Senior GCP Data Architect - Cloud Data Platform Lead

Slalom; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Health, dental, & vision coverage

Adoption and fertility assistance

Long-term disability

Wellbeing reimbursement

Job summary

Slalom is seeking an experienced Senior GCP Data Architect to lead the design and modernization of enterprise-scale data platforms. You will define architecture strategy, establish scalable data solutions, and partner with engineering and business teams to enable advanced analytics, AI/ML, and cloud transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business impact.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), modern data architectures, and large-scale data

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Data Architecture or Enterprise Data Platform Design.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale cloud data platforms on GCP.
• Strong expertise in BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Composer (Airflow).
• Experience with Spark and Kafka; data modeling, integration, quality and governance.
• Experience delivering scalable, fault-tolerant, cloud-native data solutions and data lakes/lakehouses/warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead end-to-end cloud-based data solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
• Assess existing data ecosystems and develop modernization roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Design scalable data platforms, integration patterns, and data models for analytics and AI/ML.
• Establish architecture standards, governance practices, and reusable patterns for engineering teams.
• Lead batch, streaming, and real-time data processing and data pipelines (CDC).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-impact data initiatives and drive adoption of modern architectures.

Skills

Data architecture

GCP

BigQuery

Dataflow

Dataproc

Pub/Sub

Cloud Storage

Composer (Airflow)

Spark

Kafka

Job description

Slalom is seeking an experienced Senior GCP Data Architect to lead the design and modernization of enterprise-scale data platforms. You will define architecture strategy, establish scalable data solutions, and partner with engineering and business teams to enable advanced analytics, AI/ML, and cloud transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business impact.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), modern data architectures, and large-scale data