Job Description

An Enterprise client, a consulting firm specializing in helping organizations transform their operations through AI, data, and cloud technologies, is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Architect to design and implement a secure and scalable Palo Alto Firewall architecture on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This contract role is essential for establishing a robust, automated network infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. The architect will collaborate with cross-functional engineering and security teams to define requirements, document solutions, and guide deployment efforts across Production and Disaster Recovery environments.

Job Description

Architecture & Design

• Lead the design of a scalable Palo Alto VM-Series Firewall architecture across both Production and Disaster Recovery (DR) environments on GCP.
• Develop detailed network and security architecture blueprints, ensuring alignment with cloud governance, compliance frameworks, and best practices.
• Define automation strategies and tooling approaches using Terraform to support consistent, secure, and repeatable infrastructure provisioning.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Build reusable Terraform modules for Palo Alto firewalls, networking components, and supporting GCP resources.
• Document module inputs, outputs, dependencies, IAM requirements, and environment-specific configurations.
• Ensure IaC implementations adhere to versioning, security, and maintainability standards.

Deployment & Advisory

• Provide technical advisory and validation support throughout deployment and UAT phases.
• Validate architecture against functional and security requirements, test traffic flows, and ensure seamless integration with monitoring and logging systems.
• Support troubleshooting related to routing, firewall policies, and cross-environment connectivity.

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

• Deliver comprehensive design documentation, reference architecture diagrams, and Terraform artifacts.
• Prepare implementation guides and operational runbooks to assist internal teams with ongoing maintenance.

• • Conduct knowledge transfer sessions with the client’s engineering teams to ensure smooth adoption and operational continuity.

Qualifications

Deep Technical Expertise

• Proven experience designing secure and scalable architectures on Google Cloud Platform , including VPCs, IAM, Load Balancers, Service Accounts, routing, and networking components.
• Hands-on experience implementing and managing Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewalls or equivalent cloud-based firewalls.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, firewall rule configuration, and traffic flow design.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Recent, hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
• Ability to create reusable modules, enforce IaC best practices, and document dependencies and design patterns.

Architecture & Governance

• Skilled in reviewing cloud architectures and identifying bottlenecks or security gaps.
• Experience designing secure, automated GCP environments aligned with governance or compliance frameworks.

Communication & Leadership

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting complex technical concepts to engineering, security, and leadership teams.
• Strong documentation skills, including creating architecture diagrams, runbooks, and implementation guides.

Additional Information

• Eight weeks project!
• 100% remote opportunity!

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