Senior GCP Data Architect: PB-Scale Platforms & Migrations

Advatix Inc.; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

HRforGrowth is seeking a hands-on Principal GCP Data Architect to design and implement large-scale data ecosystems on Google Cloud, guiding architecture across data governance, security, and modern data platform practices.

The successful candidate will lead PB-scale cloud migrations, build scalable, self-service data platforms, and mentor cross-functional teams within Agile/DevOps, collaborating closely with executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, and BI (18–20 years).
• Minimum 6 years of GCP experience, exclusively on GCP.
• Active GCP Professional Data Engineer certification.
• Deep proficiency with BigQuery/BigLake/BigQuery Omni and SQL-based analytics.
• Hands-on IaC with Terraform or Pulumi, and modern data tooling.
• Proven PB-scale cloud migrations and cross-functional leadership.
• Strong governance, security, and enterprise data architecture skills.
• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS; strong executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term roadmap for enterprise data platforms on GCP.
• Design self-service data architectures with centralized governance, security, and quality.
• Lead PB-scale cloud migrations, including AWS to GCP.
• Architect data ecosystems supporting PB-scale workloads.
• Enforce data governance and security with IAM, VPC, masking, and Dataplex.
• Drive IaC practices using Terraform or Pulumi for repeatable infra.
• Architect with BigQuery, BigLake, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Looker, Vertex AI.
• Support analytics/AI using Looker and Vertex AI; integrate Pub/Sub and Kafka.
• Promote dbt, Airflow, and GKE/Kubernetes in data engineering.
• Lead and mentor large cross-functional teams in Agile/DevOps.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and communicate business ROI and risks.
• Establish standards and continuous improvement across data platforms.

Skills

GCP Data Stack

Data Engineering

Cloud Migrations

Data Governance

Security Architecture

IaC Terraform

IaC Pulumi

BigQuery

BigLake

Dataflow

Dataproc

Cloud Composer

Pub/Sub

Kafka

Looker

Vertex AI

BigQuery ML

dbt

Airflow

GKE

Kubernetes

Terraform

Pulumi

Leadership

Agile

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IS

Master's in CS/IS

Tools

Dataplex

Terraform

Pulumi

GKE

Job description

HRforGrowth is seeking a hands-on Principal GCP Data Architect to design and implement large-scale data ecosystems on Google Cloud, guiding architecture across data governance, security, and modern data platform practices.

The successful candidate will lead PB-scale cloud migrations, build scalable, self-service data platforms, and mentor cross-functional teams within Agile/DevOps, collaborating closely with executive stakeholders.