Senior Google Data; AI Architect

Job Description

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Google Cloud Data Architect who is passionate about building world‑class, cloud‑native data platforms and data services that power the enterprise.

In this high‑impact role, you will leverage Google Cloud to design and deliver scalable, secure, and reusable data platforms and APIs that fuel analytics, real‑time processing, and enterprise integration.

• Define and evolve target‑state data platform and data services architecture aligned to business strategy and modernization goals.
• Establish enterprise standards and reference architectures for data as a service, event‑driven architecture, and API‑based data access.
• Drive adoption of data as a strategic asset, enabling operational, analytical, and intelligent system use cases across the enterprise.
• Architect scalable data platforms that support both traditional workloads and emerging AI/ML use cases, grounded in trusted enterprise data.
• Define integration patterns that unify data services, APIs, and AI capabilities to enable intelligent applications and automation.
• Enable data accessibility, reuse, and contextualization to support cross‑platform consumption, including emerging agent‑driven workflows.
• Establish foundational patterns for data retrieval, context enrichment, and grounding to support advanced use cases such as AI and real‑time decisioning.
• Architect and design enterprise‑grade data pipelines supporting batch, streaming, and real‑time workloads.
• Build and standardize data ingestion, transformation, and distribution frameworks that power scalable data services capabilities.
• Ensure delivery of high‑quality, governed, and trusted data pipelines that support analytics, APIs, and downstream intelligent applications.
• Implement best practices for event‑driven data movement and microservices‑based integration patterns.
• Design data models and structures that enable data productization and consumption across analytics, APIs, and AI‑driven use cases.
• Architect high‑performance storage solutions (including Bigtable, Spanner and other GCP services) to meet throughput, latency, and scalability requirements.
• Enable secure, governed, and efficient data access patterns across operational, analytical, and real‑time environments.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and technical leader, mentoring teams, driving best practices, and partnering with stakeholders to identify high‑value data and AI‑enabled use cases.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in data architecture, cloud data engineering, or enterprise data platform design.
• Deep hands‑on expertise with multiple GCP services, including Big Query, Bigtable, Pub/Sub, Dataflow (Beam), Cloud Composer, GKE, Apigee, Cloud Storage, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
• Strong experience designing large scale data models for operational workloads.
• Proven ability to build resilient, scalable pipelines for high‑volume batch and streaming data.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with Python or Java for data engineering pipelines.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, workflow orchestration, real‑time analytics, and event‑driven design.
• Experience designing secure, governed, production‑grade cloud architectures.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complexity and influence decision makers.
• Preferred:
  Experience with enterprise financial services, payments, or transaction‑heavy domains.
• Preferred:
  Background in API‑first design, microservices, and federated data architectures.
• Preferred:
  Familiarity with data governance frameworks, lineage, cataloging tools, or metadata platforms.
• Preferred:
  Experience with Dev Ops, CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), or platform engineering concepts.
• Preferred:
  Certification:
  Professional Data Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect (GCP).

Total Base Pay Range: $93,000.00 – $ USD annually. Additional incentive compensation and benefits may apply.

Exempt Status: Yes (not eligible for overtime pay)

Workplace Type:
Office (flexible work arrangements may be available for certain positions).

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Tobacco‑Free Hiring Practice applies.