Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Google Cloud Platform concepts and proficient advanced experience
• Advanced knowledge of tools, patterns and best practices for building and operating applications on Google Cloud Platform
• Drive the Google Cloud Platform design, architecture, and technical understanding across Infrastructure Platforms by providing technical direction and design thought leadership
• Engage with peer architects and technologists to function as a technical advisor on Google Cloud services and architectural patterns
• Work with LOB teams to influence the adoption of Google Cloud in a safe, secure, resilient, and scalable manner
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in Google Cloud
• Experience working in a regulated environment (financial, healthcare, gov, etc.)
• Multi-CSP experience; integrating cross-cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) services such as multi-cloud networking, IAM federation, multi-cloud data platforms and content delivery, or cross-cloud migrations (private to public, public to alternate CSP)
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture

• Demonstrates influencing skills to foster a culture of change, excellence, and innovation, constructively challenging the status quo and driving prudent implementation.
• Builds effective partnerships by collaborating with clients, business leaders, and application architects to define technology and architecture roadmaps.
• Establishes and communicates a clear technology vision, securing organizational support through presentations, publications, workshops, and interpersonal communication.
• Participates in major technical decisions by developing proposals that evaluate alternatives and business cases, and works across departments to gain stakeholder consensus.
• Maintains strong expertise in multi-cloud technical environments and serves as a leader, consultant, mentor, and tutor in technical architecture for Infrastructure Platforms staff.
• Exhibits excellent interpersonal and communication skills, negotiating compromises, demonstrating diplomacy in sensitive situations, and interacting effectively with peers and management across diverse cultures and fast-paced environments.

• Applies mastery of architecture, design, business processes, and industry-wide cloud technology strategies and best practices.

   

High Risk Roles (HRR) are sensitive roles within the technology organization that require high assurance of the integrity of staff by virtue of 1) sensitive cybersecurity and technology functions they perform within systems or 2) information they receive regarding sensitive cybersecurity or technology matters. Users in these roles are subject to enhanced pre-hire screening which includes both criminal and credit background checks (as allowed by law). The enhanced screening will need to be successfully completed prior to commencing employment or assignment.