GCP Data Architect – Lead Cloud Data Platform

About the role

Capco is seeking an experienced GCP Lead to spearhead cloud data architecture and delivery on Google Cloud Platform. In this leadership position you will design, implement and optimise scalable data pipelines while aligning stakeholders across engineering, product and business teams.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end GCP data platform implementations, focusing on BigQuery for analytics, Pub/Sub for real‑time messaging, and ETL pipelines using Dataflow, Composer, or custom tools.
• Architect and optimise high‑volume data ingestion, transformation, and querying workflows to support business intelligence and machine‑learning workloads.
• Collaborate with product owners, data scientists and executives to gather requirements, define roadmaps and deliver value through clear communication and presentations.
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews and enforce best practices for security, cost optimisation and scalability.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform performance tuning and integrate with hybrid or multi‑cloud environments.
• Drive migration projects from on‑premise or other clouds (e.g., AWS, Cloudera) to GCP, ensuring minimal downtime and data integrity.

Required profile

• 10‑12 years of IT/cloud consulting experience with at least 5 years hands‑on GCP (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow/ETL).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Proven track record leading GCP projects with measurable outcomes (e.g., reduced ETL latency, scaled Pub/Sub throughput).
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder management and executive presentations.
• GCP certifications such as Professional Data Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect preferred.

Required skills

• BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Composer.
• Dataproc, Vertex AI.
• Integration with Snowflake or Databricks.
• CI/CD using Cloud Build, IAM, Cloud Monitoring and Logging.
• Knowledge of data governance, GDPR compliance and cost management on GCP.