Cloud Consultant, Application Modernization, Professional Services

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience project managing and delivering technical solutions.
• Experience working in a cloud computing environment (i.e., infrastructure, storage, platforms or data).
• Experience with architecting, developing, and maintaining technical solutions by leveraging virtual machines, containers (e.g., Kubernetes/GKE), serverless computing, or software defined networking (SDN).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with customer-facing migrations, including service discovery, assessment, planning, execution, and operations.
• Experience or interest in multi-cloud or hybrid Cloud environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes, GKE, or EKS.
• Experience reading software code in one or more languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, or Python).
• Experience in systems design with an ability to architect or explain complex systems interactions including data flows, common interfaces, APIs, and methods available.
• Excellent communication, written, presentation, and problem-solving skills.

About the job

The Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team guides customers through the moments that matter most in their cloud journey to help businesses thrive. We help customers transform and evolve their business through the use of Google's global network, web-scale data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative team in this rapidly growing business, you will help shape the future of businesses of all sizes and use technology to connect with customers, employees, and partners.

As an Application Modernization Cloud Consultant, you will work directly with Google's most strategic customers on critical application development and modernization projects to help them transform their businesses. You will provide consulting, program management and technical expertise to customers, while working with client executives and key technical leaders to drive adoption of modern applications and cloud native products on Google Cloud Platform.

In this role, you will work with customers on application re-design and implementation including application scaling, reliability, and ongoing operations such as application and feature rollouts, monitoring, and more. Additionally, you will work closely with Product Management and Product Engineering to build and facilitate excellence in our 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 $118,000-$174,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. 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

• Work with customer development leads, client executives, and partners to manage and deliver successful, modern cloud applications; becoming a trusted advisor to decision makers throughout the engagement.
• Propose solution architectures and manage the deployment of cloud native application development solutions according to complex customer requirements and implementation best practices.
• Work with internal specialists, Product, and Engineering teams to package approaches, best practices, and lessons learned into thought leadership, methodologies, and published assets.
• Interact with Sales, Partners, and customer technical stakeholders to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks and issues, and timelines for successful client outcomes.
• Travel approximately 30% of the time for client engagements.