Data Architect - Looker, Contract (Short-term)

66degrees is a leading Google Cloud Premier Partner. We believe that engineering takes heart. Focusing exclusively on Google Cloud, we help our clients achieve the most innovative and disruptive transformations in their industries.

66degrees is seeking a Senior contractor to engage on a 7-week remote assignment for 40 hours per week with potential to extend. Interested candidates should have the following required skills and the ability to work independently as well as within a team environment. 

• Implementation of Proof of Concept (POC) and Minimal Viable Product (MVP) workloads
• Design a data platform that accounts for the implementation of:
• Database objects
• Data
• Data Pipelines
• Orchestration
• Users and Security
• Migration of workloads
• Facilitate, guide, and influence the client and teams towards an effective architectural pattern and becoming an interface between business leadership, technology leadership and the delivery teams
• Designing of solution architecture on Google Cloud
• Setup and configuration of relative Google Cloud components through Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Work with our Looker team to create an integration based on a data action to create a record in our client’s CRM, likely through the use of cloud functions.
• Engage with customer teams as a Google Cloud expert to provide:
• Education Workshops
• Architectural Recommendations
• Technology reviews and recommendations

• 5 years of overall database management and IT experience.
• 2+ years of Google Cloud experience
• Experience in defining the technical architecture on Google Cloud involving Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow, and Cloud Functions.
• Experience in designing data models in BigQuery
• Advanced SQL skills, including the ability to:
• Write, tune, and interpret SQL queries
• Tool specific experience in the RDBMS listed above is ideal
• Experience in utilizing SQL Frameworks like dbt or Dataform
• Advanced programming skills, preferably in Python, including the ability to:
• Utilize data processing frameworks like Spark, Beam, or Pandas
• Utilize orchestration frameworks like Airflow or Cloud Workflows
• Create APIs by using GraphQL, Fast API, Django, or Flask
• Google Cloud Professional Architect and or Data Engineer Certification is preferred however not required

66degrees is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status or other legally protected class.