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Google Cloud Platform Design Architect
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Google Cloud Platform Design Architect Contract Role
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: Till the end of 2026
Location: London or Glasgow - 3x days onsite
Client: Investment Banking
Day Rate: £450 inside IR35 via Rockford Payroll
Daily Rate Breakdown
- Traditional Daily Rate: £450
- Agreed Contract Rate (ACR): £346.95
- Equivalent Annual Salary: £90,206 + £10,887 holiday pay
- Payroll provider: Rockford Payroll Info for Contingent Workers - Rockford Pay
Role Overview
This contract position supports the banks programme, responsible for the end-to-end quality assurance, testing, and production release of Google Cloud Platform components within a hybrid cloud environment. The consultant will own the High Level Design Document (HLDD), drive governance approvals, and support platform readiness through Permit to Operate stages to General Availability.
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Embedded within the banks programme team, the consultant will collaborate with platform engineers, enterprise architects, and security/risk stakeholders to deliver formal architecture artefacts and navigate governance and production approval processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end production of the Atlas 2.0 GCP HLDD, covering network topology, landing zone architecture, IAM, data platform services, compute, security controls, and operational tooling.
- Contribute to platform architecture design decisions and maintain the Architecture Design Register.
- Prepare structured submission packs for Architecture Review Boards and Design Authority forums.
- Own the design workstream across all Permit to Operate gates, ensuring documentation completeness and approval.
- Hand over approved documentation and artefacts to operations at General Availability.
- Deliver key artefacts including HLDD, governance and PTO evidence packs, design diagrams, and GA readiness reports.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform architecture and design.
- Proven experience in complex, regulated environments with cloud-native infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of network topology, IAM, security controls, and operational tooling on GCP.
- Experience producing formal architecture documentation and navigating governance processes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
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