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Cloud Architect

Lifted, an Upwork Company • Texas City, TX, United States

7 days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

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 : 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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