Technical Cloud Architect (GCP)

SoftServe operates a Cloud & DevOps Practice within the Critical Services Center of Excellence (CoE), focusing on designing innovative cloud solutions, supporting technical pre-sales, and delivering consulting services. The role involves working with leading cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform, AWS, and Microsoft Azure to help clients modernize their environments.

• Proven experience as a Cloud Architect, Solutions Architect, or a similar senior technical role
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and major GCP PaaS/IaaS services
• Experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
• Solid expertise in Kubernetes and containerized environments
• Practical experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, or similar
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code principles, tools, and best practices
• Experience with Python and/or Shell scripting
• Strong Linux administration skills
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and managing SQL and NoSQL databases
• Knowledge of configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable distributed systems
• Ability to create architecture visions, technical specifications, and solution design documentation
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including presenting to executive and C-level audiences
• Experience with architecture frameworks and methodologies, including translating business requirements into technical solutions
• Excellent English communication skills; German proficiency is a plus

• Drive application, data, and infrastructure delivery design as a key technical decision-maker and architectural lead for engineering teams
• Participate in Discovery, Assessment, and Architectural Project Support engagements
• Define solution architectures and guide engineering teams through implementation
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and communicate architectural decisions and technical constraints
• Facilitate cooperation among stakeholders to define and prioritize architectural drivers
• Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into scalable solution designs and operational plans
• Support project estimation, roadmap creation, and architecture governance activities
• Design, build, and maintain complex cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform and other public cloud providers
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab and Jenkins
• Develop highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and cost-efficient cloud architectures
• Implement hybrid cloud solutions spanning public cloud and on-premises environments
• Design monitoring, logging, and observability platforms
• Create architecture documentation, technical specifications, diagrams, and risk assessments
• Participate in technical pre-sales activities, workshops, and presentations for business and executive stakeholders

SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer; qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital/family status, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.