Principal Data Modeler with GCP

Hello There

My name is Himanshu Sharma and I serve as the Recruitment Lead at Kanak-IT INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of Principal Data Modeler with GCP with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at .

Job Description

Position : Principal Data Modeler with GCP

Location : Nashville TN Onsite

Duration : 12 months contract

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Data Modeler to lead our enterprise data modelling efforts and define the blueprint for how data is structured integrated and governed across the organization. You will collaborate with data architects engineers analysts and business stakeholders to design scalable high-performance data models that support both operational and analytical workloads.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Data Modelling Strategy: Define and drive the enterprise data modelling standards guidelines and best practices (conceptual logical and physical models).
• Model Development: Design and maintain enterprise-wide data models ensuring consistency reuse and adherence to data governance policies.
• Collaboration: Work closely with data architects DBAs data engineers BI teams and business analysts to ensure models align with business needs and technical environments.
• Data Integration & Warehousing: Contribute to the design of data lakes data warehouses and real-time data pipelines by modelling schemas for structured and semi-structured data.
• Tool & Technology Expertise: Use industry-standard modelling tools (e.g. ER/Studio ERwin SQL Developer Data Modeler) and maintain model repositories and versioning.
• Metadata & Lineage: Ensure data models are well-documented and integrated into metadata management and data lineage tools.
• Data Quality & Governance: Support data quality initiatives by ensuring models align with data governance frameworks including master data management and reference data standards.
• Mentoring: Provide thought leadership and mentor junior data modellers and data engineers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Science or a related field.
• 10 years of experience in data modelling and data architecture preferably in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of relational dimensional and NoSQL data modelling.
• Strong knowledge of database technologies (e.g. Oracle SQL Server PostgreSQL Snowflake Redshift).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and modern data stack tools.
• Familiarity with data governance metadata management and data lineage concepts.
• Exceptional analytical problem-solving and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical teams.