GCP Data Engineer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 5 years of experience in data engineering or a similar role.
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Original job description
Role Name: GCP Data Engineer 2 - B2 - Canada
Work Site: Toronto, CA (Onsite)
Start date: Immediate availability.
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We are seeking a GCP Data Engineer with hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, particularly BigQuery, and be experienced in DBT for data transformation and modeling. This role requires strong SQL skills, a solid understanding of data warehousing concepts, and light proficiency in Python for scripting and automation. Strong understanding of Agentic and knowledge of Telcom is a plus
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines on GCP, primarily using BigQuery.
- Nice to have the experience to Develop and manage DBT models to transform raw data into clean, tested, and documented datasets.
- Write complex and optimized SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
- Implement and maintain data warehousing solutions, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Monitor and troubleshoot data pipeline performance and data quality issues.
- Automate data workflows and tasks using Python scripts where necessary.
- Ensure data governance, security, and compliance standards are met.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience in data engineering or a similar role.
- Strong expertise in SQL with the ability to write efficient, complex queries.
- Nice to have knowledge in DBT for data modeling and transformation
- Hands-on experience with BigQuery and other GCP data services.
- Solid understanding of data warehousing principles and best practices.
- Basic to intermediate skills in Python for scripting and automation.
- Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and warehousing solutions on GCP, primarily using BigQuery, and develop DBT models to transform raw data into reliable datasets. Collaborate with stakeholders, optimize SQL, automate workflows with Python, and monitor data quality, performance, governance, and security.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, and five years of experience in data engineering or a similar role. Candidates should have strong SQL skills, hands-on BigQuery and GCP experience, data warehousing knowledge, basic-to-intermediate Python, and familiarity with Git; DBT knowledge is a plus.
Skills
- Google Cloud Platform
- BigQuery
- DBT
- SQL
- Data Engineering
- Data Warehousing
- Python
- Data Pipelines
- Data Modeling
- Git
- Data Governance
- Data Security
- Data Quality
- Workflow Automation
- Problem-Solving
- Communication
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Categories
- Data & Analytics
- Technology
- Software
Keywords
- Google Cloud Platform
- GCP
- BigQuery
- DBT
- SQL
- Python
- Git
- Data Engineering
- Data Warehousing
- Data Pipelines
- Data Transformation
- Data Modeling
- Data Governance
- Data Security
- Data Compliance
- Data Quality
- Workflow Automation
- Pipeline Monitoring
- Performance Optimization
- Telecommunications
- Agentic