GCP Data Engineer job at Eliassen Group in US National

Title: GCP Data Engineer Location: Anywhere Job Description:

• Type: Contract
• Category: Data
• Industry: Retail
• Workplace Type: Remote
• Reference ID: JN -042026-106374

Description: Our client, a leader in their industry, has an excellent opportunity for a GCP Data Engineer to work on a 12+ month contract position working 100% remote (EST). Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a W2 basis. For our W2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate scalable data platforms and data products within the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW).
• Develop and maintain core data domains, curated datasets, and semantic layers for downstream analytics consumers.
• Partner with engineering teams to implement architectural patterns, support platform modernization, and improve data reliability.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through collaboration, code reviews, and complex backend data engineering work.
• Drive performance, cost optimization, scalability, and analytical accuracy across the EDW ecosystem.

Experience Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in backend data engineering or analytics platform engineering.
• Must have hands-on experience working within GCP environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses, with BigQuery required.
• Advanced SQL expertise and strong working knowledge of Python.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-grade data models, including curated or ADS datasets.
• Experience with CI/CD and orchestration tools such as Jenkins and Airflow.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with universal or shared semantic modeling across multiple domains or products.
• Strong understanding of performance tuning, resilience, scalability, and cost optimization in large data environments.
• Ability to work across teams and influence architectural decisions without direct authority.
• Exposure to Dataform and Vertex AI is a plus.

Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience #LI-JS1 Recruitment Transparency Notice Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ([email protected], 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process. Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

• W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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· When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc. · Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact [email protected]. About Eliassen Group: Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exception Apply tot his job Apply To this Job