Job ID: 744000129944158

Lead Architect for Google Cloud (GCP) (m/f/d)

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Professional

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Deutsche Telekom IT and Telecommunications Slovakia

Your Task

As a Lead Cloud Architect, you are responsible for designing, governing, and evolving the enterprise-grade cloud architecture of the One Data Ecosystem (ODE) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You ensure platform stability, scalability, security, and compliance while enabling advanced data, analytics, and AI workloads. You act as a technical authority and strategic leader, working closely with Data & Analytics teams, business stakeholders, and international engineering teams to deliver a future-proof, secure, and highly available cloud platform. This role is critical to maintaining the stability and availability of the ODE_S environment and driving the successful migration from legacy architectures to GCP. This role requires 10+ years of enterprise IT and cloud architecture experience and 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing GCP solutions at enterprise scale. You will be part of the Finance & B2B domain within the DATA TRIBE, contributing to the transformation of the enterprise data and cloud landscape within the One Data Ecosystem (ODE). The mission is to migrate and modernize existing data and platform architectures to GCP, establish standardized, secure, and scalable cloud landing zones, and enable data engineering, analytics, and AI teams with robust cloud foundations. You will work in a future-oriented, agile, and international environment, collaborating across domains and geographies.

Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Strategy

- Analyze the current ("As-Is") cloud and data platform architecture, identifying risks, gaps, and optimization opportunities
- Design enterprise-scale GCP architectures that are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-efficient
- Define cloud strategy, target architecture, and migration roadmaps for ODE workloads
- Establish cloud landing zones, VPC design, networking, and identity architecture

Platform & Infrastructure Design

- Architect and govern GCP infrastructure using services such as Compute (GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions), Data & Storage (BigQuery, Dataplex, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL), Messaging & Streaming (Pub/Sub), and AI/ML (Vertex AI)
- Design and manage data platforms, data lakes, and analytics architectures
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for compliant, repeatable deployments
- Define standards for CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices

Security, Governance & Compliance

- Design and enforce cloud security architecture, including IAM, VPCs, firewalls, VPNs, and Cloud KMS
- Ensure compliance with GDPR and enterprise security standards
- Apply data protection concepts such as data classification, pseudonymization, and anonymization
- Define governance models for cloud resources, cost management, and access control

Operations & Reliability

- Ensure platform stability, availability, and performance of the ODE_S environment
- Architect monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Prometheus)
- Identify and resolve complex platform and infrastructure issues
- Prevent availability risks and operational bottlenecks

Leadership & Collaboration

- Lead international and cross-functional teams of architects, engineers, and data experts
- Translate business and technical requirements into clear architectural designs and specifications
- Support presales, solution design, and strategic decision-making
- Mentor junior architects and engineers; establish architecture best practices and standards
- Document architecture decisions, patterns, and technical solutions thoroughly

Your Profile

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Cloud Architect with extensive expertise in Google Cloud Platform, enterprise-grade cloud architecture, data platforms, and security.



The ideal candidate will have deep technical knowledge combined with strong leadership abilities to design and govern scalable, secure cloud solutions while mentoring teams and collaborating across international stakeholders.

