GCP Cloud Migration Architect

About the role

Seeking a highly experienced GCP Cloud Migration Architect to lead enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives across GCP, AWS, OpenStack, and on-premises environments. 15+ years enterprise software engineering, delivery leadership and global cloud infrastructure experience. Location: Austin, TX. Work model: Hybrid (3 days onsite/week). Employment: W2 Contract Only - USC.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure and application discovery, dependency mapping, right-sizing, storage and licensing analysis.
• Develop GCP Cloud Foundation Reference Architecture, Best Practices and GAP Assessments.
• Design target-state architectures for compute, storage, networking, IAM, logging, HA and DR.
• Build and govern a scalable wave-based Migration Factory.
• Develop CloudOps, FinOps and SecOps operating models.
• Design DevSecFinOps CI/CD pipelines using Terraform/IaC.
• Integrate modern AI-driven testing into migration processes.
• Develop migration roadmaps, technical documentation and execution strategies.

Skills

• 15+ years enterprise software engineering, delivery leadership and global cloud infrastructure experience.
• Deep expertise in GCP: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud SQL/Spanner.
• Strong AWS + GCP multi-cloud architecture experience.
• Hands-on Terraform / IaC.
• DevSecFinOps and CI/CD pipeline experience.
• Cloud migration factory and enterprise migration experience.
• Strong knowledge of HA VPN, Interconnect, Cloud Router, PSC, VPC Peering.
• Strong understanding of GCP landing zones, Shared VPC, IAM, security and networking.
• Experience with migration strategies involving minimal downtime and rollback planning.
• Strong stakeholder management and technical documentation skills.

Qualifications

• GCP Professional Cloud Architect (preferred)
• GCP Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer (preferred)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (preferred)

Requirements

• Migration prioritization and wave planning across on-prem, AWS and OpenStack.
• Enterprise GCP Landing Zone design.
• Secure connectivity between GCP, AWS and on-prem.
• Identity architecture without service-account keys.
• Low-downtime migration and cutover/rollback strategy.
• GCP foundation gap assessment and remediation priorities.
• SQL Server migration target selection and minimal-downtime execution.
• Troubleshooting post-migration latency issues.
• Shared VPC vs. separate VPC architecture trade-offs.
• Choosing between Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run or remaining on-prem.