GCP Technical Lead

Role Description:
•            The GCP Technical Lead is responsible for leading end to end application and database migration initiatives to Google Cloud Platform. This role requires strong hands on expertise in designing cloud architectures, defining migration strategies, and guiding cross functional teams through the transition of on premise applications and databases to GCP.
Key Responsibilities:
•            Cloud Architecture & Migration
•            Lead full lifecycle GCP migration projects for applications and databases.
Design and implement migration workflows using tools such as:
•            Migrate for Compute Engine (M4CE)
•            Migrate for Anthos
•            Database Migration Service (DMS)
•            Velostrata
Application Migration
•            Assess dependencies, performance, and compatibility with GCP services.
•            Re architect legacy applications using GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, or Compute Engine.
•            Integrate GCP services including IAM, VPC, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud DNS, and Secret Manager.
Database Migration
Lead database migrations (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxCloud SQL
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBigQuery
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAlloyDB
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSpanner (if applicable)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPerform schema conversion, capacity planning, and tuning.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxEnsure data integrity, minimal downtime, and rollback options.
DevOps & Automation
•            Implement CI/CD using Cloud Build, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub, or GitLab CI.
•            Automate infrastructure with Terraform, Deployment Manager, or Ansible.
•            Ensure logging and monitoring with Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Security & Compliance
Essential Skills
•            Strong hands on experience with GCP core services (Compute, Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud SQL, GKE, Pub/Sub).
•            Expertise in application and database migration to GCP.
•            Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architectures.
•            Experience with Terraform or other IaC tools.
•            Strong networking, DNS, firewall, and authentication knowledge.
•            Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
•            Ability to drive technical decisions and mentor engineering teams.