Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect - Cloud Platform & Infrastructure (GCP)

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As an Infrastructure & Platform Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) – GCP, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor, guiding enterprise customers through the architecture, administration, and security of their Databricks deployments on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

In this customer-facing position, you will partner closely with Solutions Architects to design and deploy mission-critical workloads, aligning customers' technical roadmaps with the full capabilities of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. As a subject matter expert reporting to the Specialist Field Engineering Manager, you will continuously sharpen your skills through hands-on mentorship, internal training, and continuous learning in GCP cloud infrastructure, network security, and automated deployments. 

This role can be remote. 

The impact you will have:

• Technical Leadership: Guide strategic customers through the full lifecycle of Databricks on GCP platform administration from initial architectural design to production deployment.
• Production-Grade Architecture: Architect secure, scalable enterprise deployments that satisfy complex GCP networking (VPCs, Private Service Connect), identity (Google Cloud Identity/IAM), and security compliance standards.
• Domain Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in core areas such as GCP infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), cloud networking, and identity management.
• Pre-Sales Collaboration: Support Solutions Architects during complex technical sales cycles by building custom proof-of-concept (PoC) architectures and technical content on GCP.
• Community & Knowledge Sharing: Expand platform adoption by delivering tutorials, conducting hackathons, speaking at conferences, and contributing to the Databricks open-source community.
  

What we look for:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in a technical role with deep expertise in GCP, including cloud security, networking best practices, and enterprise data platform design.
• 5+ years of professional experience with distributed architectures and big data technologies (e.g., Apache Spark™, Hadoop, Kafka).
• 5+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role (Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, or Consulting).
• Deep specialized expertise in at least one of the following core domains:
  • Security & Identity: GCP security controls, platform/network/data security, encryption, vulnerability management, compliance, and identity protocols (Google Cloud Identity / IAM, Workload Identity Federation, OAuth, SAML).
  • Networking & Deployments: GCP enterprise networking (VPC peering, Cloud Interconnect, Private Service Connect, Private Google Access), network routing, performance optimization, and large-scale deployment management.
  • Platform Administration: High availability, disaster recovery, cluster orchestration, observability (Google Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging), and GCP cost management.
  • Infrastructure Automation (InfraOps): Hands-on automation using IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Deployment Manager) to build, maintain, and scale complex GCP environments.
• Hands-on experience with Python, Java, or Scala, alongside strong proficiency in SQL.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical work experience.
• [Nice to have] Databricks certifications and/or Google Cloud certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Data Engineer, Professional Cloud Security Engineer).
• Ability to hit role-specific training and technical delivery milestones within the first 6 months.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% as needed.