Data Architect, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

WEST Inc
Washington, DC, United States
16 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
$159,800.0 - $188,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Airflow BigQuery Cloud Computing Cloud Computing Security Cloud Database Cloud Engineering Cloud Storage Data Architecture Information Engineering Data Governance Extract Transform Load (ETL)
+14 more
Data Warehousing Data Flow Control Performance Tuning Cloud Services Standard Sql Cloudera Data Streaming Systems Integration Software Vulnerability Management Google Cloud Data Ingestion Generative AI Data Management GPT

Job description

West Monroe is seeking a Data Architect, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to design and deliver scalable, cloud-based data solutions for our clients. As a technical delivery leader, you will guide engineering teams, advise client stakeholders, and help shape data modernization solutions that deliver measurable business value. What You Will Do Client Delivery

  • Architect scalable, secure, and high-performing data platforms on GCP, with BigQuery as a core analytics and data warehousing technology.
  • Lead technical design across data ingestion, transformation, storage, modeling, governance, orchestration, and consumption.
  • Design BigQuery data models, optimization strategies, and architectures that balance performance, scalability, security, and cost.
  • Guide engineering teams through technical specifications, design execution, testing, and implementation while maintaining delivery quality.
  • Advise clients on modernizing legacy data platforms and migrating data workloads to GCP.
  • Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
  • Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes.

Business Development

  • Serve as a technical subject matter expert in pursuits involving GCP, BigQuery, cloud data modernization, analytics, and AI.
  • Translate client challenges into solution architectures, estimates, technical approaches, and proposal content.
  • Identify opportunities to expand data and cloud solutions within existing client relationships.

Practice Development

  • Develop reusable reference architectures, accelerators, standards, and delivery methodologies for GCP and BigQuery.
  • Share technical expertise and mentor colleagues to strengthen cloud data architecture and engineering capabilities.
  • Stay current on Google Cloud capabilities and emerging data, analytics, and AI technologies., We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit . If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to . Please review our . If you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked ., Cloud Security Architect A cloud security architect must be conversant with a breadth of technologies used to protect data, workloads, and systems within cloud platforms. Respo…

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Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, cloud architecture, or related technology roles, including experience delivering enterprise data solutions.
  • Deep hands-on expertise with Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery, including data modeling, performance optimization, security, and cost management.
  • Experience with relevant GCP data services such as Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer, or Dataform.
  • Experience designing batch and/or streaming data pipelines and modern cloud data architectures.
  • Strong knowledge of SQL, data modeling, ETL/ELT patterns, data governance, and data quality practices.
  • Ability to communicate architecture decisions and tradeoffs to both technical teams and business stakeholders.
  • Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect certification preferred.
  • Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.
  • Hybrid role: 2x per week in office
  • Frequent travel to New York City for client work (every other week)
  • Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.

Benefits & conditions

Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.

About the company

At West Monroe, we work with you. We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions. The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come. At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next. You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact. West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, About Ropes & Gray: Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer’s prestigious A-List for eight consecutive year…

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