GCP & Enterprise Architecture

Strategic assessment of Google Cloud patterns and foundational architectural resources for building resilient, enterprise-grade data platforms.

Core Frameworks & Patterns

Technology	Status	Context
GCP Landing Zones	ADOPT	Scalable project structure, VPC peering/Shared VPC, and centralized IAM governance.
Data Mesh on GCP	TRIAL	Implementing domain-oriented decentralized data ownership using Dataplex and BigQuery.
Serverless Architectures	ADOPT	Leveraging Cloud Run and Cloud Functions for event-driven, cost-efficient workloads.
FinOps Governance	TRIAL	Integrating Infracost and BigQuery billing exports for proactive cloud cost management.

Resource	Value Proposition
Designing Data-Intensive Applications	The definitive guide to understanding the trade-offs in distributed system design.
Google Cloud Architecture Center	Blueprints for high-availability, security, and specialized workloads like RAG.
Google SRE Books	The operational standard for building and running reliable production systems at scale.
DORA Research	Data-driven metrics to evaluate and improve organizational DevOps performance.