Principal Architect: GCP Cloud

Title: Principal Architect: GCP Cloud

Location: Remote in Canada

Role Summary: As the Principal Architect for GCP Cloud, you are a high-impact consultative leader and trusted advisor responsible for the foundational infrastructure and security platforms that enable our entire Google Cloud practice. Your mission is to design enterprise-grade environments - including Landing Zones, networking fabrics, and security perimeters - while acting as a key bridge between sales pursuits, technical solutioning, and successful delivery. You work closely with customers and channel partners to translate business requirements into resilient technical architectures, ensuring our AI, CX, and Integration solutions scale safely and effectively across the global enterprise.

Responsibilities

Consultative Solutioning & Sales Support: Partner with sales and account teams to lead technical discovery, provide high-level effort estimation, and design foundational cloud solutions that win complex, high-stakes enterprise pursuits.

Foundational Cloud Architecture & Delivery Oversight: Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade Landing Zones, VPC networking, and security perimeters (e.g., Private Service Connect), while providing technical governance and oversight during the delivery phase to ensure architectural integrity.

GCP Innovation Lab Leadership: Direct the operational strategy and governance of the internal Google Cloud sandbox; oversee the development of strategic accelerators, POCs, and reusable IP while managing platform security, cost optimization, and resource accessibility to facilitate high-impact experimentation across the practice.

Customer & Channel Technical Liaison: Serve as a strategic technical point of contact for both clients and Google’s channel/field teams, coordinating joint-pursuits and ensuring alignment with Google’s evolving infrastructure roadmap and "Private Preview" innovations.

Cross-Practice Infrastructure Advisory: Consult with the AI, CX, and API architects to ensure their specific workload requirements (e.g., specialized compute, low-latency audio processing) are optimized and governed within the core GCP environment.

Required Qualifications:

12+ years in technical architecture and consultative cloud infrastructure leadership

Expert-level fluency in GCP Infrastructure (GCE, GKE, Cloud Run), Networking, Security, and IAM

Proven experience in customer-facing roles, with the ability to influence CXO stakeholders and lead technical solutioning for complex sales cycles

Deep experience designing multi-region, compliant cloud foundations for global enterprises

Desired Qualifications:

Google Professional Cloud Architect and Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer certifications

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and automated landing zone deployments

Previous experience in a principal or lead architect role within a technology consultancy

The base salary range for this position is $137,837 - $216,601, plus incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on work location, qualifications, skills, education, experience, and competencies. Benefits available to eligible employees in this role include medical, dental, and vision insurance, comprehensive employee assistance program, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off and holidays.

The majority of work is performed remotely, so travel is expected to be fairly low ( Physical and Mental Requirements:

The employee is regularly required to operate a computer, keyboard, telephone/headset, and/or other office equipment as essential functions of this position. Work is generally sedentary in nature.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Reasonable Accommodation Statement:

Concentrix welcomes and encourages applications from candidates with disabilities and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable accommodation to participate in any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. Requests may be made by contacting app.acco@concentrix.com. All information will be treated confidentially and used solely to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process.

Artificial Intelligence (AI):

As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the screening and/or assessment of job applicants. These tools could be used to evaluate resumes, applications, and other materials submitted to help us identify the best candidates for the role.

Work Authorization:

Only qualified applicants who are legally authorized to work in Canada will be considered. Currently, this position may only be performed in the following provinces/territories: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, and SK.