Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect (GCP) – Remote, Mexico NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward‑thinking organization, apply now. We are currently seeking a Cloud Architect (GCP) Remote to join our team in Mexico, México (MX‑MEX), Mexico (MX). Cloud Architect GCP & GKE FULLY REMOTE Job Description Primary Skill: Cloud‑Infrastructure‑Google Cloud Platform Minimum work experience: 8+ yrs Total Experience: 8+ Years Plus: GCP Solution Architect Certification & GKE Mandatory Skills: Expertise in assessment, designing and implementing GCP solutions including compute, network, storage, identity, security, disaster recovery/business continuity strategy, migration, templates, cost optimization, PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible, etc. Must have GCP Solution Architect Certification. Must have prior experience executing large complex cloud transformation programs including discovery, assessment, business case creation, design, build, migration planning and migration execution. Prior experience using industry‑leading or native discovery, assessment and migration tools. Good knowledge of cloud technology patterns, deployment methods, application compatibility. Good knowledge of GCP technologies and associated components and variations. Anthos Application Platform, Compute Engine, Managed Instance Groups, Kubernetes, Cloud Storage, Cloud Storage for Firebase, Persistent Disk, Local SSD, Filestore, Transfer Service, VPC, Cloud DNS, Interconnect, VPN Gateway, Network Load Balancing, Global load balancing, Firewall rules, Cloud Armor, Cloud IAM, Resource Manager, Multi‑factor Authentication, KMS, Cloud Billing, Cloud Console, Stackdriver, Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Bigtable, Cloud Run, Container services, Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Anthos Service Mesh, Cloud Functions, PowerShell on GCP. Solid understanding and experience in cloud computing services architecture, technical design and implementations including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Design of client Cloud environments with a focus on GCP and demonstrate Technical Cloud Architectural knowledge. Play a vital role in the design of production, staging, QA and development Cloud Infrastructures running in 24x7 environments. Delivery of customer Cloud Strategies, aligned with customers business objectives with a focus on Cloud Migrations and DR strategies. Nurture Cloud computing expertise internally and externally to drive Cloud Adoption. Deep understanding of IaaS and PaaS services offered on cloud platforms and how to use them together to build complex solutions. Ensure that all cloud solutions follow security and compliance controls, including data sovereignty. Deliver cloud platform architecture documents detailing the vision for how GCP infrastructure and platform services support the overall application architecture, interaction with application, database and testing teams for a holistic view to the customer. Collaborate with application architects and DevOps to modernize infrastructure as a service (IaaS) applications to Platform as a Service (PaaS). Create solutions that support a DevOps approach for delivery and operations of services. Interact with and advise business representatives of the application regarding functional and non‑functional requirements. Develop enterprise level conceptual solutions and sponsor consensus/approval for global applications. Have a working knowledge of other architecture disciplines including application, database, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture. Identify and implement best practices, tools and standards. Provide consultative support to the DevOps team for production incidents. Drive and support system reliability, availability, scale, and performance activities. Evangelises cloud automation and be a thought leader and expert defining standards for building and maintaining cloud platforms. Knowledgeable about Configuration management such as Chef/Puppet/Ansible. Automation skills using CLI scripting in any language (bash, perl, python, ruby, etc). Ability to develop a robust design to meet customer business requirement with scalability, availability, performance and cost effectiveness using GCP offerings. Ability to identify and gather requirements to define an architectural solution which can be successfully built and operate on GCP. Ability to conclude high level and low level design for the GCP platform which may also include data center design as necessary. Capabilities to provide GCP operations and deployment guidance and best practices throughout the lifecycle of a project. Understanding the significance of the different metrics for monitoring, their threshold values and should be able to take necessary corrective measures based on the thresholds. Knowledge on automation to reduce the number of incidents or the repetitive incidents are preferred. Good knowledge on the cloud center operation, monitoring tools, backup solution. GKE & Kubernetes Skills Set up monitoring and logging to troubleshoot a cluster, or debug a containerized application. Manage Kubernetes Objects. Declarative and imperative paradigms for interacting with the Kubernetes API. Managing Secrets. Managing confidential settings data using Secrets. Configure load balancing, port forwarding, or set up firewall or DNS configurations to access applications in a cluster. Configure networking for your cluster. Hands‑on experience with Terraform. Ability to write reusable Terraform modules. Hands‑on Python and Unix shell scripting is required. Understanding of CI/CD Pipelines in a globally distributed environment using Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Docker registry. Experience with GCP Services and writing cloud functions. Hands‑on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes infrastructure with Terraform Enterprise. Ability to write reusable Terraform modules. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and/or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) is a plus. Experience using Docker within container orchestration platforms such as GKE. Knowledge of setting up Splunk. Knowledge of Spark in GKE. Process / Quality Knowledge Must have clear knowledge on ITIL based service delivery. ITIL certification is desired. Soft Skills Excellent communication skill and capability to work directly with global customers. Strong technical leadership skill to drive solutions. Focused on quality/cost/time of deliverables. Timely and accurate communication. Need to demonstrate the ownership for the technical issues and engage the right stakeholders for timely resolution. Flexibility to learn technology areas like other public cloud technologies, private cloud, automation. Good reporting skill. Willing to work in different time zones as per project requirement. Good attitude to work in team and as individual contributor based on the project and situation. Focused, result oriented and self‑motivating. Certification GCP solution architect & GKE. Equal‑Opportunity Employer (EEO) Statement NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. For our EEO Policy Statement, please click here. If you’d like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here. For Pay Transparency information, please click here. #J-18808-Ljbffr