GCP Data Engineer

CareCone Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CareCone Group is seeking a talented Data Engineer to design and implement cloud-based data solutions. You will work across ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, and governance to deliver scalable data platforms on GCP.

The role emphasizes building robust data ingestion, transformation, and validation processes, with a focus on security, compliance, and operational excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Python development and API integration (REST, JSON/XML, OAuth).
• Hands-on experience with GCP services and data pipelines.
• Experience designing scalable ETL/ELT data solutions.
• Strong SQL with performance tuning.
• Familiarity with Terraform and IaC.

Skills

Python

API Integration

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data Warehousing

Dimensional modelling

Data lifecycle

Data Migration

Data Governance

Security & Compliance

SQL

CI/CD pipelines

Agile delivery

Enterprise integration patterns

Databricks

Data Quality

ServiceNow integration

Salesforce integration

JIRA

Tools

BigQuery

Dataform

Cloud Composer (Airflow)

DAG development

Secure Source Manager

Cloud Storage

Pub/Sub

Terraform

Databricks

Job description

• Strong expertise in Python and API Integration (REST APIs, JSON/XML, OAuth, error handling, and data ingestion frameworks).
• Hands on experience with GCP services including BigQuery, Dataform, Cloud Composer (Airflow), DAG development, Secure Source Manager, Cloud Storage and Pub/Sub.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and cloud native data solutions.
• Strong understanding of Data Warehousing, dimensional modelling, and data lifecycle management.
• Experience delivering large scale Data Migration projects with data validation and reconciliation.
• Hands on experience with Cloud DLP, data governance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Advanced SQL skills, including performance tuning and complex data transformations.
• Experience using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GCP resource deployment.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Agile delivery practices, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Good to Have: Databricks, Data Quality, ServiceNow/Salesforce integrations and JIRA.