GCP Cloud Architect

Job description

**Company description**

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers.

We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity.

United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

**Overview**

As a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure solutions to ensure high availability, scalability, and security.

You will work closely with engineering teams to optimize cloud environments and support business-critical applications.

**Your Impact:**

The Cloud (GCP) Architect is an experienced Google Cloud Security Architect to design, implement, and manage enterprise-grade security solutions within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
The ideal candidate holds a GCP Professional Certification with deep expertise in GCP IAM, directory services, integration of two factor authentication systems such as Ping Identity, enterprise security architecture, and hands-on Terraform experience.

This role requires building integrated cloud IAM solutions that align with organizational policies and compliance frameworks.

• Strong expertise in Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, roles, and permissions.
• Develop detailed and complex IAM designs for GCP implemented using Terraform.
• Work with the customer to evaluate their needs and assure correct governance and controls are implemented via IAM.
• Integrate Active Directory and other directory services into GCP
• Understanding of federated identity, single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA) in cloud environments.
• Integrate SAML services into GCP
• Experience designing and implementing secure identity and access governance frameworks in GCP.
• In-depth knowledge of resource hierarchy, service accounts, groups, and role-based access control (RBAC).
• Ability to define and enforce least privilege access models across multi-project and multi-organization environments.
• Familiarity with policy troubleshooting, audit logs, and compliance monitoring using Cloud IAM and Security Command Center.
• Hands-on experience integrating IAM with other security services like VPC Service Controls, Cloud Identity, and BeyondCorp.
• Experience automating IAM configuration and management using Terraform or other infrastructure as code tools.
• Ability to educate and collaborate with stakeholders on cloud security best practices and access management strategies.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and compliance standards related to cloud identity and access governance.
• Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure solutions on GCP platform.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to define infrastructure requirements and design scalable and reliable cloud architectures.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
• Implement best practices for cloud security, compliance, and governance, including identity and access management (IAM), organization policy, deny policy, encryption, and network security.
• Experience with Hashicorp Vault and GCP Cloud KMS.
• Experience with GCP cloud identity and GCDS tool.
• Monitor, optimize, and scale cloud infrastructure resources to ensure performance, availability, and cost-efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure, including performance bottlenecks, network connectivity, and resource contention.
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and policies for cloud infrastructure design and operations.
• Stay current with cloud technologies, trends, and best practices, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

**Qualifications**

+ Experience with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD security integration, and container security on GCP (GKE).
+ Familiarity with other cloud environments (AWS, Azure) and multi-cloud security design.
+ Knowledge of security frameworks such as CIS, ISO 27001, and Cloud Security Alliance guidance.
+ Experience conducting security incident response and vulnerability management for cloud systems.
+ Hands on knowledge of Helm charts
+ Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes infrastructure with Terraform Enterprise.
+ Hands-on Python and Unix shell scripting is required.
+ Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and/or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) is a plus
+ Strong understanding of CI/CD Pipelines in a globally distributed environment using Git, Artifactory,
+ Jenkins, Docker registry, ELK and deploying applications on GCP.

+ Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

**Set Yourself Apart With:**

+ Certifications in GCP Architect and CKAD/CKA and Terraform

**Additional information**

Annual Pay Range- USD $161,000- USD $185,000

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient.

Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work.

+ An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
+ Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
+ Competitive compensation and benefits package.
+ Flexibility to support work-life balance.
+ Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
+ Generous paid leave and holidays.
+ Wellness program and employee assistance.
+ An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
+ Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
+ Competitive compensation and benefits package.
+ Flexibility to support work-life balance.
+ Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
+ Generous paid leave and holidays.
+ Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.

We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicis.sapient.com

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