Technical Director, Google Cloud Delivery

$180,000 - $225,000/Yr

Wolf Den Associates - Herndon, VA

Full-time - Senior

Herndon, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Google Cloud Delivery Technical Director at Dark Wolf Solutions is responsible for establishing the technical vision and architecture for complex cloud implementations, particularly within the U.S. Public Sector. This role involves leading a team of Cloud Engineers and serving as the technical escalation point, ensuring the delivery of scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.

Responsibilities

• Drive and implement technology solutions on Google Cloud for the U.S. Public Sector.
• Work with customers, partners, and internal project team members to understand customer business requirements and translate them into actionable engineering tasks.
• Lead the development and execution of technical strategies to support complex customer deployments.
• Configure and manage GCP services such as Compute Engine, App Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and Cloud SQL.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform.
• Architect and implement security best practices for Google Cloud solutions using products such as Assured Workloads, Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, and Security Command Center.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest GCP services and technologies and their applicability to the Public Sector space.
• Partner with the Director of Google Cloud Delivery to ensure alignment on technical direction and project delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in cloud computing and/or software development.
• 5+ years of experience delivering cloud solutions for Government customers.
• Strong understanding of Google Cloud services and technologies.
• Proven experience leading and managing technical teams.
• Advanced knowledge of specific GCP services and products such as Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Dataflow, and Cloud SQL.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions for customers in the U.S. Public Sector.
• Experience developing technical architecture documents, driving design decisions, and presenting technical solutions to clients and executive level leaders.
• Experience with infrastructure automation using IaC tools such as Terraform.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and experience implementing CI/CD in cloud environments.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the broader team as well as independently.
• US Citizenship and security clearance eligibility.

Nice-to-haves

• Multiple Google Cloud Professional Certification.
• Experience working within and managing Agile software development teams.
• Experience working with Google Cloud compliance products such as Security Command Center and Assured Workloads.
• Experience working with customers in the U.S. Defense and National Security space.
• U.S. Federal Government Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Experience with DevSecOps principles and practices.
• Experience with cloud security best practices and standards.
• Experience with DoD/DISA cybersecurity policies.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range between $180,000.00 - $225,000 based on experience.
• EEO/AA employer status, promoting diversity and inclusion.