Senior Principal - GCP Platform Architect
GSK (company site, opens in a new tab)15+ yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 40–70 LPA
Posted 20h ago
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Job description
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About This Role
- Own the technical design of the Google Cloud Platform including defining reference architectures, patterns, and standards to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and consistent.
- Provide design assurance and technical guidance to engineering teams, reviewing and approving designs against standards pre-build to achieve platform reliability, resilience, and compliance including GxP requirements.
- Integrate AI into the platform via reference patterns for AI-assisted delivery and intelligent, self-healing operations while collaborating with Enterprise Architecture and Information Security on standards and roadmaps.
Minimum Requirements
- Degree in technology or engineering discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- 15+ years overall experience with 6-8 years in technology architecture or senior engineering roles including 3+ years producing reference architectures or standards.
- Strong experience as a Google Cloud Architect with expertise in networking, security, compliance, GCP services (including AI), design assurance, and architecting for SLOs and error budgets.
- Work Experience Required: 15+ years in relevant technology architecture or senior engineering roles.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in high-level platform architecture with a focus on Google Cloud and regulated environments (GxP or similar).
- Skilled in influencing engineering teams without direct authority to adopt architectural patterns and maintain standards.
- Proficient in evaluating new technologies based on measurable outcomes and managing trade-offs such as technical debt pragmatically.