Principal Architect Google Cloud Data & AI

As a Principal Architect within our Google Cloud Practice, you will sit at the intersection of vision, strategy and high-impact delivery. This is a pivotal role requiring a blend of technical mastery and commercial acumen, with a split of 70% delivery leadership and 30% pre-sales engagement.

You will be a core architect and builder of next-generation data and AI platforms, transforming raw, high-volume data into structured, actionable insights that power critical decisions for Australia’s largest organisations. Your challenge will be to translate complex, ambiguous business requirements into scalable, fault-tolerant solutions using cutting-edge GCP technologies, including Vertex AI and BigQuery

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, high-impact advice to senior client stakeholders on leveraging Google Cloud for large-scale data transformation and AI adoption.
• Define the architectural vision and standards for the Data & AI practice. Lead the design of complex, production-grade ML systems and secure data platforms.
• Shape major client initiatives by justifying technical choices with tangible business value. Cultivate strategic relationships with senior executives and Google partners.
• Consult strategically on enterprise data transformation; architect highly complex, cutting-edge data platforms that deliver on the client's "Why?”.
• Architect novel and complex AI systems for major clients, ensuring solutions are ethical, impactful, and responsible.
• Define the strategy for NCS Australia's reusable assets and intellectual property, ensuring repeatable quality across the practice.
• Lead innovation in infrastructure automation (IAC / Terraform), security, and CI/CD for data, AI/ML and agentic orchestration pipelines to ensure high throughput and reliability.