GCP Data Engineering Architect — Cloud Data Lead

ClifyX; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ClifyX is seeking a senior GCP Data Engineering Technical Architect in the United States to lead the architecture and design of scalable, cloud-based data solutions in the Retail domain. The candidate should have strong hands-on expertise in GCP, Spark, Airflow, and Java, with experience in enterprise-scale data processing and integration.

The role combines solution architecture, technical leadership, hands-on engineering, and client-facing communication.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in technical architecture.
• Hands-on data engineering and cloud design leadership.
• Retail domain knowledge or experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the end-to-end technical architecture for cloud-based data and applications on GCP, Spark, Airflow and Java.
• Define architecture standards, design patterns, integration approaches, security considerations, and engineering best practices.
• Review solution designs and code for scalability, performance, reliability and security.
• Lead technical discussions with customers, product teams, and engineering stakeholders.
• Provide direction and mentorship to onsite and offshore engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot complex technical and performance issues across distributed data-processing environments.
• Support design reviews, estimation, planning, deployment readiness and production rollout.

Skills

GCP

Spark

Airflow

Java

ML exposure

Job description

ClifyX is seeking a senior GCP Data Engineering Technical Architect in the United States to lead the architecture and design of scalable, cloud-based data solutions in the Retail domain. The candidate should have strong hands-on expertise in GCP, Spark, Airflow, and Java, with experience in enterprise-scale data processing and integration.

The role combines solution architecture, technical leadership, hands-on engineering, and client-facing communication.