GCP Data Engineer

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gazelle Global Consulting Limited is seeking a GCP Data Engineer for a 12-month contract in London, focusing on design and delivery of scalable cloud-based data platforms.

You' ll work on modern data solutions across batch and real-time environments, collaborating with technical and business teams to ensure secure, high-quality data delivery and performance optimisation, with a hybrid office pattern requiring 2–3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• Hands-on GCP experience delivering scalable data platforms.
• Batch and real-time data processing expertise.
• Strong collaboration with technical and business teams to deliver secure data solutions.
• Hybrid London role with 2–3 days in the office.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable cloud-based data platforms.
• Build data pipelines using GCP data services.
• Optimize performance and ensure data quality, governance and security.

Tools

GCP

BigQuery

Dataflow

Dataproc

Pub/Sub

Cloud Composer

Apache Airflow

Python

PySpark

SQL

Cloud Storage

Terraform

Git

CI/CD

Data quality

Governance & security

Job description

We're looking for a GCP Data Engineer to join an exciting 12-month contract in London, working on the design and delivery of scalable cloud-based data platforms. This is a strong opportunity for someone with hands-on GCP experience who enjoys building reliable data solutions across both batch and real-time environments.

You’ll be involved in data engineering initiatives supporting modern analytics and AI/ML capabilities, working closely with technical and business teams to deliver secure, high-quality data solutions. The role offers a good mix of hands-on engineering, technical design and performance optimisation.

Key Skills:

• Strong Google Cloud Platform experience
• BigQuery, including partitioning, clustering and performance tuning
• Dataflow, Dataproc and Pub/Sub
• Cloud Composer / Apache Airflow
• Python and PySpark
• SQL
• Cloud Storage
• Terraform
• Git and CI/CD
• Data quality, governance and security

The role is based in London with hybrid working, requiring 2-3 days per week in the office.