GCP Lead Engineer

Technologent


Job Location:

Phoenix, AZ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 14 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Opportunity: We are seeking a Lead GCP Engineer to provide technical leadership for enterprise real-time data platforms and cloud modernization initiatives. This role will be responsible for leading the design optimization and evolution of large-scale data processing environments while driving adoption of modern cloud-native technologies within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in real-time and batch data processing architectures strong leadership experience and a proven track record supporting enterprise-scale data platforms. This individual will serve as a technical leader for both platform engineering efforts and the broader data engineering team helping advance cloud capabilities and support future AI and analytics initiatives.

Role: Lead GCP Real-Time Data Engineer
Experience: 10 Years
Work Location: Phoenix AZ
Project Duration: 12 Month Contract


Responsibilities
  • Lead the design implementation and optimization of enterprise real-time and batch data platforms
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineering teams supporting large-scale data ecosystems
  • Drive modernization efforts leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies
  • Design and support scalable data pipelines for ingestion processing storage and analytics
  • Collaborate with architecture infrastructure security and analytics teams to deliver enterprise data solutions
  • Support and optimize distributed data platforms including streaming search caching and data processing technologies
  • Develop automation monitoring and operational processes to improve platform reliability and performance
  • Partner with stakeholders to define platform roadmaps and future-state architecture strategies
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and support AI machine learning and GenAI-related initiatives
  • Establish engineering best practices for scalability performance security and operational excellence

Required Qualifications
  • 10 years of experience in data engineering platform engineering or big data environments
  • 8 years of experience leading teams supporting enterprise-scale batch and real-time data platforms
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • Hadoop
    • HBase
    • Kafka
    • Redis
    • Elasticsearch
    • MapRDB or similar distributed data platforms
  • 3 years of experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including:
    • Bigtable
    • Dataproc
    • Pub/Sub
    • Composer
  • Strong Python development experience
  • Experience designing and supporting large-scale distributed systems and real-time data architectures
  • Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams
  • Strong analytical troubleshooting and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting AI machine learning or Generative AI initiatives
  • GenAI certifications or related technical training
  • Experience with enterprise observability and monitoring platforms including ELK Stack
  • Familiarity with cloud-native architecture and platform engineering best practices
  • Experience supporting highly available mission-critical production environments
  • Knowledge of infrastructure automation and DevOps methodologies

What Were Looking For
  • Strong technical leader with a passion for modern data platforms and cloud technologies
  • Ability to drive strategic platform initiatives while remaining hands-on when needed
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams in complex enterprise environments
  • Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction
  • Commitment to innovation operational excellence and continuous improvement

Technologent is an Equal Opportunity Employer -- EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled -- for reasonable accommodations please contact us at

Technologent is a Global Provider of Edge-to-Edge Information Technology Solutions and Services for Fortune 1000 and SMB companies. We offer a unique blend of business practices that are aligned to solve for top CIO concerns. Our core competencies focus on data center infrastructure business continuity data protection service automation and orchestration continuous intelligence monitoring connectivity collaboration and cybersecurity. These practices are supported by our professional services digital transformation services and financial services offerings. By providing custom solutions and services designed to fit your business needs we enable your organization to be more agile responsive and competitive. Technologent empowers your company to ascend to the next level in IT.

Headquartered in Irvine CA Technologent has offices throughout the US and proudly serves clients around the world. When partnering with Technologent organizations benefit from the highest caliber of professionals committed to delivering exceptional business outcomes backed by unmatched service and support.

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