Highbrow Technology Inc · 1 week ago
GCP Architect
Santa Monica, CA
Contract
Onsite
Senior LevelHighbrow Technology Inc is seeking a GCP Architect to design and implement globally distributed GCP platforms with high availability. The role involves architecting reliable systems, optimizing performance, and automating operations while providing 24/7 production support.
ConsultingInformation TechnologySEOSoftwareWeb DesignWeb Development
Hiring Manager
Mohamed Rafi
Responsibilities
Architect globally distributed, multi-region GCP platforms with 99.99%+ availability targets
Define and operationalize SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability governance models
Lead incident command, RCA, and long-term reliability remediation for large-scale systems
Engineer and tune Java-based microservices (JVM internals, GC strategies, memory profiling)
Design and operate GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) at scale, including multi-cluster and fleet management
Implement GCP-native architectures using:
GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Load Balancing
Cloud Spanner, Bigtable, Cloud SQL
Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage
IAM, VPC Service Controls
Build secure and repeatable infrastructure using Terraform and policy-as-code
Design advanced service mesh and traffic management using Istio / Anthos Service Mesh
Implement stateful Kubernetes workloads using Portworx
Implement advanced Kubernetes storage using Portworx for stateful workloads
Support event-driven architectures using Kafka, Kafka Streams, KSQLDB, and Spark Streaming
Integrate GCP-native streaming solutions such as Pub/Sub
Optimize systems for low-latency, high-throughput workloads
Implement advanced observability using Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk,Kiali
Leverage eBPF for kernel-level tracing, networking diagnostics, and performance tuning
Manage advanced ingress, load balancing, and traffic shaping using Nginx Controller and Seesaw
Architect high-scale CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and GCP-native tooling
Build internal developer platforms (PaaS) to standardize deployments and reduce toil
Automate operations using Python, Go, Bash, and custom reliability tooling
Provide 24×7 production support across U.S. time zones
Participate in on-call rotations, weekend releases, and incident war rooms
Continuously improve monitoring, alerting, and incident response maturity
Qualification
Required
Java (Advanced JVM internals, GC, performance tuning)
GCP Cloud (Professional-level depth)
GKE/Kubernetes (CKA/CKS depth)
Docker, Terraform
CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins
Streaming: Kafka, Kafka Streams, KSQLDB, Spark
Service Mesh: Istio, Anthos Service Mesh
Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, Kiali
OS & Scripting: Linux/Unix, Bash
Programming: Python or Go
Virtualization: VMware
Networking & Performance: eBPF, Nginx Controller, Seesaw
Multi-cluster Kubernetes governance
Internal platform engineering (PaaS)
High-traffic SaaS or consumer-scale platforms
Real-time streaming & event-driven architectures
Deep observability and kernel-level tracing
GKE fleet & Anthos multi-cluster architectures
JVM performance engineering at hyperscale
Service mesh traffic shaping & zero-downtime releases
eBPF-based observability & kernel tracing
Platform engineering / internal PaaS design
Real-time streaming & event-driven systems
Google Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes
Company
Highbrow Technology Inc
Highbrow Technology Inc. is a global technology solutions provider, currently assisting clients in the Generative AI (GenAI) space.
Founded in 2011
201-500 employees
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