At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and deliver innovative cloud data solutions on GCP for finance transformation.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company leading the way in cloud technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on innovation and career advancement.
- Why this job: Shape the future of data architecture while making a real impact in finance.
- Qualifications: Expertise in GCP architecture and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
The GCP Solution Architect / Data Architect plays a critical role in designing, governing, and delivering enterprise-scale data and cloud solutions across finance transformation programmes.
This hybrid position combines strategic solution architecture with hands‑on data architecture expertise to enable resilient, scalable, and cost-effective data platforms.
The role ensures alignment with enterprise standards, supports quarterly planning, and guides engineering teams through iterative delivery cycles.
Your responsibilities
- Lead end‑to‑end architecture design for cloud‑native data solutions on GCP.
- Shape architectural direction, ensuring alignment with security, data governance, and compliance standards.
- Drive iterative design practices, influencing product owners, engineering teams, and cross‑platform stakeholders.
- Develop architectural roadmaps supporting quarterly planning cycles and long‑term finance transformation goals.
- Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models for financial, regulatory, and operational datasets.
- Define ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption patterns.
- Establish principles for metadata, lineage, reference data, and data stewardship.
- Collaborate with SMEs to translate business requirements into scalable data models.
- Architect solutions using GCP services such as Big Query, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Composer, Cloud Functions, and IAM.
- Design cost‑optimised workloads and implement best practices for performance and scalability.
- Support engineering teams with reusable patterns, blueprint architectures, and cloud engineering guidance.
- Work with CTO architects, data platform teams, and transformation leads to influence platform decisions.
- Participate in architecture boards, design forums, and technical governance committees.
- Clearly articulate technical decisions and direction to non‑technical and senior stakeholders.
- Good‑to‑Have Skills
- Strong expertise in GCP architecture (Big Query, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, IAM, Composer).
- Deep understanding of metadata, lineage, data governance, and reference data frameworks.
- Strong experience with finance data flows—ledger, MI, reconciliation, and reporting.
- Ability to lead engineering teams and drive architectural consistency.
Your Profile
- Strong expertise in GCP architecture (Big Query, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, IAM, Composer).
- Deep understanding of metadata, lineage, data governance, and reference data frameworks.
- Strong experience with finance data flows—ledger, MI, reconciliation, and reporting.
- Ability to lead engineering teams and drive architectural consistency.
Qualifications
- Google Professional Cloud Architect (PCA) – preferred.
- Google Professional Data Engineer (PDE) – preferred.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins).
- Familiarity with data quality and lineage tools.
- Understanding of hybrid and multi‑cloud patterns.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
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GCP Data Architect employer: Gazelle Global
Join a leading organisation at the forefront of cyber security transformation in London, where you will play a pivotal role in delivering critical initiatives. Our collaborative work culture fosters innovation and growth, offering ample opportunities for professional development and advancement within a dynamic environment. With competitive rates and a commitment to employee well-being, we ensure that our team members thrive both personally and professionally.
