GCP Platform Architect (hybrid)

GCP Platform Architect (hybrid) - Cognizant - Plano, TX

GCP Architect

Location: Plano-Texas, USA (hybrid)

We are looking for GCP Architect for an immediate need. This is a client-facing role & the candidate will have regular interactions with various client leaders.

Job Description:

· Designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure GCP-based solutions to meet clients' business requirements.

· Advising clients on the best practices and optimal use of GCP services and features

· Building and maintaining GCP infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, and networking components

· Automating deployment and management of GCP resources using tools like Terraform and Ansible

· Monitoring and troubleshooting GCP infrastructure, applications, and services.

· Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement end-to-end solutions that leverage GCP services.

· Staying up to date with GCP offerings and new features, and recommending improvements to existing solutions

· Ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements

· Developing and maintaining documentation related to GCP architecture, configurations, and processes.

· Knowledge and experience in Google Cloud Platform involving compute, storage, network, and database solutions.

· Strong analytical skills in understanding the business and technical requirement and propose appropriate GCP solution to meet those requirements.

· Experience in creating technical design and architecture documents, work with review board for design and solution approval for implementation.

· Strong knowledge, design, and implementation experience in Google Kubernetes Engine to host containerized workloads at scale and with high availability for production apps.

· Experience in GKE cluster sizing, network configurations and security controls for resilient and secure container runtime environment.

· Ability to create and customize Kubernetes manifests for creating deployments, services, and ingress objects.

· Experience in Microservices deployments using Istio or any other service mesh.

· Knowledge and experience in designing CICD pipelines using GCP DevOps solutions and 3rd party tools viz. Jenkins, bitbucket, GitHub, Travis CI etc.,

· Knowledge in Cloud Operations suite, and hands on experience in implementing Cloud Monitoring, Logging to ensure site reliability and performance of hosted applications.

· Experience in implementing Cloud IAM with principle of least privilege, security hardening of cloud infrastructure in line with CIS, NIST standards.

· Experience in provisioning of GCP infrastructure with Infrastructure as a Code approach preferably using Terraform.

· Implementation experience in GCP managed database and storage solutions such as Cloud SQL, Fire store, cloud storage buckets

Preferred Certification:

· Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect or Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Engineer

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Disclaimer: The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Why Cognizant?

· Collaborate with a community of experts to enhance and expand your skills.

· Join a team where global culture adopts diversity of thought and background.

· Find balance with our hybrid model that prioritizes your health, safety and well-being.

· Opportunity to work for leading global companies while advancing your career.