Cloud Solutions Architect (Google Cloud)📣 Job Ad
| Contract Type | Full-time | |
| Workplace type | On-site | |
| Location | Riyadh |
About the Role
Devoteam is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect with expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company focuses on leveraging technology and human values to drive positive change, guided by a "Tech for People" philosophy. With over 25 years of experience and a presence in 18+ countries, Devoteam is committed to innovation and human-centric values.
In this role, you will be responsible for designing and delivering scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architectures on GCP. Your work will enable organizations to effectively migrate, modernize, and optimize their workloads in the cloud. You will define architecture strategies, implement robust cloud foundations, and promote DevOps practices for automated and reliable solution delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end cloud architectures on Google Cloud Platform to support enterprise workloads and cloud-native applications.
- Lead workload migrations from on-premise or other cloud platforms to Google Cloud, employing structured migration frameworks and best practices.
- Define DevOps and platform engineering architectures, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and release management strategies.
- Develop comprehensive migration strategies, encompassing rehost, replatform, refactor, rebuild, and replace approaches.
- Design and implement cloud landing zones that adhere to stringent security, governance, and compliance requirements.
- Architect scalable and resilient infrastructure solutions utilizing key GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, GKE, and Cloud Run.
- Lead migration assessments, including application discovery, dependency mapping, and the planning of migration waves.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to implement Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like Terraform.
- Ensure operational readiness through the implementation of robust monitoring, logging, and reliability best practices.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance throughout cloud migration and modernization programs.
- Support pre-sales activities, including conducting architecture workshops and developing technical proposals.
- Contribute to internal capability development, establishing best practices, and creating reusable architecture patterns.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or cloud consulting roles.
- Extensive experience designing and implementing solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
- Possession of the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification.
- Proven experience leading enterprise workload migrations to public cloud environments.
- Demonstrated experience in implementing DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
- A strong understanding of core cloud infrastructure concepts, including compute, storage, networking, and identity management.
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, with GKE being preferred.
- Proficiency in implementing Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like Terraform.
- A solid understanding of cloud networking, including VPC design, hybrid connectivity, and security controls.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex architecture solutions to both technical and business stakeholders.
Technical Skills and Knowledge
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification
- Enterprise workload migrations
- DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure automation
- Cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, identity management)
- Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, GKE)
- Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
- Cloud networking (VPC design, hybrid connectivity, security controls)
- Cloud network architecture, Disaster Recovery (DR), cloud services, and replication methodologies
- Core infrastructure services (AD, DNS, DHCP, ADFS)
- Automated infrastructure discovery and application dependency mapping tools
- Cloud cost management and optimization strategies, including FinOps principles
- Agile software development practices, DevSecOps integration
- CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins)
- Database technologies (Oracle, SAP)
- Familiarity with AWS or Azure cloud platforms
- Knowledge of local and international compliance and regulatory frameworks (NCA, SAMA, ISO 27001)
- Client-facing and consulting experience
- Observability and monitoring platforms
- Application modernization and containerized workloads
Work Location and Type
This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
About Devoteam
Devoteam fosters a culture of fairness, courage, ambition, results, learning, innovation, caring, and sharing, underpinned by values of Respect, Frankness, and Passion. To learn more about the company, please visit: **************
Requirements
- Requires 5-10 Years experience
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