Drimva

Google

Principal Architect

$153K–$222K

Raleigh, NC, USA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026

Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Durham, NC, USA
Experience
10 years with a bachelor’s degree, or 8 years with a master’s degree; additionally, 8 years in each of the specified experience areas.
Education
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Strategy, Business Consulting, or a related field.

About the job

Advises enterprise executives on Google Cloud strategy and architecture, guiding solution integration, cloud governance, pilots, and migrations while supporting business growth.

What you'll do

  • Build executive relationships and develop strategies across the Google ecosystem.
  • Recommend enterprise architectures and integration strategies; lead cross-functional cloud strategy and governance.
  • Support partner pilots and migrations, explain solution value, and promote cloud expertise with customers and at industry conferences.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in a stated or related field plus 10 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job or a Customer Architect-related occupation; alternatively, a master’s degree in a stated or related field plus 8 years of such experience.
  • 8 years of experience architecting and designing highly distributed global cloud-based systems.
  • 8 years of experience in cloud computing across applications, infrastructure, storage, platforms, or data.
  • 8 years of experience in solution identification linking customer objectives to quantified value, technical presentations to stakeholders and executive leaders, and data and information management regarding big data trends.

Pay

USD 153,000 - USD 222,000 base salary; 42.86% bonus target + equity (amount not stated)

Tools

Google Cloud

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