Senior Google Data Engineer

Overview

Position Description

Company Profile:

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

Google Cloud Data Engineer

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with extensive experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data services and big data technologies. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable data solutions while ensuring high performance, reliability, and security.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures using GCP data services.
• Implement and optimize solutions using BigQuery, Dataproc, Composer, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, GCS, and BigTable.
• Work with GCP databases such as Bigtable, Spanner, CloudSQL, AlloyDB, ensuring performance, security, and availability.
• Develop and manage data processing workflows using Apache Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, and other Big Data technologies.
• Ensure data governance and security using Dataplex, Data Catalog, and other GCP governance tooling.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to build CI/CD pipelines for data workloads using Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, and Terraform.
• Optimize query performance and data storage across structured and unstructured datasets.
• Design and implement streaming data solutions using Pub/Sub, Kafka, or equivalent technologies.
  
  

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 8-15 years of experience
• Strong expertise in GCP Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer, Cloud Workflow, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Cloud Build.
• Proficiency in Python and Java, with hands-on experience in data processing and ETL pipelines.
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases (SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Scylla, Cassandra, DynamoDB).
• Experience with Big Data platforms such as Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR, Azure HDInsight, IBM Open Platform.
• Strong understanding of AWS Data services such as Redshift, RDS, Athena, SQS/Kinesis.
• Familiarity with data formats such as Avro, ORC, Parquet.
• Experience handling large-scale data migrations and implementing data lake architectures.
• Expertise in data modeling, data warehousing, and distributed data processing frameworks.
• Deep understanding of data formats such as Avro, ORC, Parquet.
• Certification in GCP Data Engineering Certification or equivalent.
  
  

Good to Have:

• Experience in BigQuery, Presto, or equivalent.
• Exposure to Hadoop, Spark, Oozie, HBase.
• Understanding of cloud database migration strategies.
• Knowledge of GCP data governance and security best practices.
  
  

Your future duties and responsibilities

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

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