Cloud Data Platform Lead & Architect (GCP)

Wipro; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro is seeking a Principal Consultant - Data Engineering & Architecture (GCP) for its Data, Analytics & AI practice in the UK. You will provide technical leadership across client engagements, designing cloud-native data platforms and data products, and guiding enterprise-scale data transformations.

You will lead multidisciplinary delivery teams, mentor engineers, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive strategy, architecture governance, and delivery excellence in a hybrid UK role.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with cloud data platforms (GCP or equivalent).
• Advanced expertise in Python, SQL, dbt and cloud-native data engineering services.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale ETL/ELT solutions and data products.
• Strong knowledge of data modelling, data quality and monitoring.
• Experience with automation, CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Extensive experience designing enterprise data platforms.
• Knowledge of MDM, governance, metadata and integration patterns.
• Proven leadership of large-scale data programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Preferred: Google Professional Data Engineer and/or Cloud Architect certification.
• Preferred: AI, ML or Generative AI experience.
• Preferred: DataOps, MLOps and Lakehouse architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud data platforms and data products.
• Develop scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and analytics solutions.
• Deliver solutions using Python, SQL, dbt, and cloud-native services.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and reusable frameworks.
• Ensure scalability, performance, security, and operational excellence.
• Define enterprise data architectures aligned to business goals.
• Lead data modelling activities and platform design.
• Design solutions for analytics, reporting, and AI use cases.
• Provide expertise in MDM, data governance, and integration.
• Support technology selection and roadmap development.
• Lead multidisciplinary delivery teams and provide architecture governance and technical oversight.
• Mentor engineers and architects.
• Engage senior stakeholders, manage delivery risks, and support solution design, estimation, and proposals.
• Implement testing, validation, and data quality frameworks.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD, DevOps, and DataOps practices.
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Consulting

Agile delivery

Data modelling

Automation

Data governance

DataOps

MLOps

Generative AI

Tools

GCP

Python

SQL

dbt

CI/CD

DevOps

Job description

Wipro is seeking a Principal Consultant - Data Engineering & Architecture (GCP) for its Data, Analytics & AI practice in the UK. You will provide technical leadership across client engagements, designing cloud-native data platforms and data products, and guiding enterprise-scale data transformations.

You will lead multidisciplinary delivery teams, mentor engineers, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive strategy, architecture governance, and delivery excellence in a hybrid UK role.