GCP Data Solution Architect

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Northam

1 year ago

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GCP Architect - Insight & Data Services - Permanent

Are you the right applicant for this opportunity Find out by reading through the role overview below.Salary guideline:

£90,000 - £100,000 pa (DOE) + 10% Bonus, Pension up to 6% contributory, Health Insurance, Life Assurance etc.Base Location:

London / Part Remote / UK wideThe Client:Our client is a global leader in Systems Integration and IT Consultancy. They have built out a super advanced and respected industry wide Insights & Data Practice. The Data Engineering, Architecture and Platform practice is part of global Insights & Data group; their goal is to help the organisations they work with become truly ‘insight driven’, to fully exploit their data using the convergence of Cloud and Artificial Intelligence to deliver real business value. Their objective is to marry the most innovative insights solutions with rock solid, industrialised engineering.The Role:We are looking for strong GCP Solution Architects who are passionate and focused on data solutions and Google technologies and who ideally have skills in many of the following areas:Partners with other solution architects to assess solution alignment to the overall architectural blueprint – and drive proposal writing, solution direction, pricing and costingHelps define the performance goals and metrics for the proposed solution and understands the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the solutionOwns Solution Development as liaison between Sales and Delivery teams. Serve as technical liaison between Sales team, Clients, Delivery & support teams up to and including Contract negotiationsCooperate with sales team to formulate / execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectivesHave experience of designing architecture for data focused GCP projectsEssential Experience:Exceptional communication skills with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences. GCP Certification or equivalent cloud technology expertise.Deep understanding of architecture processes including Reviews and Design Authority.Strong expertise in AI/ML technologies, preferably including Generative AI, and experience with automated decisioning via AI, ML, or declarative rulesets.Knowledge of automation tooling such as DevOps to facilitate CI/CD approaches to IaC. Knowledge of other Cloud Platforms such Hybrid CloudKnowledge of IaaS implementation, Availability sets, GCP Networking concepts, DNS, Load Balancing, HA, DR. Experience with API architectures, UI frameworks (e.g., React, Angular), databases (e.g., Postgres, BigQuery), and data processing technologies (e.g., Spark, BQ SQL).Strong skills in areas such as Docker, Kubernetes, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS to name a fewTo apply please click the “Apply” button and follow the instructions.For a further discussion, please contact

James Money

onjames.money@83zero.com83DATAis a boutique Tech & Data Recruitment Consultancy based within the UK. We provide high quality interim and permanent Tech & Data professionals.

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