Senior GCP Data & AI Architect & Strategy Lead

Xebia Group; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Xebia is seeking a Lead Data & AI Architect & Strategy consultant with deep Google Cloud expertise to lead enterprise Data and AI architecture for a major transformation in the financial sector. You will set the architectural direction and govern across data, AI, cloud, security and governance, partnering with senior stakeholders.

The role requires strong leadership, design reviews, and hands-on guidance to architects, engineers and delivery teams, ensuring scalable, secure solutions with

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Data/AI/Cloud/EA, with leading transformation programs.
• Deep expertise in GCP data/AI services and architecture.
• Experience in regulated industries and executive stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Data and AI architecture for a transformation program.
• Lead current-state assessments, define target-state and modernization plan.
• Translate business needs into scalable, secure architecture.
• Define architecture standards, patterns and governance.
• Guide data ingestion, processing, storage and consumption on GCP.
• Provide guidance across Vertex AI, model lifecycle and MLOps.
• Mentor architects and engineers; drive architectural risk decisions.
• Present recommendations to senior leadership and steer committees.

Skills

Data Architecture

AI Architecture

GCP Architecture

Cloud Strategy

Leadership

Enterprise Architecture

Architecture governance

Executive communication

MLOps / DevOps

Security & Governance

Education

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Tools

BigQuery

Cloud Storage

Dataflow/Apache Beam

Pub/Sub

Dataproc

Vertex AI

Job description

Xebia is seeking a Lead Data & AI Architect & Strategy consultant with deep Google Cloud expertise to lead enterprise Data and AI architecture for a major transformation in the financial sector. You will set the architectural direction and govern across data, AI, cloud, security and governance, partnering with senior stakeholders.

The role requires strong leadership, design reviews, and hands-on guidance to architects, engineers and delivery teams, ensuring scalable, secure solutions with