GXO Logistics, Inc.
GXO Logistics, Inc.
GXO Logistics, Inc. is a global logistics and transport company serving businesses across major industries. Its operations span warehousing, distribution, transportation, and fulfillment, combining large-scale infrastructure with technology and operational expertise to help clients improve supply-chain efficiency. The company also recruits and staffs operational roles, with a stated focus on innovation, accessibility, and equal employment opportunities.

Principal Solutions Architect - Houston (Onsite)

Lead enterprise data architecture for GXO Logistics by shaping GCP and Snowflake platforms that support analytics, AI/ML, and data democratization. Help advance data capabilities for supply-chain customers.

Description

  • Shape and advance the enterprise data architecture strategy by applying deep technical expertise and connecting architectural decisions to business priorities.
  • Convert complex business needs into scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud-native architectures on GCP and Snowflake.
  • Establish and drive adoption of enterprise architecture standards, reference designs, governance frameworks, and best practices across global teams.
  • Design and guide modern data platforms for batch and streaming workloads, analytics, AI/ML, and agentic use cases involving LLMs, RAG, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, data science, and business teams to shape roadmap priorities and maintain alignment with enterprise strategy.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, or a comparable discipline, or equivalent related work or military experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, and cloud solution design.
  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience developing cloud-native data platforms with GCP and/or Snowflake.
  • Advanced knowledge of GCP services, including BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Dataproc, Cloud Composer, IAM, Cloud Storage, and monitoring and logging tools.
  • Extensive Snowflake experience with Tasks, Streams, Resource Monitors, clustering, and performance tuning through Snowsight or Query Profile.
  • Advanced SQL and strong Python capabilities, including PySpark and Pandas, along with API integration experience.
  • Experience designing event-driven and streaming systems with Kafka and/or Pub/Sub.
  • Strong data modeling skills covering star and snowflake schemas and domain-driven design, plus experience with dbt and data catalog platforms such as Collibra or Alation.
  • Experience developing Airflow or Cloud Composer DAGs and implementing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub or GitHub Actions.
  • Strong knowledge of enterprise data governance and security, including GDPR, CCPA, IAM, encryption and KMS, and policy tags.
  • Experience with LLM and agent frameworks such as Vertex AI, LangChain, or Hugging Face, and with RAG patterns.
  • Familiarity with vector databases including Pinecone or FAISS.
  • Experience using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of DevOps practices, including testing frameworks and repository management.
  • A pre-employment drug test may be required after a conditional offer is made.
  • Must follow GXO policies and applicable CDC, OSHA, state, and local COVID safety requirements.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Life insurance coverage.
  • Disability insurance coverage.
  • Competitive compensation.
  • Generous benefits package.

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