GCP Architect

Job Title: GCP Architect

Length: 6 months

Location: Chicago, IL – 3 days onsite is expected unless a perfect candidate can't relocate

Must Have Skills:

Google Cloud Platform experience, certifications preferred.

IDP experience – specifically with Cortex

Requirements

• 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.

• Internal Developer Portal (IDP) Experience:

• Experience with Internal Developer Portals (IDP), particularly with Cortex, is highly desirable.

• Ability to design and implement IDP solutions to streamline developer workflows and enhance productivity.

• Experience with other Internal Developer Portals is also valuable for evaluation.