Technical Architect Role - GCP, Spark, Airflow & Java

ClifyX; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ClifyX is seeking a Senior Technical Architect based in the USA to lead architecture and design of scalable, cloud-based data solutions in Retail. You will wield GCP, Spark, Airflow and Java to shape enterprise-grade data processing and integration across client environments.

This hybrid-onsite role requires strong technical leadership, client interaction, and mentoring of onsite and offshore teams, with a contract of 12+ months.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of relevant data/architecture experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in GCP, Spark, Airflow and Java.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale data processing and integration solutions.
• Excellent client-facing communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end cloud data architecture for cloud-based solutions on GCP, Spark, Airflow and Java.
• Define architecture standards, design patterns, integration approaches, security considerations, and engineering best practices.
• Review solution designs and code to ensure scalability, performance, reliability and security.
• Lead technical discussions with customers, product teams, engineering teams and other stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to onsite and offshore engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot complex technical and performance issues across distributed data-processing environments.
• Support design reviews, estimation, technical planning, deployment readiness and production implementation.

Skills

GCP

Spark

Airflow

Java

ML exposure

Job description

Title: Technical Architect Role - GCP, Spark, Airflow & Java

Location: Bentonville, AR / Any near client hub office in US (Hybrid-Onsite)

12+ Month Contract

Domain: Retail

(min 15 years experience)

Core Skills: GCP, Spark, Airflow, Java , Exposure to ML is preferred

Role Overview

• Experienced Technical Architect based in the USA to lead the architecture and technical design of scalable, cloud-based data solutions within the Retail domain.
• The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Spark, Airflow, and Java, along with proven experience in designing enterprise‑scale data processing and integration solutions.
• The role requires a combination of solution architecture, technical leadership, hands‑on engineering expertise, and client‑facing communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the end‑to‑end technical architecture for cloud‑based data and application solutions on GCP, Spark, Airflow, Java.
• Define architecture standards, design patterns, integration approaches, security considerations, and engineering best practices.
• Review solution designs and code to ensure scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, and security.
• Lead technical discussions with customers, product teams, engineering teams, and other stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to onsite and offshore engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot complex technical and performance issues across distributed data‑processing environments.
• Support design reviews, estimation, technical planning, deployment readiness, and production implementation.