GCP Data Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title : GCP Data Engineer

Pay rate will be $50/hr W2

Eligibility : USC, GC, GC-EAD and H4-EAD

Experience : 5+ years

DL and Linked In must

Must haves:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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Design and build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, and GCP Dataflow

• Develop and maintain Big Query data models, schemas, and performance-optimized SQL queries

• Build and maintain data pipelines feeding AI/ML feature stores and forecasting models

• Collaborate with AI Developers to ensure high-quality, low-latency data access for model training

• Manage and optimize Cloud Composer DAGs and pipeline orchestration

• Implement data quality monitoring, alerting, and lineage tracking

• Participate in data platform architecture decisions and documentation

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years (Intermediate) or 5+ years (Specialist) of data engineering experience

• Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow for pipeline orchestration

• Proficiency in Apache Spark for large-scale data processing

• Strong SQL skills including complex query optimization and Big Query-specific capabilities

• Experience with GCP data services:
Big Query, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Dataflow

• Solid understanding of ETL/ELT patterns and data warehousing principles

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• GCP Professional Data Engineer certification

• Experience supporting ML/AI data infrastructure (feature engineering, training datasets)

• Familiarity with real-time streaming (Kafka, Dataflow/Flink)

• Retail or large-scale consumer data experience