GCP Data Architect

GCP Data Architect
Whitehall Resources require a GCP Data Architect to work with a key client on an initial 6 month contract.
*This role will involve onsite work in London 3 days per week.
*Inside IR35.
GCP Data Architect
The Role
We are seeking an experienced GCP Data architect to join our Architecture team, as part of the current transformation programme. The successful candidate will design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure solutions on GCP. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures.
Your responsibilities:
* Collaborates with IT Business Leads and Business Stakeholders to develop, maintain and curate the IT Roadmaps across multiple domains.
* Contributes to IT Architectural bodies (Design Authority and Architecture Review Board) ensuring all solutions adhere to customer's standards, principles, security, operational and regulatory requirements.
* Provides technology thought leadership and guidance to IT Business Leads and Business teams
* Conducts Business Capability assessments and maps these to current and future state IT solutions
* Works as part of multiple delivery teams / scrums to ensure projects are delivered to a high standard of quality within the agreed time, scope and cost measures.
* Seeks opportunities to simplify, automate, rationalise and improve the efficiency of our IT solutions
* Creates application upgrade, migration and retirement strategies that align to our plan whilst ensuring dependencies, risks are identified and mitigated accordingly.
* Communicates architecture solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences ensuring the communication style used is appropriate for the intended audience.
* Engage with the wider IT teams to foster innovation, deliver proof of concept solutions and acceptance of new technologies
* Keeps abreast of technology trends in Insurance. A proven track record as a Solution Architect in Commercial Insurance Enterprises
* Demonstrable experience designing IT solution architectures with corresponding technology phase transitions and migration plans where necessary.
Your Profile
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
* Strong knowledge of cloud architecture, hosting patterns & services (especially GCP), cloud security, resilience, and operational excellence
* Strong understanding of microservices, containerisation, cloud native, data architectures and event-driven design concepts
* Strong understanding of API standards, security, networking, ingress/egress patterns & FinOps
* Strong understanding of data technologies - SQL/NoSQL, Big Data
* Experience working with enterprise-wide cloud patterns - networks, security, ingress/egress
* Knowledge of ML/AI and data capabilities in GCP
* Strong experience & knowledge of some key LBG development technologies (e.g. JavaScript, Java Spring Boot, Python)
* Knowledge of the SDLC & SRE
Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:
* Experience in the Banking & Finance industry
* Cloud Certifications, particularly GCP
* Preferable experience with ML/AI & Data Tooling in GCP
* Experience in agile / iterative design working practices

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.