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Principal Architect, Google Cloud

San Francisco, CA, United States of America - $186k -$261k
Full Time
Posted by GOOGLE INC.

Google Cloud role based in San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; +3 more locations. Applicants will have an opportunity to share preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Benefits

In accordance with applicable state law, Google highlights its comprehensive benefits package available to all eligible US-based employees. Benefits for this role include: Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) with company match; Paid Time Off: 20 days per year, accrual rate 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment; Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary); Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks; Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks; Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience as an enterprise architect or in a customer-facing role.
  • Experience engaging with, and presenting to, technical stakeholders and executive leaders.
Preferred qualifications
  • Experience with structured enterprise architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise to cloud migration deployments and roadmaps.
  • Experience in enterprise technology buying and evaluation processes paired with large scale computing solutions.
  • Experience in building, architecting, designing and implementing distributed global cloud-based systems.
  • Knowledge of technology solutions with the ability to learn and work with new emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space.

Ability to deliver results and work cross-functionally to position and orchestrate a solution consisting of multiple products.

About the job

When leading companies choose Google Cloud, it is a huge win for spreading the power of cloud computing globally. Once educational institutions, government agencies, and other businesses sign on to use Google Cloud products, you come in to facilitate making their work more productive, mobile, and collaborative. You listen and deliver what is most helpful for the customer. You assist fellow sales Googlers by problem-solving key technical issues for our customers. You liaise with the product marketing management and engineering teams to stay on top of industry trends and devise enhancements to Google Cloud products.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this Full time position is $186,000-$261,000 + 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
  • Build a trusted advisory relationship with strategic accounts and engage with Architects, Vice President (VP) engineering, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO), and identify customer priorities, technical objections and design strategies encompassing the entire Google ecosystem to deliver business value and resolve blockers.
  • Provide domain expertise around public cloud and enterprise technology, and effectively promote Google Cloud with customers, at conferences, and online.
  • Make recommendations on integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms and application infrastructure required to successfully implement a complete solution providing best practice advice to customers to optimize Google Cloud effectiveness.
  • Manage the holistic enterprise architecture relationship with customers by collaborating with specialists, product management, engineering, and more.
  • Travel to customer sites, conferences, and other related events as required.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google\'s EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.

Google is a global company and in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

San Francisco, CA, United States of America
$186k -$261k
GOOGLE INC.
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