Data Architect

Capgemini; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in Birmingham seeks a Solution Architect focused on Data and AI solutions on Google Cloud. You will lead the design of complex architectures, consult with clients on strategies, and collaborate with delivery teams. Ideal candidates have strong Google Cloud knowledge and consulting skills. Join a diverse team and help drive digital transformation for clients.

Benefits

Mental Health Champions

Access to numerous training and development opportunities

Wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy

Qualifications

• High level proficiency across foundational Google Cloud Data services.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of complex Data Warehouse, Data Lake, and Data Mesh architectures.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure implementation aligns with best practices.
• Consult with clients on Data and AI strategy.

Skills

Strong Google Cloud Technical Knowledge

Certification as Google Cloud Professional Architect

Exposure to Vertex AI Product Set

Infrastructure Skills

Consulting Acumen

Job description

The Job You're Considering

The Data Platforms team is part of the Insights and Data Global Practice and has seen strong growth and continued success across a variety of projects and sectors. Cloud Data Platforms is the home of the Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, Solutions Architects and Business Analysts who are focused on driving our customers digital and data transformation journey using the modern cloud platforms.

We specialise on using the latest frameworks, reference architectures and technologies using AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and continue to grow and are looking for talented individuals who want to join our high performing team, if you would like to develop your career as part of a team of highly skilled professionals who are passionate about increasing the value of the data and analytics in organisations you have come to the right place.

Your Role

We are looking for strong Solution Architects who are passionate and focused on Data and AI solutions on Google Cloud and will contribute to the following initiatives:

• Architectural Design: Lead the design of complex, secure, and scalable Data Warehouse Data Lake, and Data Mesh architectures on Google Cloud.
• Delivery Oversight: Collaborate closely with our delivery teams, ensuring implementation aligns with architectural best practices, cost optimization, and operational efficiency.
• Trusted Advisor: Consult with clients on various topics related to Data and AI strategy and how Google Cloud and Capgemini can be help drive their business objectives.
• Pre-Sales Support: Assist Capgemini sellers and go-to-market functions by participating in client pitches, conducting workshops, and scoping new Data and AI opportunities on Google Cloud.

Your Skills and Experience

We are looking for talented and motivated individuals with many but not necessarily all the following skills and experience:

• Strong Google Cloud Technical Knowledge: High level proficiency across a number of foundational Google Cloud Data services, including BigQuery, Dataplex, Dataproc, Cloud Composer, and Pub/Sub.
• Certification: Is a certified Google Cloud Professional Architect or holds a similar professional certification in a relevant Google Cloud subject area.
• Exposure to Vertex AI Product Set: Working knowledge of the cutting‑edge AI and ML products within the Google Cloud product set (e.g. Gemini Enterprise and Dialogflow)
• Infrastructure Skills: Solid understanding of core Google Cloud infrastructure across areas such as networking, compute and security fundamentals.
• Consulting Acumen: Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders and c‑suite executives.

Your Security Clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.
Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

What does 'Get The Future You Want' mean for you?

Your wellbeing
You'd be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2023. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Shape your path
You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's 'learning for life' mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free‑thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55‑year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end‑to‑end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.