GCP Solution Architect
As a preferred supplier to one of our biggest Financial Client, I am seeking for a GCP Solution Architect for a position in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The successful candidate will enhance the design and implementation of cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform. Your focus will be on optimizing infrastructure for performance, scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency—ensuring strong alignment between architecture, implementation, and business goals.
Responsibilities:
- You design and define GCP-based components and services, shaping the overall IT landscape and strategy.
- You evaluate end-to-end processes for efficiency, identify risks, and drive continuous improvements across data ingestion, processing, reporting, and analytics.
- You create clear architecture diagrams, documentation, and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences. You maintain accurate records of current and future-state processes and required changes.
- You promote reuse by developing and maintaining automation patterns and cookbooks to maximize efficiency and consistency. You ensure alignment with ING tech standards and escalate deviations when needed.
- You focus on high-performance solutions, large-scale data handling, and event-driven architectures.
- You work closely with stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams in an agile environment to translate business needs into scalable cloud architectures.
- You ensure software solutions meet customer needs, are cost-effective, and comply with security and regulatory standards.
- You provide technical leadership and mentorship to development and DevOps teams. You guide teams in adopting best practices and reusable solutions.
- You keep up with GCP innovations, emerging technologies, and industry trends to inform architectural decisions.
- You lead initiatives for cloud migration and modernization, including refactoring and rearchitecting legacy systems.
- You collaborate with other platform teams and vendors to implement or upgrade systems and influence technical roadmaps.
- You maintain deep knowledge of organizational policies and regulatory requirements, ensuring team adherence and addressing non-compliance when necessary.
- You identify and propose cost-saving opportunities within the data platform.
Core Requirement:
- 5+ years of experience in IT, including 2+ years in cloud architecture roles.
- Proven experience with big data solutions, either from a cloud architecture or engineering perspective.
- Proven leadership in guiding project teams and managing stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of objectives.
- GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect, Data Engineer, or DevOps Engineer) are highly desirable.
- Hands-on experience with: Google Cloud Platform, including: BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer, Cloud Run Google Cloud Storage, IAM, IAP, Looker
- Proficient in: Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices and automation, Relational and NoSQL databases, Data governance, data lineage and data cataloging, DBT (Data Build Tool), IT security concepts and best practices
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments
- Familiarity with data engineering tools such as Kafka, Spark, or Flink
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR)
- Foreign languages: English (advanced)
Contract: 12+ month
Hours: 36 hours/week
Rates: Excellent
Location: Amsterdam
Interview: 2 stages
Nick Chinweerapunt
Account Manager
Gazelle Global Consulting
Tel +31 85 111 0171
Tel +44 203 588 7747
Mob +44 7377 403 773
nick@gazellegc.com