Google Cloud Data Architect

One of our international clients, a large global NGO fighting for a better and healthier planet, is looking for a Technical Architect to join their international team in building a data platform (built on Google Cloud).

The Architect will (amongst other things):

• Lead the design and development of a technical strategy for the platform.
• Lead, oversee and make contributions to the improvement of the integration of fundamental enterprise technology systems and platform projects, from conceptualisation through to assessment and project closure.
• Conduct the technical implementation and preservation of a statistics governance policy, to make sure compliance and safety of data and data flows to move data securely across departments.
• Give guidance and make a contribution in constructing an organisational data architecture framework, standards and principles including modelling, metadata, security, reference data and master data.
• Translate business requirements to technical specifications’ documentation (e.g. integrations, transformations, data streams, databases, etc).
• Work together with different teams across the NGO to give technological mentorship, experienced input, etc.
• Steer, oversee and support the work of a Data Engineering team (e.g. give guidance regarding coding standards, tools, practises, quality assurance and innovations).

They are looking for an Architect with the following experience/skills:
 

• MOST IMPORTANT: Proven experience (5 years +) of developing & delivering data engineering solutions, with experience specifically on Google Cloud Platform, including:
  • ETL/ELT models
  • Serverless compute (which includes Cloud Run/Google Cloud Functions),
  • PubSub, BigQuery, GCS,
  • Google Data Catalog,
  • Spark/Hadoop via Dataproc,
  • Data Loss Prevention
• Highly skilled understanding of advanced SQL
• Proficiency in Python and NodeJS (specifically focused in data and APIs)
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (preferably via Terraform)
• Familiarity with data orchestration tooling, such as Airflow, Prefect, Argo or Dagster.

Other skills:
 

• Analytical, conceptual, and problem solving
• Confidence in making decisions and the ability to clarify processes or choices
• Strong documentation skills (for technical and end-user)
• Proficiency in English, both verbal and written
• Being able to work in an international environment
• Great communication skills (also for non-technical audiences)

The client is looking for a developer with a sincere interest in working for an NGO.