Role: GCP Architect

Location: Remote (Preferred East Coast)

Experience Required: 13+ Years

Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise / Cloud Architect to lead the migration of a large, stateful monolithic Java application to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role requires strong expertise in RMI-based architectures, session management, DNS-based service discovery, and high-availability cloud design, ensuring seamless connectivity and session continuity throughout the migration process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and lead migration of a large monolithic application to GCP
• Design and validate RMI implementation on GCP
• Implement QDRMI session management and ensure session continuity
• Design stateful session and connection management across cloud instances
• Enable and validate QDRMI connectivity between client applications and GKE
• Implement DNS-based service discovery to replace fixed IP dependencies
• Design DNS routing strategies for scalable service communication
• Ensure binary protocol compatibility between on-prem and cloud-hosted services
• Validate session persistence during GCP instance restarts and GKE pod restarts
• Collaborate with application, networking, and platform teams to resolve connectivity and latency issues
• Define architectural standards, patterns, and guardrails for stateful workloads on GCP

Required Skills & Expertise:

• Enterprise-scale GCP architecture
• Experience migrating large monolithic applications
• Understanding of Java RMI / QDRMI architectures
• Experience with stateful socket-based communication and session lifecycle management
• Strong knowledge of DNS-based service discovery and routing
• GKE architecture for stateful workloads
• Networking expertise including load balancing, DNS routing, HA, and failover design
• Experience handling binary protocols and compatibility challenges

Experience Requirements:

• 13+ years in enterprise or cloud architecture
• Hands-on experience with GCP and GKE
• Experience designing high-availability and low-latency systems
• Strong background in legacy modernization and cloud migration
• Excellent technical leadership and stakeholder communication skills

If you are interested, please share your updated resume along with the following details:

• Current Location
• Work Authorization / Visa Status
• Total Years of Experience
• GCP Experience (Years)
• Availability for Interview
• Expected Rate/Salary