GOOGLE Data Architect

No sponsorship or C2C for this role

Must be a w2 employee of The Judge Group

Google Data Architect

Locations: Columbus, OH (4 days onsite, 1 day remote)

Type: 3+ Months Contract to Hire

Overview:

We're looking for a Senior Google Cloud Data Architect to design and lead scalable, cloud-native data platforms on GCP. This role focuses on building enterprise-grade data services, enabling data-as-a-product, and supporting analytics, real-time processing, and AI-driven use cases.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and evolve enterprise data architecture on Google Cloud

Build scalable batch, streaming, and real-time data pipelines

Define standards for data services, APIs, and event-driven architectures

Enable secure, governed, and high-quality data delivery

Architect data platforms supporting analytics, operational, and AI/ML workloads

Develop data models and integration patterns for enterprise-wide consumption

Mentor teams and drive best practices in data engineering and architecture Required Qualifications:

7+ years in data architecture or cloud data engineering

Strong experience with GCP tools (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Bigtable, GKE, etc.)

Expertise in SQL and Python/Java

Experience with large-scale data pipelines and distributed systems

Knowledge of real-time processing and event-driven architecture Preferred Qualifications:

Financial services or high-transaction domain experience

Experience with APIs, microservices, and data governance tools

Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform

GCP certifications (Professional Data Engineer/Cloud Architect)