Solution Architect- GCP

As a Solution Architect at our leading automotive software product development company, your primary focus will be on Infrastructure, Cloud, and DevOps. You will play a crucial role in leading the design, implementation, and lifecycle support of scalable infrastructure solutions that align with our long-term software architecture strategy. Your responsibilities will include ensuring robust, efficient, and future-ready platforms that foster innovation and operational excellence across the enterprise. Key Responsibilities: - Act as a hands-on development Architect and Lead, mentoring and training both Junior and Senior developers. - Design and prototype client systems and applications to support our products. - Document and communicate the architecture to the development team, third-party vendors, and stakeholders. - Design, implement, and manage Akamai solutions for WAF, CDN's policy management, DNS, GSLB & Application Load Balancers. - Collaborate with API Architects to design services that optimally support our products and applications. - Provide technical guidance to Engineering and QA teams to drive prototypes to finished products. - Collaborate with the UI/UX team to design consistent software solutions. - Interface with stakeholders to define long-term technology direction. Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (Master's Degree considered an asset). - 7-10 years of full-time Senior or Lead role supporting a large environment, preferably for a SaaS organization. - 3-5 years of experience as a Software Engineering Manager or Architect. - Experience in full stack architecture with multi-tiered systems, including databases, networks, middleware, and various front-end architectures. - Proficiency in supporting Akamai solutions for CDN's, WAF, Policy Management, DNS, and SSL. - Experience managing and designing GSLB and application load balancers. - Deployment and support experience in DevOps processes for a large GCP environment, including Compute Engine, Networking, Cloud Storage, and Backups. - Cloud Knowledge in Monitoring, Alerting, IAM, and Access Management. - Strong knowledge of working with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, Jenkins for DevOps operations. - Experience supporting load balancers such as Citrix NetScaler or F5. If you possess a Google Cloud Engineer certification or AWS/Azure, it would be considered a valuable asset for this role. As a Solution Architect at our leading automotive software product development company, your primary focus will be on Infrastructure, Cloud, and DevOps. You will play a crucial role in leading the design, implementation, and lifecycle support of scalable infrastructure solutions that align with our long-term software architecture strategy. Your responsibilities will include ensuring robust, efficient, and future-ready platforms that foster innovation and operational excellence across the enterprise. Key Responsibilities: - Act as a hands-on development Architect and Lead, mentoring and training both Junior and Senior developers. - Design and prototype client systems and applications to support our products. - Document and communicate the architecture to the development team, third-party vendors, and stakeholders. - Design, implement, and manage Akamai solutions for WAF, CDN's policy management, DNS, GSLB & Application Load Balancers. - Collaborate with API Architects to design services that optimally support our products and applications. - Provide technical guidance to Engineering and QA teams to drive prototypes to finished products. - Collaborate with the UI/UX team to design consistent software solutions. - Interface with stakeholders to define long-term technology direction. Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (Master's Degree considered an asset). - 7-10 years of full-time Senior or Lead role supporting a large environment, preferably for a SaaS organization. - 3-5 years of experience as a Software Engineering Manager or Architect. - Experience in full stack architecture with multi-tiered systems, including databases, networks, middleware, and various front-end architectures. - Proficiency in supporting Akamai solutions for CDN's, WAF, Policy Management, DNS, and SSL. - Experience managing and designing GSLB and application load balancers. - Deployment and support experience in DevOps processes for a large GCP environment, including Compute Engine, Networking, Cloud Storage, and Backups. - Cloud Knowledge in Monitoring, Alerting, IAM, and Access Management. - Strong knowledge of working with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, Jenkins for DevOps operations. - Experience supporting load balancers such as Citrix NetScaler or F5. If you possess a Google Cloud Engineer certification or AWS/Azure, it would be considered a valuable asset for this role.