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Data Platform Engineer II

Seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer II to help build and improve enterprise data and analytics platforms in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the roadmap and continuous improvement of data ingestion, orchestration, and platform tools.
• Build CI/CD, deployment automation, reusable frameworks, and self-service tools.
• Support and enhance Python-based data ingestion frameworks.
• Establish SDLC, source control, deployment, and engineering standards.
• Improve platform reliability, monitoring, observability, and developer productivity.
• Partner with Data Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Governance, and Analytics teams.
• Evaluate new technologies and help shape enterprise data platform strategy.
• Create technical documentation, onboarding materials, and operational standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience with enterprise data, analytics, cloud, DevOps, ingestion, orchestration, or related platforms.
• Strong experience with CI/CD, automation, SDLC standards, and platform roadmaps.
• Python, SQL, or scripting experience.
• Experience building reusable tools, frameworks, and developer enablement solutions.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to influence technical direction across teams.

Preferred

• GCP experience with BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Composer/Airflow, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataproc, Kubernetes/GKE, Cloud Build, or similar services.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Experience with APIs, large-scale data ingestion, semantic layers, analytics, or AI platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise Data & Analytics organizations.