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
Job Title: GCP Data Engineer
Contract: 3+ months Contract with extension or solid possibility to Hire
Location: Toronto – Onsite only
Must Have:
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.
More about this job
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. Write and optimize SQL, automate workflows with Python, monitor pipeline performance and data quality, and collaborate with stakeholders while meeting governance, security, and compliance standards.
Requirements
Requires at least five years of data engineering experience, strong SQL skills, hands-on BigQuery and GCP experience, and a solid understanding of data warehousing. A bachelor’s degree in a related field is required; DBT, basic-to-intermediate Python, Git familiarity, and strong problem-solving and communication skills are also sought.
Skills
- Google Cloud Platform
- BigQuery
- DBT
- SQL
- Data Engineering
- Data Warehousing
- Python
- Data Pipelines
- Data Modeling
- Git
- Data Quality
- Data Governance
- Data Security
- Agentic Systems
- Telecommunications
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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 Quality
- Data Governance
- Data Security
- Data Compliance
- Workflow Automation
- Query Optimization
- Agentic Systems
- Telecommunications