Google Cloud Solutions Architect - App Innovation

About the position As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies. Join the Slalom Cloud Team -a team of trailblazers ensuring we achieve our strategic goals through innovation and investment in the future. You'll collaborate with local market teams, niche experts, and global partners to drive cloud solution sales and empower clients on their cloud transformation journey. As a key member of Slalom's Google Cloud Center of Excellence, you'll leverage our award-winning partnership and multidisciplinary teams to deliver business value and technical excellence that helps clients bring cloud-native, AI-enabled applications to life.

Responsibilities

• Act as a hands-on technical advisor for cloud-native app development on Google Cloud.
• Support clients in designing, building, and deploying modern applications and AI-powered agents using tools such as Agent Development Kit (ADK), Agentspace, Agent2Agent Protocol, Vertex AI and GenAI APIs, Cloud Run, Firestore, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, and more.
• Create and demo working proofs of concept (POCs), reference architectures, and application blueprints tailored to client needs.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor for GCP solutions during the sales cycle.
• Partner with account executives, solution architects, and client stakeholders to understand business challenges and propose tailored cloud solutions.
• Lead and facilitate technical sales presentations, discovery workshops, and product demonstrations for client prospects.
• Guide clients through the evaluation of Google services, including architecture, integration, security, and migration considerations.
• Develop and deliver compelling solution proposals, statements of work, and technical documentation that address client needs and requirements.
• Collaborate with engineers and consultants to ensure seamless handoff and successful project delivery post-sale.
• Stay current with Google Cloud innovations, market trends, and competitive landscape to inform client recommendations.
• Work flexibly, including virtual, onsite, and possible regional travel up to 50% as needed.

Requirements

• Demonstrated expertise in selling and supporting GCP solutions, with a deep understanding of cloud-native application development on Google Cloud.
• Experience with building intelligent, multi-agent, or LLM-augmented applications using relevant SDKs and platforms (e.g., Agentspace, ADK, LangChain, etc.).
• Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, or Node.js) and familiarity with API-first architectures.
• Knowledge of modern software architecture patterns including event-driven, serverless, microservices, and real-time apps.
• Experience designing and/or supporting production enterprise applications on Google Cloud.
• Proven experience in technical pre-sales, solution engineering, or consulting roles within a technology or cloud services environment.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value propositions for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills; comfortable engaging with C-level executives and technical stakeholders alike.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with application lifecycle management, DevOps automation, and modern system integration patterns is a plus.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Professional Google Cloud Professional Developer, Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Machine Learning Engineer) preferred

Benefits

• Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that includeâtmeaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability.
• We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

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