Principal Architect
Hybrid (Raleigh, NC, USA; Durham, NC, USA)$153k - $222kFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Advanced role focused on owning outcomes, solving ambiguous problems, and influencing stakeholders with deep domain expertise in cloud architecture and enterprise solutions.
Responsibilities
- Build trusted advisory relationships with C-level executives and key stakeholders to identify priorities and design comprehensive strategies across the Google ecosystem.
- Recommend integration strategies and enterprise architectures to successfully implement solutions while providing best practices that optimize Google Cloud effectiveness.
- Lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with product management to manage holistic enterprise architecture relationships and govern cloud strategies.
- Partner with Value Engineering to articulate the total value of technical solutions and drive business growth through pipeline development and revenue generation.
- Empower partners to drive successful pilots and migrations while removing technical barriers to secure client wins and expand opportunities. Provide domain expertise around public cloud technology by promoting solutions at industry conferences and traveling to customer sites as required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Strategy, Business Consulting or a related field and 10 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a Customer Architect-related occupation.
- Alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Strategy, Business Consulting or a related field, and 8 years of experience in the job offered or in a Customer Architect-related occupation.
- 8 years of experience in Architecture and design of highly distributed global cloud-based systems; Cloud computing across applications, infrastructure, storage, platforms, or data; Solution identification linking customer objectives to quantified value; Technical presentation to stakeholders and executive leaders; and Data and information management regarding big data trends.
Skills
Required:Stakeholder managementEnterprise architectureCloud strategy and advisoryTechnical presentationPublic cloud technologies
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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