Must Have Skills

- 10+ years of enterprise IT and cloud architecture experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing GCP solutions at enterprise scale
- Deep expertise in GCP core services including BigQuery, Dataplex, GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, and Vertex AI
- Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Cloud Deployment Manager
- Deep expertise in cloud networking, IAM, and security architecture
- Proven experience architecting cloud platforms
- Proven experience architecting data lakes, data warehouses, and analytics solutions
- Strong Kubernetes and container orchestration experience with GKE
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows
- Proficiency in Python and/or shell scripting
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Strong communication skills
- Fluent English
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
- Extensive experience in ICT analysis, architecture, and solution design
- Strong background as a senior data professional or data architect in enterprise environments
- Deep knowledge of data architecture, data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical), and ETL/ELT patterns
- Strong hands-on or design-level experience with SQL
- Strong hands-on or design-level experience with Python
- Strong hands-on or design-level experience with UNIX
- Strong hands-on or design-level experience with GIT
- Strong hands-on or design-level experience with UML
- Ability to analyze existing enterprise data landscapes and identify architectural gaps, risks, and optimization opportunities
- Ability to design scalable, stable, and maintainable data architectures aligned with business strategy and enterprise standards
- Ability to define and maintain target data architectures, reference architectures, and architectural principles
- Ability to translate business and technical requirements into clear architectural designs, standards, and technical specifications
- Ability to establish and enforce data architecture guidelines, best practices, and design patterns
- Ability to drive alignment with data governance frameworks, including data quality, metadata, and ownership models
- Ability to lead and plan data migration strategies, especially on-premise or legacy systems to GCP
- Ability to design cloud-native data platforms on GCP using services such as BigQuery, Dataplex, and Cloud Storage
- Ability to ensure architectural consistency across hybrid and cloud environments
- Ability to define and oversee testing strategies for data pipelines, integrations, and platforms
- Ability to ensure non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Ability to guide teams in resolving complex data issues through structured root-cause analysis
- Ability to collaborate closely with international and cross-functional teams, including data engineers, cloud architects, analytics teams, and business stakeholders
- Ability to act as a technical lead and trusted advisor, supporting presales activities and architectural decision-making
- Ability to mentor data engineers and junior architects,



strengthening architectural maturity across teams
- Ability to work effectively in agile environments, managing architectural requirements across the full project lifecycle
- Ability to contribute to structured and transparent decision-making processes
- Ability to prepare and maintain high-quality architecture documentation, including diagrams, standards, and architecture decision records
- Ability to communicate clearly and confidently in German and English
- Knowledge of data protection and privacy principles, including attribute classification, pseudonymization, and anonymization
- Ability to ensure alignment with regulatory and enterprise compliance requirements such as GDPR

Nice to Have Skills

- Google Cloud certifications including Professional Cloud Architect, Security Engineer, or Network Engineer
- Experience with AWS or multi-cloud architectures
- Experience with AI/ML platforms and Generative AI integrations
- Knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementations
- Experience in regulated industries such as Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, or Telecommunications
- Proven experience leading and mentoring architecture teams
- Experience with enterprise-wide cloud data migrations, especially on Google Cloud Platform
- Expertise in end-to-end data platform and pipeline architecture
- Strong background in enterprise data modeling frameworks such as dimensional modeling, Data Vault, or domain-oriented models
- Experience working closely with cloud platform, security, and infrastructure architects
- Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid data architectures
- Previous responsibility for architecture governance boards or design authorities

About Us

Our brand Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia entered the life of Košice region in 2006 under the name of T-Systems Slovakia and ever since has been inextricably linked with the region when became one of the founding members of Košice IT Valley. We have managed to grow from scratch to the second largest employer in the eastern part of the country with more than 3900 employees. Our goal is to proactively find recent ways to improve and continuously transform into the type of company providing innovative information and communication technology services.

Benefits

We believe in balance between work and personal life. An attractive and extensive work-life balance portfolio guarantees lasting motivation for employees and thus a better quality of life, promotes physical and mental well-being and contributes to a positive work environment. We offer our employees over 25 different benefits to improve their personal and professional life in these areas:

- Financial benefits
- Benefits with focus on learning and development
- Benefits with focus on health and sport
- Benefits with focus on family and work-life balance
- Other benefits

For more information about our benefits: Benefits

Salary:

Final salary is negotiable.

We are offering base salary depending on seniority level and previous experience of candidate. In addition to base salary we provide variable part and other financial benefits. Base salary will not be lower than €2,500 gross.

Additional Details

Remote Working Policy: Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Slovakia due to European taxation regulation.

Job Benefits

Family Support

Family and work-life balance benefits

Financial

- Base salary not lower than €2,500 gross
- Variable compensation component
- Additional financial benefits

Work-Life Balance

- Remote working possibility (within Slovakia)
- Extensive work-life balance portfolio

Other Benefits

Over 25 different benefits available

Professional Development

Learning and development benefits

Lifestyle & Wellness

- Health and sport benefits
- Benefits with focus on physical and mental well-being

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