Google Cloud Architect

Role: Tech Architecture Associate Manager
Location: London
Career Level:  Associate Manager

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

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Role Description

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Google Cloud Technical Architecture Associate Manager to join the Google Cloud group within Accenture Technology in the UK. The group engineers and implements the infrastructure, tools, access and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google-scale services. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the technical delivery of cloud solutions, primarily focused on Google Distributed Cloud Airgapped solutions. You will build expertise in deploying and operating these solutions to customer sites as well as internal reference implementations. Your expertise in Google Cloud architecture and engineering, combined with your leadership experience in guiding small teams, will ensure the successful delivery of robust and scalable cloud solutions for our enterprise clients

• Minimum of 5 years uninterrupted residency in the UK
• Ability to travel internationally up to 50% of the time
• At least one Google Cloud Professional level certification
• Expertise in a wide range of Google Cloud products and services (e.g. Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Storage, GKE etc.) and broader IaaS solutions (e.g. Kubernetes, systems virtualisation etc.)
• Experience architecting and engineering technical cloud-based solutions to meet business outcomes and non-functional requirements
• Hands-on experience creating comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design specifications and operational runbooks
• Experience implementing foundational cloud platforms (e.g. landing zones, IAM, VPC, networking) to enable scalable and secure Google Cloud adoption
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform), CI/CD pipelines and scripting (e.g. Bash, Python, Perl etc.) to automate routine tasks
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and tools (e.g. Identity and Access Management, firewalls, encryption)
• Hands-on experience with networking across cloud and on-premise systems (e.g. TCP/IP, subnets, VPC, load balancing, DNS)
• Proven experience leading small technical teams to deliver outcome in a project setting, providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both internal and client technical, non-technical and management stakeholders
• Experience in site reliability engineering or IT production systems operations including experience troubleshooting and debugging live incidents
• Excellent problem-solving abilities with demonstrable examples of implementing technical innovation or ways of working improvements

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications: 31/04/2025

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