Senior Cloud Architect

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About project/role:

One of the multinational fast food restaurant chains in various markets.

The Senior Cloud Architect is a strategic technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and governing enterprise-grade solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role supports a global organization by driving cloud transformation initiatives, standardizing platform architecture, and ensuring compliance across multiple business units.

The architect will lead complex migration efforts, define scalable and secure cloud-native architectures, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology with business objectives. Deep expertise in GCP services, enterprise architecture frameworks, and regulated industry standards is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement enterprise-grade cloud architectures using GCP services.
• Lead cloud migration strategies and execution for large-scale environments.
• Define and enforce cloud governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
• Architect multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery.
• Develop landing zones, organizational structures, and advanced networking configurations.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and reliability.
• Present architectural strategies and roadmaps to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Experience:

• Minimum 7+ years in cloud architecture and enterprise IT solutions.
• Preferred 10+ years leading large-scale cloud transformation projects.
• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare, government) is highly desirable.
• Advanced GCP Skills.
• Strong leadership and team management experience.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially with executive stakeholders.
• Business acumen with the ability to align technical solutions to business goals.
• Experience in vendor and stakeholder management.
• Consulting experience in client-facing roles is a plus.

Architecture & Design

• Proficiency in enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman).
• Strong understanding of cloud-native patterns, microservices, and API integration.
• Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
• Security architecture and compliance (SOX, PCI-DSS, GDPR).
• Data architecture and analytics platforms.

Platform & Infrastructure

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps methodologies.
• Container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Cloud Run) and serverless architectures.
• Advanced networking and security design.
• Disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices.
• Proven migration planning and execution strategies.
• GCP Expertise 

Compute: GCE, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions.
Storage & Databases: Cloud SQL, Spanner, Bigtable, Firestore, BigQuery.
Networking: VPC, Interconnect, Cloud DNS, Cloud Armor.
Security: IAM, Organization Policies, VPC Service Controls.
Analytics: BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Data Fusion.

• We care about all our employees and want them to feel as comfortable as possible.
• That is why we offer them health insurance from the first days regardless of the probationary period.
• The gift from the company is Christmas holidays from 25 December to 31 December.
• Cooperation with Superhumans center and Veteran HUB. Capgemini Engineering has supported the launch of the psychological rehabilitation department of Superhumans. Our team also donated over UAH for prosthetics for three Ukrainian defenders. Currently we support psychological counseling provided by the Veteran Hub and we have implemented an internal policy making the company friendly to military and veterans with the assistance of the Hub. 

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.