GCP Data Engineer

🔹 Position: GCP Data Engineer
📍 Location: London/Chester, UK (Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite)
🔹 Type: Contract (6 months, extendable) | Inside IR35
🔹 Eligibility: ILR/Citizen only.

Role Overview: Build and manage scalable data platforms on Google Cloud. Design batch and real-time data pipelines, working with large-scale datasets for enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities:
Design and build data pipelines (batch & streaming) on GCP
Work with BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, Spanner
Develop real-time streaming solutions (Kafka / Beam)
Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Deploy workloads on Kubernetes (GKE)
Build and manage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins / Spinnaker)
Collaborate on data modelling and architecture
Ensure systems are secure, scalable, and cost-optimized

Required Skills:
Strong GCP experience; hands-on with BigQuery, Dataflow/Apache Beam
Data engineering expertise (batch & streaming)
Knowledge of Kafka/Spark/Big Data tools
Proficiency in Python/Java/SQL
Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD
Good understanding of data modelling

Nice to Have:
DBT experience, banking domain, GCP certifications