Data Architect (GCP)

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New York / $70 - $90 hour

INFO

Salary

RATE:

$70 - $90

Location

LOCATION

New York

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Contract

Senior Data Architect / Solution Architect (GCP)

WE WILL NOT BE PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES.

We're partnering with a leading data consultancy supporting a major media conglomerate on the development of a next-generation AI Data Platform. This is a highly visible architecture engagement with an urgent need and a potential start date as early as August 24, 2026.

Duration: 4-month contract (mid-December wind down)
Location: Remote (U.S. Eastern Time preferred)
Extendable: Yes
Utilization: 40 hours per week
Rate: $70-$90/hour

The Opportunity

As the lead architect, you'll serve as the technical authority responsible for designing and defining a large-scale AI and data platform that enables governed access to data products for AI training, inference, and evaluation. You'll lead discovery efforts, establish the architecture baseline, and drive key technical decisions across a complex cloud ecosystem.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture discovery sessions, workshops, and design reviews
  • Architect enterprise-scale solutions utilizing Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Design secure, scalable data ingestion, processing, and delivery capabilities
  • Establish cloud foundation and Infrastructure-as-Code standards using Terraform
  • Design integrations across GCP, AWS, Snowflake, Kafka, and Fastly environments
  • Define security, IAM, governance, entitlement, and tenant-isolation frameworks
  • Partner directly with client stakeholders, engineering teams, and cloud partners to ensure successful delivery

Required Experience

  • Deep expertise designing enterprise-scale data platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (required)
  • Proven experience leading Solution Architecture and Data Architecture initiatives
  • Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Experience integrating complex ecosystems including Snowflake, AWS, and Kafka
  • Strong understanding of API architecture, cloud security, IAM, and data governance
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Experience

  • AI/ML platform experience, including Vertex AI and modern data product architectures
  • Experience building Data Marketplace or Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platforms
  • Experience operating within large-scale, multi-cloud environment

NO THIRD PARTIES OR AGENCIES.


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