Google Solutions Architect

Position Title: Google Solutions Architect
Position Type: Full-time, Remote
Location: Reston, VA ( preference for VA, MD, DC )
Clearance: Active Public Trust

Description:
Waypoint's client is seeking a Google Solutions Architect to provide enterprise architecture leadership supporting cloud services and enterprise platform initiatives within a federal research environment.

This role focuses on evaluating, integrating, and enabling adoption of enterprise software platforms that support research, collaboration, and mission-critical operations. The selected candidate will guide architectural decisions across cloud platforms, identity services, and enterprise systems while ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and operational requirements.

The Solutions Architect will support the full lifecycle of enterprise platforms, from evaluation and pilot implementation through enterprise adoption and transition to operational support teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead architectural evaluation of enterprise software platforms proposed for enterprise-wide adoption.
• Define integration patterns across cloud platforms, identity services, data platforms, and collaboration tools.
• Develop solution architectures aligned with enterprise standards and security requirements.
• Collaborate with vendors to assess technical architecture, deployment models, and operational considerations.

• Define and enforce enterprise integration patterns and architecture standards.
• Coordinate architecture alignment across cloud services, enterprise platforms, identity and access management, and operations teams.
• Develop architecture documentation including solution diagrams, integration models, and reference architectures.
• Participate in architecture review boards and governance processes to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.

• Provide architectural input into platform selection and adoption decisions.
• Support transition planning of enterprise platforms into operational support organizations following deployment.

Required:

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field.
• Google Cloud Professional Architect certification (or equivalent Google Cloud certification).
• 10+ years of experience designing and implementing enterprise software solutions.
• Experience developing enterprise architectures for cloud-based and SaaS platforms.
• Experience evaluating and integrating enterprise software solutions across large organizations.
• Experience with enterprise integration patterns, including APIs, identity federation, and data exchange architectures.
• Experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture and compliance frameworks.