Cloud Platform Architect

Reference: 123_1784670957

Cloud Platform Architect
Hybrid · Full-time

We're looking for a hands-on Senior Cloud Platform Architect to lead technical strategy across global SRE and DevOps operations. This is a senior individual-contributor role where you'll set the architectural vision, guide implementation, and influence technology decisions for a cloud platform serving millions of users.

You'll balance strategic architecture with hands-on engineering, helping move the organisation from manual operations toward automated, intelligent workflows across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, disaster recovery, automation, and compliance.

What you'll do

  • Set architectural standards and drive technical alignment across the cloud portfolio
  • Own the technical roadmap for cloud infrastructure and automation
  • Architect solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and infrastructure-as-code
  • Design automation frameworks that reduce manual work and operational toil
  • Provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering teams

What you'll bring

  • Extensive experience in infrastructure/platform engineering at scale
  • Expert-level cloud platform experience (GCP or AWS)
  • Strong Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code expertise
  • Solid coding ability for automation and tooling
  • A track record of technical leadership and sound architectural decision-making

Nice to have

  • Multi-cloud experience
  • Compliance framework exposure (SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP)
  • SRE/DevOps transformation leadership
  • CI/CD and observability expertise

What's on offer

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package
  • Hybrid working

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

COMPETITIVE SALARY

San Francisco

Contract

Added 21/07/2026
Reference: 123_1784670957

Cloud Platform Architect

San Francisco
Contract

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