Principal Google Cloud Architect

Shape the Future of AI & Data with Us

At Datatonic we are Google Clouds premier partner in AI driving transformation for world-class businesses. We push the boundaries of technology with expertise in machine learning data engineering and analytics on Google Cloud Platform. By partnering with us clients future-proof their operations unlock actionable insights and stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving world.

Your Mission

As Principal Google Cloud Architect you will shape the architecture for key projects. Youll be engaging with our customers and prospects to provide pre & post sales architectural advice and thought leadership for machine learning analytics and data migration addition to that you will be helping us to build out the architectural side of our next-generation machine learning products.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional in cloud technologies who would like to work as part of a team of experts in the fields of AI and data as a subject matter expert in solution/cloud architecture. The role is customer-facing working closely with business and technical influencers and will require a background in Computer Science.

Successful candidates will bring multiple years experience with cloud platforms like Google Cloud or AWS. Ideally youll have served as an SME in designing and migrating applications to live in the cloud working with complex cloud deployments and being adept at the design and implementation of complex platforms.

What Youll Do

• Innovative Technology Work: Utilise cutting-edge scalable cloud and data processing technologies to develop advanced solutions for customers.

• Project Leadership: Oversee the design and implementation of enterprise-scale Data and AI projects.

• Technical Thought Leadership: Introduce innovative ideas and approaches to enhance Datatonics capabilities and methodologies.

• Team and Architecture Development: Shape the architecture team and mentor team members while promoting technical excellence.

• Sales Support: Collaborate with sales teams to provide technical expertise during client engagements and help scope solutions for challenging requirements.

• Solution Development: Partner with GTM teams to create and refine new market-ready solutions with a focus on technical leadership and governance.

• Customer Engagement: Conduct architecture reviews for key clients delivering actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders.

• Technical Best Practices: Define and embed best practices into project delivery ensuring quality and consistency across initiatives.

• Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to Datatonics internal knowledge base including technical collateral and thought leadership materials.

• Agile Collaboration: Work in a dynamic agile environment alongside data scientists machine learning experts data analysts and data engineers.

• Tech Partner Collaboration: Collaborate closely with partners such as Google Cloud Tableau and Looker to leverage their technologies effectively.

• Mentorship and Leadership: Guide team members fostering a culture of growth and innovation.

What Youll Bring

• Educational Background: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.

• Proven Expertise: Hands-on experience in designing and implementing large-scale big data cloud architectures.

• End-to-End Ownership: Demonstrated ability to manage projects from conception to completion employing creative and practical solutions.

• Technical Prowess: Strong analytical skills with a focus on innovation and technical excellence.

• Effective Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with an eye for detail and the ability to deliver authoritative presentations and proposals.

• Stakeholder Management: Skills in developing and maintaining relationships with key external stakeholders at various organizational levels.

• Pre-Sales Experience: Extensive experience in technical pre-sales with the ability to champion and promote innovative disruptive proposals.

• Holistic Cloud Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of end-to-end production-grade cloud technologies covering areas such as data security and networking.

• Container Technology Experience: Proficiency in working with container technologies and leveraging them effectively in projects.

• Programming Proficiency: Multiple years of experience in programming languages such as Python Java and SQL with a focus on building scalable high-performance code.

• Solution Delivery: Demonstrated experience in delivering scalable robust and high-performing solutions to meet business needs.

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Certifications: Google Cloud or AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.

• ETL and Data Pipeline Expertise: Experience with ETL tools and Hadoop-based technologies (e.g. Spark) and/or batch/streaming data pipelines such as Beam and Flink.

• Data Architecture: Proven ability in designing and building data lake and data warehouse solutions with technologies like BigQuery Azure Synapse Redshift Oracle Teradata etc.

• Analytics Tools: Experience creating analytical products using tools such as Looker Tableau Data Studio PowerBI or Qlik.

• Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile frameworks including Scrum.

• Data Science Knowledge: Basic understanding of topics like machine learning data mining statistics and data visualisation with some practical experience preferred.

• Open-Source Contributions: History of contributions to open-source projects showcasing collaboration and innovation.

Whats in It for You

We believe in empowering our team to thrive with benefits including:

• Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays (obviously!)

• Health Perks: Private health insurance (Vitality Health) and Smart Health Services

• Fitness & Wellbeing: 50% gym membership discounts (Nuffield Health Virgin Active Pure Gym).

• Hybrid Model: A WFH allowance to keep you comfortable.

• Learning & Growth: Access to platforms like Udemy to fuel your curiosity.

• Pension: (Auto-enrollment after probation period. 3% employer contributions raising 1% per year of service to a max of 10%)

• Life Insurance: (3 x your base salary!)

• Income Protection: (up to 75% of base salary up to 2 years)

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Tech Scheme

Why Datatonic

Join us to work alongside AI enthusiasts and data experts who are shaping tomorrow. At Datatonic innovation isnt just encouraged - its embedded in everything we do. If youre ready to inspire change and deliver value at the forefront of data and AI wed love to hear from you!

Are you ready to make an impact

Apply now and take your career to the next level.

Required Experience:

Staff IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1