Senior Cloud Architect (GCP)

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New York / $85 - $105 hour

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$85 - $105

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New York

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Senior Cloud Architect (GCP)

Remote (U.S. EASTERN TIME) | Contract through February 2027 (Strong Extension Potential) |$85-$105/hr (dependent on experience) | 30-40 Hours/Week

We're partnering with a globally recognized cloud and data consulting organization supporting a Fortune 500 gaming company on a highly visible cloud and AI/ML transformation initiative. This is an immediate need for a seasoned Google Cloud Architect to step into an active program and provide architectural leadership across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and machine learning workloads. This opportunity comes as a back-fill on a mature project already well into delivery, making it ideal for someone who enjoys solving real-world production challenges rather than spending months on strategy and planning exercises.

What You'll Be Doing

As the Senior Cloud Architect, you'll serve as the primary cloud architecture SME across multiple teams while partnering closely with engineering leadership, ML engineers, and business stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing architectural oversight for enterprise-scale Google Cloud environments
  • Reviewing and validating technical designs and implementation approaches
  • Supporting Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native services
  • Designing and maintaining Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform
  • Troubleshooting complex production issues and guiding root-cause analysis
  • Advising engineering teams on scalability, reliability, security, and cost optimization
  • Partnering with ML teams to support distributed training and inference environments
  • Mentoring engineers and serving as the senior technical escalation point across workstreams

Required Experience

We're looking for a hands-on architect who has successfully delivered cloud solutions in large-scale production environments.

You should have:

  • Extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Advanced expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes in production environments
  • Experience creating custom ML workflows
  • Deep understanding of networking, IAM, security, governance, observability, and cloud operations
  • Experience supporting enterprise-scale cloud applications and platforms
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and consulting experience
  • Ability to quickly establish credibility and technical leadership within existing programs

Bonus Points For

  • AI/ML infrastructure experience
  • Distributed training environments
  • Reinforcement Learning (RL) platforms
  • Gaming, entertainment, or large-scale digital product experience
  • Multi-cloud exposure (AWS and/or Azure)

This role is perfect for a "battle-tested" Cloud Architect who enjoys jumping into active delivery environments, solving complex technical challenges, mentoring teams, and driving architectural decisions that have immediate business impact. If you're someone who can quickly assess a situation, earn the trust of technical stakeholders, and deliver practical cloud solutions at enterprise scale, apply here!


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