Lead Architect - Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

GCP Lead Architect

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About Fractal:

Fractal Analytics is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies with a vision to power every human decision in the enterprise. Fractal is building a world where individual choices, freedom, and diversity are the greatest assets. An ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Where no possibility is written off, only challenged to get better. We believe that a true Fractalite is one who empowers imagination with intelligence. And that it will be such Fractalites that will continue to build the company for the next 100 years.

Key Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a small team of DevOps, MLOps, and cloud engineers; promote high performance, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
Architect and maintain scalable GCP infrastructure for AI agentic workloads (Vertex AI, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Artifact Registry, etc)

Own DevOps and MLOps pipelines, including:
CI/CD with Google Cloud Build (primary) and integration/experience with Jenkins for hybrid/legacy workflows.
Artifact management using Artifact Registry (primary) with exposure to Nexus Repository for proxying or migration scenarios.
IaC (Terraform preferred), container orchestration, and Python scripting/automation for custom tooling, Glue jobs, or pipeline extensions.

Lead API endpoint security strategy, leveraging:
Apigee for enterprise-grade API management, policy enforcement, quota, monetization (if applicable), advanced security, and analytics.
Complementary GCP-native tools: Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP), Cloud Armor (WAF/DDoS), IAM least-privilege, OAuth 2.0/JWT/mTLS, Secret Manager, VPC Service Controls.
Zero-trust/BeyondCorp principles and threat protection for AI agent communications and customer-facing APIs.

Champion FinOps practices on GCP:
Implement cost monitoring (Cloud Billing, FinOps Hub), optimization recommendations (Recommender, Active Assist), commitment-based discounts (CUDs), budget alerts, and idle resource cleanup.
Drive cost allocation, forecasting, and cross-team accountability for high-cost AI workloads (e.g., model training/inference).
Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to productionize agentic workflows with secure, governed access to models/data.
Ensure high observability (Cloud Operations Suite, Prometheus/Grafana), resilience, and SRE practices (incident response, post-mortems).
Establish cloud governance, compliance, and disaster recovery aligned with business needs.

Required Qualifications & Experience
8+ years in DevOps, cloud engineering, or infrastructure roles, with 4+ years deep hands-on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Proven people leadership (5+ reports) in agile/fast-paced environments.
Strong expertise securing APIs/services on GCP, preferably with Apigee (enterprise API management, policies, analytics) alongside IAP, Cloud Armor, IAM, and mTLS.

Hands-on experience with:
CI/CD: Google Cloud Build + integration with Jenkins.
Artifact management: Artifact Registry + familiarity with Nexus Repository.
GKE/Cloud Run, monitoring/logging.
Python for automation, scripting, and tooling in DevOps/MLOps contexts.
Solid understanding of networking (VPC, Private Service Connect), security, and compliance.
Experience with AI/ML platforms (Vertex AI, Agent Builder) and MLOps for agentic systems is highly desirable.

Preferred Skills
Google Cloud certifications: Professional DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architect, Cloud Security Engineer (Apigee-related knowledge a plus).
FinOps experience or certification; familiarity with GCP FinOps Hub, Recommender, and commitment management.
Exposure to agentic AI patterns (multi-agent orchestration, RAG) and their infra requirements.
Experience in high-security or regulated environments.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

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Experience Level

Senior Level