Engineering & Technology
Lead
Poland; Bulgaria; Romania

Technical Cloud Architect (GCP)

ABOUT THE ROLE

In this role, you will join the Cloud & DevOps Practice within the Critical Services Center of Excellence (CoE), a team focused on designing innovative cloud solutions, supporting technical pre-sales activities, and delivering high-impact consulting services. You will work with leading cloud platforms, help clients modernize their environments, and contribute to building scalable, secure, and reliable systems while collaborating with top technology partners such as Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Drive application, data, and infrastructure delivery design, acting as a key technical decision-maker and architectural lead for engineering teams
  • Participate in Discovery, Assessment, and Architectural Project Support engagements
  • Define solution architectures and guide engineering teams through implementation
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and communicate architectural decisions and technical constraints
  • Facilitate cooperation among stakeholders to define and prioritize architectural drivers
  • Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into scalable solution designs and operational plans
  • Support project estimation, roadmap creation, and architecture governance activities
  • Design, build, and maintain complex cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform and other public cloud providers
  • Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab and Jenkins
  • Develop highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and cost-efficient cloud architectures
  • Implement hybrid cloud solutions spanning public cloud and on-premises environments
  • Design monitoring, logging, and observability platforms
  • Create architecture documentation, technical specifications, diagrams, and risk assessments
  • Participate in technical pre-sales activities, workshops, and presentations for business and executive stakeholders

REQUIREMENTS

  • Proven experience as a Cloud Architect, Solutions Architect, or a similar senior technical role
  • Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and major GCP PaaS/IaaS services
  • Experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
  • Solid expertise in Kubernetes and containerized environments
  • Practical experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, or similar)
  • Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code principles, tools, and best practices
  • Experience with Python and/or Shell scripting
  • Strong Linux administration skills
  • Experience deploying, monitoring, and managing SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Knowledge of configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
  • Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable distributed systems
  • Ability to create architecture visions, technical specifications, and solution design documentation
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including presenting to executive and C-level audiences
  • Experience with architecture frameworks and methodologies, including translating business requirements into technical solutions
  • Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken, in a multicultural and distributed environment
  • German language proficiency is a plus

SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Role Summary

Location

Poland, Bulgaria, Romania

Work type

Remote/Office

Direction

Engineering & Technology

Subdirection

Clouds & DevOps

Tech level

Lead

Personal recruiter:

Natalia Plasun

Personal recruiter

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About us

We are a digital engineering and technology consulting company where expertise grows alongside people. For more than 30 years, we have been elevating technology: helping organizations navigate complex business challenges by combining deep engineering knowledge with thoughtful, research-backed innovation. Our teams work across key areas: digital engineering, data and analytics, Сloud, and AI/ML. In each, we deliver practical, scalable solutions rooted in real business needs and measurable human impact.

You bring your perspective and ambition. We create an environment where your work meets clarity, confidence, and purpose.

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Work from home, from the office, or in a hybrid format that supports focus and collaboration.

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Competitive, market-based pay, benchmarked by role and location — plus health coverage, paid time off, wellness support, and learning opportunities.

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