Cloud Platform Architect
Core
Design and evolve secure, resilient, scalable, automated, and well-governed platform capabilities on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to enable ETRADE workloads and support integration with enterprise environments.
Role type
Lead Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering Architect (Director level)
Builds
Reusable platform architecture patterns, cloud landing zones, Kubernetes/GKE architectures, and infrastructure-as-code frameworks for ETRADE cloud capabilities.
Domain
Financial Services / Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering
Required skills
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) expertise, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Kubernetes, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, GitOps, Cloud Security & IAM, Cloud Networking, Platform Engineering principles, Cloud Migration strategies.
Preferred skills
AWS services familiarity, Enterprise Architecture alignment, Risk and Regulatory standards knowledge.
Technologies
GCP, GKE, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud DNS, Secret Manager, Cloud KMS, Cloud Monitoring, VPC, Private Service Connect.
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end platform engineering architecture from design to production readiness; Define target-state and migration architectures; Develop reference architectures and reusable patterns; Design cloud landing zones and security controls; Guide GKE and Kubernetes architecture; Establish infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines; Mentor engineering teams on platform standards.
Seniority
Director, Lead Architect
