GCP Senior Architect | Engineering Team

Description & Requirements

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an experienced GCP Senior Pre-Sales Architect in our Engineering practice in Poland who combines deep technical expertise with hands-on delivery experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with strong customer-facing and business development capabilities. This role spans the entire customer lifecycle, from solution discovery and pre-sales engagements through architecture design, implementation, migration, and successful project delivery.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform, leading customer engagements, supporting sales pursuits, and driving successful cloud transformation programs.

Required Qualifications:

·8+ years of experiencein cloud architecture, infrastructure design, and enterprise application architecture.

·Extensive hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

·Experience preparing technical proposals, statements of work, presentations, and commercial offers.

·Proven track record of designing and implementing production-grade cloud solutions on GCP.

·Strong expertise in both:

oInfrastructure Architecture

oApplication Architecture

·Proven experience in pre-sales, solutions consulting and delivery of larger-scale cloud transformation projects.

·Hands-on experience implementing enterprise solutions, bot on infrastructure and application levels, on GCP in production environments.

·Experience acting as Solution Architect, Lead Architect, Technical Lead, or Cloud Architect during project delivery.

·Strong understanding of cloud migration methodologies and modernization frameworks.

·Experience managing technical and business stakeholders throughout project implementation phases, managing project risks, architecture decisions, and stakeholder expectations.

·Ability to balance strategic architecture responsibilities with hands-on technical involvement when required.

Technical expertise:

The successful candidate will demonstrate experience in:

·Cloud-native, hybrid and multi-cloud architectures

·Application modernization and cloud-native transformation initiatives.

·Cloud development expertise with ability to design Cloud, GCP application architectures

·Microservices and container platforms

·Kubernetes and container orchestration

·DevOps and GitOps practices

·CI/CD pipelines

·Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)

·Security, compliance, and governance frameworks

·Enterprise integration patterns and API-driven architectures

·Leading end-to-end cloud adoption and migration programs.

·AI/GenAI platform implementation and operationalization using Vertex AI and Gemini.

·Delivering measurable business outcomes through cloud and AI transformation initiatives.

Your future role

As a GCP Senior Pre-Sales Architect, you will play a key role in helping our customers design and execute their cloud transformation journey on Google Cloud Platform. You will combine deep technical expertise with strong business acumen and customer-facing skills, working closely with customers, sales teams and engineering teams throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

·Work closely with GCP alliance leader, industry leaders and account executives to engage with customers to understand their business challenges, strategic objectives, and technical requirements.

·Lead discovery sessions, workshops, and architecture discussions with technical and business stakeholders.

·Design end-to-end cloud solutions leveraging Google Cloud Platform services.

·Lead cloud transformation initiatives from solution conception through implementation and production deployment.

·Act as the technical lead or chief architect for GCP projects.

·Provide architectural governance throughout project execution and ensure alignment with customer requirements and best practices.

·Guide delivery teams in implementing cloud-native architectures, migration programs, and modernization initiatives.

·Participate in project planning, risk assessment, and technical decision-making.

·Support customers throughout implementation, testing, cutover, and go-live phases.

·Conduct architecture reviews, design authority meetings, and technical quality assurance activities.

·Mentor engineers, cloud consultants, and project teams on GCP technologies and architecture best practices within Engineering team.

·Collaborate with project managers and delivery leaders to ensure successful project execution, timelines, quality, and customer satisfaction.

·Drive adoption of Cloud native applications development, DevOps, Platform Engineering, FinOps, and Cloud Governance best practices throughout project lifecycles.

What we offer

• Permanent employment or contract,
• Medical and health insurance,
• Multisport and other lifestyle benefits,
• Friendly coworkers & team spirit,
• Multiple geographies and clients,
• Work for well-known brands,
• Exposure to trailblazing business and technology projects,
• A place in the first line of a digital transformation,
• Everyday opportunities to influence how and where we do our business,
• A development path to fit your needs

Selection process

Recruitment journey

Stage 1 - Send your CV in word or pdf format in English.

Stage 2 (optional) - Join a quick HR phone call (15 minutes).

Stage 3 - Attend a Hiring Manager technical interview (online, 60 minutes).

Stage 4 - Attend a second confirming (business & technical) interview (online, 60 minutes).

About Deloitte

In Deloitte we support leading global organizations in optimizing and transforming their organizations. This also relates to their finance function. Our consultants offer insights, capabilities, and solutions that change the way these organizations operate and make people-related decisions.

We are currently building in Poland a dedicated team which will focus on advisory in the area of Finance & Performance. The Team will advise our Clients in complex issues relating to i.a. Reporting, Budgeting, Controlling processes. We are looking for high-energy, committed and ambitious people to join our advisory practice. Next to advising on most sophisticated and challenging issues relating to the above mentioned areas, our Consulting professionals will also advise on potential solutions leading to optimisation of the above mentioned processes. This will also include applying the newest technologies.

Are you ready to join our team and help our clients imagine, deliver, and run their future?

About the team

Our Cloud Engineering teams design and deliver cutting-edge cloud projects for clients in Poland and abroad in areas of cloud development, DevOps, integration, migration, data management, infrastructure and others. We help our clients to strategize, design and implement and migrate solutions with use of modern cloud technologies.ing development Basic understanding of one of Cloud Services Provider (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) Knowledge of serverless framework Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

Engineering | Deloitte Global