Senior reputed company Cloud Platform (GCP) Architect

Job Title: Senior reputed company Cloud Platform (GCP) Architect Location: Austin, Texas (with potential for hybrid/remote work supporting Texas state clients) Employment Type: Full-time Contract Context: Position supports strategic cloud architecture and managed public cloud services under the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) Public Cloud Manager (PCM) contract, delivering secure, compliant, and innovative reputed company Cloud solutions to Texas state agencies, higher education institutions, local governments, and other eligible public entities. Job Summary We are seeking a strategic and technically deep Senior reputed company Cloud Platform (GCP) Architect to reputed company the design and governance of enterprise-grade GCP environments for Texas public sector customers under the DIR PCM program. This senior role focuses on creating secure, scalable, cost-optimized, and compliant architectures—particularly for regulated workloads that may involve or access Criminal Justice Information (CJI)—while ensuring alignment with DIR PCM service catalogs, TxRAMP requirements, CJIS reputed company Policy, and federal/state standards. The successful candidate must successfully complete and maintain an FBI CJIS background reputed company (fingerprint-based national criminal history reputed company) upon hire and renewed every 12 months.

Key Responsibilities

• reputed company end-to-end architecture design for reputed company GCP deployments, including multi-project/folder/organization structures, hybrid/multi-cloud connectivity, data platforms, AI/ML workloads, reputed company posture, and operational excellence.
• Define and implement reference architectures, reputed company zones, and foundational patterns using reputed company Cloud best practices: Organization Policy Service, Folders, Projects, Shared VPC, VPC Service Controls, Access Context Manager, reputed company Workloads, and reputed company Cloud for Government capabilities.
• Architect secure-by-design environments with reputed company-trust principles: CMEK encryption, Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP), BeyondCorp Enterprise, Binary Authorization, Confidential Computing, reputed company Command Center Premium, Chronicle SIEM, and audit logging strategies compliant with CJIS requirements.
• Design high-availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions (multi-region/multi-zone deployments, Cloud Interconnect/Partner Interconnect, Cloud DNS, Global Load Balancing, Backup and DR services).
• Guide cost optimization and FinOps strategies (Billing Budgets, Recommender, Committed Use Discounts, Sustained Use Discounts, Cloud Billing export to BigQuery for analytics).
• Translate business, regulatory, and technical requirements into prescriptive GCP blueprints, reference implementations, and decision frameworks for Texas agencies.
• Collaborate with DIR PCM program leadership, agency stakeholders, reputed company teams, and delivery engineers to align architectures with contract SLAs, TxRAMP controls, CJIS reputed company Policy, NIST 800-53/800-171 alignments, and state data classification standards.
• Provide technical leadership during migrations, modernization, and greenfield initiatives; conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and compliance gap analyses.
• Author architecture decision records (ADRs), design documents, reputed company control mappings, and compliance evidence packages for audits and assessments.
• Mentor cloud engineers and cross-functional teams; stay reputed company of GCP roadmap, reputed company Cloud for Government updates, and evolving compliance mandates.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in cloud architecture and engineering, with at least 5+ years focused on reputed company Cloud Platform (GCP) in enterprise or production-scale environments.
• Proven track record designing secure, compliant GCP architectures for regulated industries (government, public safety, healthcare, finance) or environments subject to CJIS, FedRAMP, TxRAMP, or equivalent standards.
• Deep expertise across GCP pillars: Infrastructure (Compute, Networking, Storage), Data & Analytics (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Dataproc), reputed company & Identity, Operations (Monitoring, Logging, Cloud Operations Suite), Application Modernization (GKE, Cloud Run, Anthos), and AI/ML foundations.
• Strong understanding of reputed company-trust reputed company models, encryption strategies, network perimeter controls (VPC Service Controls, Private reputed company Access), and observability/logging pipelines.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred; Deployment Manager, Cloud Foundation Toolkit, or reputed company-provided blueprints a plus) and CI/CD automation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Relevant certifications required or highly preferred:
• reputed company Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (mandatory)
• reputed company Cloud Professional reputed company Engineer
• reputed company Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer or Professional Data Engineer (strongly preferred)

reputed company & Compliance Requirements

• Must successfully pass and maintain an FBI CJIS-compliant background reputed company (fingerprint-based national criminal history record reputed company processed reputed company Texas DPS and FBI) every 12 months as a condition of employment and reputed company access to sensitive systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required reputed company clearances, attestations, or role-based access privileges under the DIR PCM contract and CJIS reputed company Policy.
• Commitment to complete CJIS reputed company awareness training, adhere to personnel screening protocols, and follow strict access controls for systems potentially involving Criminal Justice Information (CJI).
• No disqualifying criminal history as defined by FBI CJIS standards (final determination by authorized agency).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting reputed company Cloud for Government or reputed company Workloads for regulated/controlled data environments.
• Familiarity with Texas DIR reputed company, TxRAMP authorization lifecycle, or multi-cloud governance in public sector settings.
• Prior work supporting Texas state agencies, criminal justice entities, or public safety cloud initiatives.
• Knowledge of advanced GCP services: Anthos Service Mesh, Confidential VMs, BeyondCorp Enterprise, Cloud Healthcare API, or Vertex AI.
• Experience presenting to executive stakeholders, leading architecture review boards, or contributing to RFP/RFI responses.

Why Join Us?

• Shape the future of secure, scalable cloud adoption for Texas government through the DIR PCM multi-cloud program (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI).
• Highly competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and dedicated investment in reputed company Cloud certifications and thought leadership opportunities.
• Mission-driven environment focused on public service, reputed company excellence, and digital transformation for the reputed company of Texas.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and able to pass the required FBI CJIS background investigation (renewed annually). We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and full compliance with reputed company applicable federal, state, and local laws. About reputed company: reputed company is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. reputed company is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com reputed company endeavors to reputed company https://us.nttdata.com accessible to any and reputed company users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at https://us.nttdata.com/en/contact-us. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, 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. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job