GCP Architect (GKE Lead)

Capgemini•Atlanta, GA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Capgemini is hiring GCP Architect (GKE Lead) who will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and supporting cloud infrastructure and application deployments for the Merchandising team. This position requires hands-on expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), a strong DevOps foundation, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams. We are open to considering candidates willing to work hybrid from either of the locations - Chicago, Dallas, New York, New Jersey, Nashville or Atlanta.

Requirements

Senior candidate with 10+ year of relevant experience
Experience developing architecture patterns for -Web application frontends, RESTful APIs, Backend services using Cloud SQL or Cloud Spanner, Stateless app deployments utilizing GKE, Cloud Run, or App Engine, CI/CD integration points, caching layers such as Redis, and queue-based microservices with Pub/Sub or Cloud Tasks

Responsibilities

Configure log-based metrics such as error rate, latency, and memory usage, along with retention policies and export settings.
Monitor health metrics including latency, error rate, CPU/memory utilization, and API response times.
Track user traffic patterns and analyze system usage.
Create unified dashboards in Looker Studio or Grafana to present consolidated views of multiple services.
Integrate billing data, usage metrics, and error dashboards for holistic monitoring.
Define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Provide guidance and decision trees for choosing the appropriate GCP datastore (Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Firestore, Bigtable, BigQuery) based on latency, consistency, schema flexibility, global scalability, and cost.
Advise on selecting between Kubernetes and Platform-as-a-Service (GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, Cloud Functions) considering application complexity, control requirements, scalability, and team skill set.
Set up comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions for Merchandising Apps, leveraging Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Error Reporting, and Trace.
Implement centralized dashboards using Cloud Monitoring Workspace or Grafana with a BigQuery backend.
Create log sinks to BigQuery or Pub/Sub for data processing and retention.
Develop reusable Terraform modules for - Compute resources (GCE, Cloud Run, GKE), IAM policies, Projects, Service Accounts, Cloud SQL and Spanner databases, VPCs, Subnets, Load Balancers, Firewalls, Maintain GitOps workflows for Terraform.
Design and deploy CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build and GitHub Actions.
Design and implement VPC and Shared VPC architectures.
Configure and manage Load Balancers (Global, Regional, HTTPS, Internal).
Set up VPC Service Controls to protect against data exfiltration.

Benefits

Flexible work
Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
Paid time off and paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
Employee Resource Groups
Disaster Relief