Senior GCP Data Architect - Remote Cloud Modernization

Slalom; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful time off and paid holidays

401(k) with match

Health, dental, & vision coverage

Adoption and fertility assistance

Long-term disability

$350 reimbursement for well-being

Job summary

Slalom is seeking a Senior GCP Data Architect to lead enterprise-scale data platform modernization and architecture strategy. You will partner with engineering and business teams to enable advanced analytics, AI/ML, and cloud transformation initiatives.

The role focuses on designing scalable data solutions on GCP, establishing governance, and driving adoption of modern architectures across data lakes, lakehouses, and data warehouses.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, or Enterprise Data Platform Design.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale cloud data platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with data modeling, data integration, data quality, and data governance.

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 leadership

Stakeholder management

Cloud-native data solutions

Data modeling

Data integration

Data governance

Communication

Architectural oversight

Tools

GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

BigQuery

Dataflow

Dataproc

Pub/Sub

Cloud Storage

Composer (Airflow)

Spark

Kafka

Job description

Slalom is seeking a Senior GCP Data Architect to lead enterprise-scale data platform modernization and architecture strategy. You will partner with engineering and business teams to enable advanced analytics, AI/ML, and cloud transformation initiatives.

The role focuses on designing scalable data solutions on GCP, establishing governance, and driving adoption of modern architectures across data lakes, lakehouses, and data warehouses.