GCP Data Architect (BigQuery & DBT)
Date:
23 Jul 2026
Location:
Sydney, NSW, AU
Department:
Technology & Transformation
Description:
Job Requisition ID: 41568
Access to free and confidential coaching for you and your family including wellbeing, financial and nutrition coaching.
18 weeks paid parental leave + 12 months return to work support (work 4 days and get paid 5).
International PlaceFlex to work from select countries for a period.
What will your typical day look like?
In this role, you’ll lead the design and delivery of GCP native data platforms and architecture solutions, working across BigQuery, dbt and Airflow to build enterprise data transformation frameworks. You’ll help shape cloud data warehouses, ELT pipelines and analytics solutions that are reliable, scalable and easy for teams to use.
You’ll spend your time making key architecture decisions, setting dbt standards and reusable models, improving testing and deployment practices, and guiding teams on SQL, data modelling and modern data architecture patterns. You’ll also partner with business and technology stakeholders to drive best practice across governance, security, performance and cost optimisation on Google Cloud.
You will lead multidisciplinary teams to address our clients’ most complex data challenges across data architecture, platform automation, DevOps best practices, CI/CD, data governance, and advanced analytics.
You’ll also be responsible for coaching, developing, and inspiring your team, setting high standards for delivery excellence and technical leadership.
Beyond project delivery, you’ll collaborate with practice and alliance leaders to grow our capability and shape Deloitte’s data and AI offerings. This includes driving community initiatives such as technical forums, webinars, hackathons, and contributing to the development of new Deloitte IP and solutions.
About the team:
Our diverse AI & Data team comprises over 500 specialist practitioners across Australia, each of whom are constantly curious and excited about combining their business acumen and technological expertise to create data-centric solutions that help solve complex problems and transform, or reinvent our client’s business.
Our Data & AI teamwork with public and private sector clients helping them to design and implement world leading solutions and capabilities. From solving air and ground transport network issues through our industry-first Optimal Reality digital twin solution, bringing automation capabilities to vaccine rollout programs, to helping our clients move to a sustainable world, we are the partner of choice for our clients and our alliance vendors.
Our relationships with market leading vendors such as AWS, Databricks, Google, dbt Labs, Snowflake, Salesforce, and Informatica enable our practitioners to be at the forefront of new and emerging capabilities and to deliver our suite of services at scale. We are consistently recognised as leaders in Cloud, Data, Analytics and AI, including in the latest analyst reports.
E nough about us, let’s talk about you.
You may have all or some of the following skills / experiences:
5+ years’ experience in data architecture, engineering or cloud data platform design.
Advanced SQL expertise , with strong hands on experience in BigQuery and large scale analytical data environments.
Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise scale Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data solutions.
Deep hands on experience with dbt , including data modelling, ELT frameworks, testing, documentation, CI/CD integration and analytics engineering best practice.
Strong experience using BigQuery, dbt and Airflow to build, automate and optimise cloud native data platforms on GCP.
Experience with GCP services including Dataflow, Data Fusion, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub and Vertex AI.
Strong understanding of dimensional modelling, data warehousing principles, Data Mesh , domain oriented architecture and scalable data architecture patterns.
Strong Python development skills and experience building scalable data solutions.
Experience leading architecture decisions and engaging business and technology stakeholders.
Google Cloud certifications such as Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Data Engineer are highly regarded;
Exposure to financial services, fund management, fund accounting or private credit is desirable.
Why Deloitte?
At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.
We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
We value in-person connection with our clients and our colleagues. We offer several ways for you to work flexibly so that you can serve your clients, stay connected with your team, and manage your personal priorities.
We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.
