Google Cloud Client Solutions Architect
Google Cloud Client Solutions Architect
The Opportunity
West Monroe is seeking a Google Cloud Client Solutions Architect to help organizations solve complex business and technology challenges through the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). In this role, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to client leaders, partnering with business and technology stakeholders to develop cloud strategies, architect enterprise solutions, and guide implementation from strategy through delivery. You'll combine deep Google Cloud expertise with consulting experience to help clients modernize technology, accelerate innovation, and achieve measurable business outcomes while contributing to the growth of West Monroe's Google Cloud practice. This is a remote role supporting a strategic client in Northwest Arkansas. Candidates should reside in or be willing to relocate to the Northwest Arkansas area to enable regular in-person client collaboration as business needs require.
What You'll Do
Client Delivery
Partner with business and technology leaders to define cloud strategies, roadmaps, and enterprise Google Cloud architectures aligned to business goals.
Lead the design of Google Cloud solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, analytics, AI, and integration to support modernization initiatives.
Assess current environments, define target-state architectures, and communicate technical recommendations, trade-offs, and risks to executive and technical stakeholders.
Guide cloud migration and modernization programs from planning through implementation, ensuring secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions.
Collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to establish architecture standards, review technical designs, and maintain delivery quality across multiple engagements.
Apply deep technical expertise to solve complex client challenges while enabling project teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.
Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes.
Business Development
Serve as a trusted technical advisor during client pursuits, discovery workshops, and executive presentations.
Contribute to solution development, proposals, estimates, and technical positioning while identifying opportunities to expand client relationships.
Represent West Monroe through technical thought leadership, Google Cloud partnerships, and industry events.
Practice Development
Help grow West Monroe's Google Cloud practice by developing reusable architecture assets, methodologies, and best practices.
Mentor consultants and engineers, sharing technical expertise and fostering architectural excellence.
Stay current on Google Cloud innovations and emerging technologies while supporting recruiting, knowledge sharing, and an inclusive team culture.
What You'll Bring
8+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise cloud solutions, including significant experience with Google Cloud Platform.
Expertise in cloud infrastructure, networking, security, identity, application architecture, integration, and data platforms.
Experience leading enterprise cloud modernization, migration, or cloud-native initiatives from strategy through implementation.
Ability to translate business objectives into practical technical solutions and communicate architecture decisions to executive and technical stakeholders.
Experience working with cross-functional consulting and engineering teams in complex enterprise environments.
Experience supporting retail, consumer products, supply chain, or other large-scale enterprise organizations is preferred.
Familiarity with cloud data and analytics, AI and machine learning services, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD practices.
Google Cloud certifications, including Professional Cloud Architect, are strongly preferred.
Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.
Reside in or be willing to relocate to the Northwest Arkansas area to support regular in-person collaboration with client stakeholders as business needs require.
Ability to travel 25 to 50%.
A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.
Location: Remote – Northwest Arkansas (Bentonville Area)
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Seattle or Washington, D.C.
$203,200—$239,100 USD
Los Angeles
$212,900—$250,500 USD
New York City or San Francisco
$222,500—$261,900 USD
A location not listed above
$193,500—$227,700 USD