Experience architecting, designing, and implementing globally distributed cloud-based systems.

Knowledge of public sector technology buying and evaluation processes.

Ability to learn and work with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space.

Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, as needed.

Excellent leadership, influencing, and collaboration skills.

About the job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business - all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers - developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies - see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

As a Principal Architect, you will be a part of the Customer developing organization for Google Cloud. You will lead cross-functional teams to help customers design, plan, implement, and govern enterprise cloud strategies.

In this role, you will be focused on accelerating the digital transformation of public sector organizations in the Asia Pacific region using Google Cloud. You will serve as a trusted advisor to government agencies, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations, guiding their enterprise cloud strategies and promoting the adoption of Google Cloud technologies to achieve their objectives.

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.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture relationships within strategic public sector accounts, engage with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and other key decision-makers to understand their priorities, challenges, and long-term ideas.
• Advocate for Google Cloud solutions at conferences, online forums, and within customer engagements.
• Design and orchestrate comprehensive technical solutions encompassing the entire Google Cloud ecosystem, guide customers on integration strategies, enterprise architectures, and application infrastructure best practices to optimize their cloud investments and achieve desired business outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional teams of specialists, customer engineers, principal architects and product managers to ensure the implementation of enterprise cloud solutions.
• Partner with Value Engineering to articulate the total value proposition of Google Cloud solutions, including both technical and business benefits.