Technical Solutions Architect

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 7 years of experience in customer-facing services focused on translating enterprise customer needs into cloud solutions. Experience in developing solution architectures through system design techniques (e.g., distributed systems, designing a system under certain constraints, simplicity, limitations, robustness and tradeoffs). Ability to travel 20% of the time as required. Preferred qualifications: Experience with public sector organizations delivering cloud enabled transformation within the context of unclassified and classified infrastructures. Experience co-creating and ensuring delivery against Cloud roadmaps with customers or vendors at the CIO, CTO, SVP of Engineering level. Demonstrated record of implementing large-scale cloud or software projects in corporate environments. Demonstrated cloud architectural capabilities with a broad set of enterprise use cases. Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance (TS/SCI) or eligibility. About the job The Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team guides customers through the moments that matter most in their cloud journey to help businesses thrive. We help customers transform and evolve their business through the use of Google's global network, web-scale data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative team in this rapidly growing business, you will help shape the future of businesses of all sizes and use technology to connect with customers, employees, and partners. As a Technical Solutions Architect, you will work with customers in helping transform their businesses through the innovative use of Google Cloud Platform. You will work cross-functionally, providing pre-sales enterprise architecture support, solutions delivery and migration, and engineering expertise for Google's largest customers. As part of the professional services team, you will work on customer RFPs and proposal processes, partnering with Sales and Customer Engineering counterparts to deliver technical architecture and services strategy. You will help inform the scope of services staffing and timelines. You will advise customers on architecture best practices and architectural blueprints as the foundation for migration to Google Cloud. You are part of a team that will propose, develop, and implement new approaches as well as strive for execution consistency, and repeatability for these engagements. You will represent and deliver best practices across the areas of infrastructure/application/data modernization and more. You will collaborate cross-functionally within Google, as well as support our services partner community. Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $177,000-$263,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities Engage with public sector leaders to drive digital transformation, define shared initiatives, promote Google technologies, and guide architectural design. Guide teams through the delivery of forward-thinking and innovative approaches to anticipate and address public sector customer problems. Provide innovative solutions to public sector challenges and support Google's engagement with government standards bodies. Identify and resolve technical hurdles and integration needs through collaboration with Google product and engineering teams, and customer teams. Demonstrate a robust understanding and experience with product deployment, systems design and integration, as well as the competitive landscape to deliver industry expertise. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.