Google Cloud Platform Design Architect

**Google Cloud Platform Design Architect Contract Role

Start Date: ASAP** Contract Length: Till the end of 2026 Location: London or Glasgow - 3x days onsite **Client: Investment Banking

Day Rate: £450 inside IR35 via Rockford Payroll** Daily Rate breakdown Traditional Daily Rate: £450

Agreed Contract Rate (ACR): £346.95

Equivalent Annual Salary: £90,206 + £10,887 holiday pay

Payroll provider: Rockford Payroll Info for Contingent Workers - Rockford Pay

This is an exciting opportunity to join Deloitte Operations for an engagement with one of our clients. Role Overview This contract position supports the banks programme, responsible for the end-to-end quality assurance, testing, and production release of Google Cloud Platform components within a hybrid cloud environment. The consultant will own the High Level Design Document (HLDD), drive governance approvals, and support platform readiness through Permit to Operate stages to General Availability.

Role Overview Embedded within the banks programme team, the consultant will collaborate with platform engineers, enterprise architects, and security/risk stakeholders to deliver formal architecture artefacts and navigate governance and production approval processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end production of the Atlas 2.0 GCP HLDD, covering network topology, landing zone architecture, IAM, data platform services, compute, security controls, and operational tooling.
• Contribute to platform architecture design decisions and maintain the Architecture Design Register.
• Prepare structured submission packs for Architecture Review Boards and Design Authority forums.
• Own the design workstream across all Permit to Operate gates, ensuring documentation completeness and approval.
• Hand over approved documentation and artefacts to operations at General Availability.
• Deliver key artefacts including HLDD, governance and PTO evidence packs, design diagrams, and GA readiness reports.

Required Skills & Experience

• Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform architecture and design.
• Proven experience in complex, regulated environments with cloud-native infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of network topology, IAM, security controls, and operational tooling on GCP.
• Experience producing formal architecture documentation and navigating governance processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.