
• Architecture patterns

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• Multi cloud and hybrid cloud architectures
• Microservices and serverless designs
• Edge and CDN strategies
• High availability and disaster recovery
• Network and security architecture
• Operations and optimisation

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• Monitoring and logging
• Performance tuning
• FinOps practices
• Incident management
• SRE aligned practices
• Security and performance
• CDN configuration and optimisation
• DDoS mitigation
• Web application firewall rule design
• DNS configuration and protection
• Certificate management
• Zero trust approaches
• Cloud Armor
• Secret Manager

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• Strong understanding of cloud security and compliance
• Experience in shared services and platform engineering
• Expertise in DevOps adoption and automation
• Strategic thinking and long term planning
• Cost conscious approach
• Clear verbal and written communication
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