Principal GCP Architect

Job Title: Principal GCP Architect

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (On-site)

Max Rate: $15-18 per hour (TBD)

Eligibility: Candidates from Pakistan, India, CIS, Asia, Africa, and Arabia already residing in Saudi Arabia with a valid work visa.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Principal GCP Architect to lead cloud transformation initiatives, ensuring enterprise-grade scalability, security, and efficiency. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes (GKE), with a strong focus on cloud migration, infrastructure optimization, and DevOps methodologies.

This role requires a strategic leader who can architect, optimize, and migrate large-scale workloads to GCP, while also serving as a mentor and technical advisor to teams.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Migration

• Lead the migration of enterprise workloads to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Design and implement highly available, multi-region cloud architectures aligned with business objectives.
• Define and enforce cloud security policies, networking configurations, and storage best practices.
• Develop a cloud transformation roadmap and ensure seamless integration with existing IT infrastructure.

Kubernetes & Deployment Optimization

• Architect and manage Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters for production and non-production environments.
• Optimize Kubernetes orchestration, scaling, and automation to improve performance and reliability.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployment strategies.

High-Availability & Performance Tuning

• Design multi-zone deployments to ensure system resiliency and fault tolerance.
• Optimize GCP networking, IAM, VPCs, and interconnects for security and efficiency.
• Ensure performance tuning, monitoring, and observability to minimize downtime.

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Act as a technical mentor, guiding engineering teams on GCP best practices, cloud cost optimization, and workload automation.
• Provide strategic insights on cloud governance, compliance frameworks, and risk management.
• Lead knowledge-sharing sessions and train internal teams on advanced GCP services and DevOps automation.

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Implement cloud security controls, IAM policies, and data encryption strategies.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (ISO, NIST, SOC2, GDPR, etc.) for cloud workloads.
• Develop and oversee incident response and disaster recovery strategies.