Google Cloud Platform Architect

Deloitte

Glasgow, UK

1 day ago

Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Compensation

£87,559.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.adzuna.co.uk

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Application Lifecycle Management Cloud Engineering Software Quality Code Review Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration DevOps Programming Tools Distributed Systems

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Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning Performance Tuning Systems Development Life Cycle Role-Based Access Control Prometheus Secure Coding Software Engineering Software Systems Datadog Google Cloud Cloud Platform System Grafana Concurrency Reliability of Systems Cloudformation Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Information Technology Deployment Automation Production Code Free and Open-Source Software Cloudwatch Terraform Webhooks Golang Programming Languages

Job description

Architects and executes complex, creative software solutions with ability to think strategically beyond routine or conventional approaches - breaking down ambiguous technical problems and influencing architectural decisions across teams
Develops secure, high-quality production code and actively reviews, debugs, and improves code written by others - establishing coding standards and raising the engineering bar across the team
Leads architectural design for cloud-native systems and services, producing comprehensive design artifacts (RFCs, ADRs, architecture diagrams) that are reviewed and adopted across multiple teams
Owns operational excellence by proactively identifying patterns in system failures, operational metrics, and data; designing and implementing systematic improvements to system reliability, performance, and observability
Evaluates and leads vendor/technology assessments -conducting deep-dive sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented evaluation of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability to the firm’s technology strategy
Leads and grows engineering communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness, adoption, and standards for emerging cloud-native technologies and best practices
Mentors and develops junior and mid-level engineers through code review, design collaboration, and knowledge-sharing activities
Contributes to strategic initiatives that shape the firm’s cloud platform standards, CI/CD maturity, and infrastructure-as-code practices
Builds and operates resilient, highly-scalable services deployed to AWS in line with firm-wide public cloud standards and security/compliance requirements

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience in production software development
Advanced hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability at scale
Advanced proficiency in one or more modern programming languages with demonstrated ability to optimize for performance, maintainability, and security with GoLang or Python being preferred including performance optimization and concurrency patterns
Advanced Kubernetes platform engineering expertise, including hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating custom Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) using frameworks such as Kubebuilder, Operator SDK, or equivalent. Demonstrated ability to
extend Kubernetes APIs to automate complex platform, infrastructure, security, or application lifecycle workflows at enterprise scale.
Proven experience building cloud-native control planes and automation frameworks on Kubernetes, including authoring reconciliation loops, admission controllers, webhooks, and custom controllers; strong understanding of Kubernetes internals, API machinery, RBAC, multi-tenancy, observability, and operational best practices for production environments.
In-depth Google Cloud development experience -architecting, building, deploying, and operating production cloud-native workloads using core GCP services; understanding cost optimization and security best practices
Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery -designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment strategies
Advanced understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle - ability to influence and improve SDLC practices across teams
Advanced knowledge of agile methodologies -CI/CD, Application Resiliency, Security, and capacity planning
Demonstrated expertise in a technical discipline (e.g., cloud architecture, artificial intelligence/machine learning, mobile, distributed systems, security, DevOps/platform engineering)
In-depth knowledge of financial services industry and their IT systems, regulatory constraints, and operational requirements
Practical experience with Al-assisted developer tools and Al agents (Copilot, Claude Code, or equivalent) to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and knowledge acquisition
Strong communication and influence skills - ability to articulate technical decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, * Advanced Infrastructure-as-Code expertise (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)-designing reusable modules and standards across teams
Deep observability and monitoring expertise (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch) - designing comprehensive observability strategies
GCP certifications (Developer, Solutions Architect, Security Specialty)
Experience with security practices - secure coding, threat modelling, compliance, and incident response in cloud environments
Track record of open-source contributions or knowledge-sharing within the engineering community
Experience architecting or leading multi-team initiatives that span infrastructure, application, and platform engineering