Senior GCP Data Architect – Remote Data Platform Lead

Slalom; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 145,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

health, dental, and vision coverage

paid holidays and meaningful time off

reimbursement for well-being expenses

long-term disability

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 and partner with engineering and business teams to enable analytics, AI/ML, and cloud transformation initiatives.

The role requires deep GCP expertise and hands-on leadership across large-scale programs, with a remote-friendly project-based consulting arrangement.

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 GCP.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with modern data processing frameworks including Spark and Kafka.
• Expertise in 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 design

Cloud data platforms

Stakeholder communication

Tools

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 and partner with engineering and business teams to enable analytics, AI/ML, and cloud transformation initiatives.

The role requires deep GCP expertise and hands-on leadership across large-scale programs, with a remote-friendly project-based consulting arrangement.