GCP Data Architect

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited in Bristol is seeking a GCP Data Architect for an 8-month contract to shape scalable cloud data solutions and guide engineering teams.

You will lead architecture across modelling, ingestion, transformation, storage and consumption, ensure governance, security and compliance, and define reusable patterns.

Hybrid work: 2 days per week in the Bristol office; finance transformation program.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering cloud data architectures on GCP.
• Strong knowledge of data modelling (3NF, Data Vault, dimensional).
• Experience governance, lineage, and metadata management.
• Finance data domain experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end GCP data architecture across ingestion, transformation, and analytics.
• Define reusable architecture patterns and roadmaps.
• Ensure governance, security, and compliance across data platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders across domains.

Skills

GCP architecture

BigQuery

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Composer

IAM

Advanced data modelling

3NF data modelling

Data Vault modelling

Dimensional modelling

Metadata governance

Data lineage

Data governance

Reference data

Finance data flows

Ledger reconciliation reporting

Enterprise-scale architecture

Terraform

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

We're seeking a GCP Data Architect for an 8-month contract in Bristol, supporting a finance transformation programme. This is a hands‑on opportunity to shape scalable cloud data solutions and guide engineering teams.

You'll lead solution and data architecture across modelling, ingestion, transformation, storage and consumption, ensuring alignment with governance, security and compliance. You'll develop architecture roadmaps, define reusable patterns and influence decisions across teams.

Key Skills:

• GCP architecture across BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Composer and IAM
• Advanced data modelling: 3NF, Data Vault and dimensional modelling
• Metadata, lineage, data governance and reference data
• Finance data flows covering ledger, MI, reconciliation and reporting
• Enterprise-scale, cross-team solution architecture
• Terraform and CI/CD knowledge is desirable

Hybrid: 2 days per week in the Bristol office.