Senior GCP Data Architect — Remote Cloud Data Leader

Slalom; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off

Paid holidays

401(k) with match

Health, dental & vision

Adoption assistance

Fertility assistance

Long-term disability

Well-being 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.

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

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data platform design.
• Extensive experience building large-scale cloud data platforms on GCP.
• Strong expertise in BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage and Composer.
• Experience with Spark and Kafka.
• Deep understanding of data modeling, data integration, data quality, and data governance.
• Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant, cloud-native data solutions.
• Familiarity with data lakes, lakehouses, and enterprise data warehouses.
• Experience with batch, streaming, and CDC pipelines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management to influence strategy.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead end-to-end cloud-based data solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Assess existing data ecosystems and develop modernization roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Design scalable data platforms, integration patterns, and data models that support analytics, reporting, and AI/ML initiatives.
• Establish architecture standards, governance practices, and reusable design patterns for engineering teams.
• Lead the design of batch, streaming, and real-time data processing solutions.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product leaders, architects, and engineers to deliver high-impact solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for strategic data initiatives.
• Drive adoption of modern architecture approaches including Data Mesh, Data Products, and event-driven architectures.

Skills

Data Architecture

GCP Architect

BigQuery

Dataflow

Dataproc

Pub/Sub

Cloud Storage

Airflow

Spark

Kafka

Data Modeling

Data Governance

Stakeholder Mgmt

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Terraform

Airflow

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.

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