Data Platform Engineer (GCP / BigQuery)
Location: Remote/Hybrid
Experience: 3-6 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Department: Data Engineering / Data Platform
Reports To: Data Platform Manager
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled Data Platform Engineer (GCP/BigQuery) to manage, optimize, and support our cloud-based data platform. The ideal candidate will have solid expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery, Dataplex, data governance, ELT pipeline operations, and cloud security. This role will be responsible for ensuring data reliability, platform performance, cost optimization, access management, and operational excellence across the data ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
Data Platform Administration
• Administer and manage BigQuery environments, datasets, projects, service accounts, and IAM permissions.
• Monitor and optimize BigQuery performance, storage, and query costs.
• Manage user access lifecycle including onboarding, modifications, and offboarding.
• Implement and maintain BigQuery best practices for scalability and performance.

ELT Pipeline Monitoring & Support




• Monitor data ingestion pipelines and troubleshoot failures, delays, and data quality issues.
• Ensure end-to-end data reliability from source systems to BigQuery.
• Identify and resolve data freshness, completeness, and schema drift issues.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to improve pipeline performance and stability.

Data Governance & Security
• Manage Dataplex policy tags, data classifications, and sensitive data controls.
• Implement column-level security, masking policies, and fine-grained access controls.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security policies and data governance standards.
• Conduct periodic access reviews and audits.

Performance Optimization
• Optimize BigQuery workloads through partitioning, clustering, query tuning, and cost management techniques.
• Evaluate and recommend new GCP and BigQuery features.
• Monitor platform utilization and implement impr

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