Managing Director leading Digital Strategy and Business Architecture at Ankura. Driving growth strategy, operational improvements, and business model evolution.
About the role
- GCP Architect leading the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure for merchandising. Collaborating across teams with a focus on Google Cloud Platform and DevOps.
Responsibilities
- Configure log-based metrics such as error rate, latency, and memory usage, along with retention policies and export settings.
- Monitor health metrics including latency, error rate, CPU/memory utilization, and API response times.
- Track user traffic patterns and analyze system usage.
- Create unified dashboards in Looker Studio or Grafana to present consolidated views of multiple services.
- Integrate billing data, usage metrics, and error dashboards for holistic monitoring.
- Define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Provide guidance and decision trees for choosing the appropriate GCP datastore (Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Firestore, Bigtable, BigQuery) based on latency, consistency, schema flexibility, global scalability, and cost.
- Advise on selecting between Kubernetes and Platform-as-a-Service (GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, Cloud Functions) considering application complexity, control requirements, scalability, and team skill set.
Requirements
- Senior candidate with 10+ year of relevant experience
- Experience developing architecture patterns for
- Web application frontends, RESTful APIs, Backend services using Cloud SQL or Cloud Spanner, Stateless app deployments utilizing GKE, Cloud Run, or App Engine, CI/CD integration points, caching layers such as Redis, and queue-based microservices with Pub/Sub or Cloud Tasks
- Set up comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions for Merchandising Apps, leveraging Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Error Reporting, and Trace.
- Implement centralized dashboards using Cloud Monitoring Workspace or Grafana with a BigQuery backend.
- Create log sinks to BigQuery or Pub/Sub for data processing and retention.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules for - Compute resources (GCE, Cloud Run, GKE), IAM policies, Projects, Service Accounts, Cloud SQL and Spanner databases, VPCs, Subnets, Load Balancers, Firewalls, Maintain GitOps workflows for Terraform.
- Design and deploy CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build and GitHub Actions.
- Design and implement VPC and Shared VPC architectures.
- Configure and manage Load Balancers (Global, Regional, HTTPS, Internal).
- Set up VPC Service Controls to protect against data exfiltration.
Benefits
- Flexible work
- Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
- Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
- Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
- Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
- Employee Resource Groups
- Disaster Relief
Job title
Job type
Experience level
Salary
Degree requirement
Tech skills
Location requirements
Lead Architect role focused on implementing innovative data science and AI/ML solutions for clients. Collaborating with a skilled team to address unique challenges and drive business transformation.
Supports Bundeswehr in developing enterprise IT architectures per NAF/ADMBw standards. Collaborates with users and stakeholders to address technical solutions and optimize architecture processes.
IT Architect designing the foundation for global fintech platforms at FIS. Influencing systems and software for vital business processes with great growth opportunities.
Mobile Architect leading design and development of innovative mobile applications. Collaborating with cross - functional teams for scalable and efficient solutions.
Senior Software Architect designing software architecture for military radio systems at Thales. Leading technical implementations with a focus on embedded real - time software and communication projects.
Senior Business Architect leading transformation initiatives for Ford's electric vehicle vision. Collaborating across cross - functional teams to establish new business capabilities and drive change.
Technology Director leading enterprise - wide cybersecurity architecture strategy for Wells Fargo. Ensuring robust security solutions across all technology platforms and compliance with regulatory frameworks.
Technical Design Architect defining strategies for Modern Workplace Microsoft solutions with customer interaction. Leading vendor relationships and delivering technical solutions for enterprises in the UK.
Project Architect II at Trissential leading architecture governance across multiple projects. Shaping enterprise solutions and ensuring compliance with industry standards in a hybrid work environment.