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Principal Architect

Boulder, COOnsiteFull TimePrincipal$168,350–$222,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Information Technology
  • Business Strategy
  • Business Consulting
  • Principal Architect-related occupation
  • Master’s degree
  • Technical presentation
  • executive leaders
  • Network technology
  • routing
  • VPNs

Nice to have

  • Google
  • bonus target
  • equity
  • benefits
  • identify priorities
  • Google ecosystem

Role summary

Google Cloud is seeking a Principal Architect to accelerate digital transformation for organizations by delivering enterprise-grade solutions. This role involves building trusted advisory relationships with C-level executives, designing comprehensive strategies across the Google ecosystem, and recommending integration strategies and enterprise architectures. The Principal Architect will lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with product management, and partner with Value Engineering to drive business growth. Responsibilities include empowering partners, removing technical barriers, and providing domain expertise in public cloud technology through industry conference presentations and customer site visits, requiring up to 10% regional travel.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Strategy, Business Consulting, or a related field and 10 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a Principal Architect-related occupation.
  • Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Strategy, Business Consulting, or a related field, and 8 years of experience in the job offered or in a Principal Architect-related occupation.
  • Position requires 8 years of experience in the following: Structured Enterprise Architecture practices for hybrid cloud or on-premise-to-cloud migration deployments; Architecture and design of highly distributed global cloud-based systems; Technical presentation to stakeholders and executive leaders; Network technology including routing, VPNs, load balancers, and firewalls (Determining GCP Competitive Differentiators); and Database management of multiple databases or related application stacks.

About the job:

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $168,350 - $222,000 + 42.86% bonus target + equity + benefits determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Learn more about benefits at Google.


Responsibilities:

  • Build trusted advisory relationships with C-level executives and key stakeholders to identify priorities and design comprehensive strategies across the Google ecosystem.
  • Recommend integration strategies and enterprise architectures to successfully implement solutions while providing best practices that optimize Google Cloud effectiveness.
  • Lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with product management to manage holistic enterprise architecture relationships and govern cloud strategies.
  • Partner with Value Engineering to articulate the total value of technical solutions and drive business growth through pipeline development and revenue generation.
  • Empower partners to drive successful pilots and migrations while removing technical barriers to secure client wins and expand opportunities. Provide domain expertise around public cloud technology by promoting solutions at industry conferences and traveling to customer sites as required. Regional travel required at least 10% of the time to unanticipated worksites. 
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