Google Cloud Platform Data Engineer

PA Consulting

Bristol

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Interest free seasonal ticket loan

25 days annual leave with option to 5买

Company pension scheme

Annual performance-based bonus

Life and income protection insurance

Tax efficient benefits

Voluntary benefits: dental, critical-—

Job summary

PA Consulting seeks a Principal GCP Data Engineer in Bristol to lead data engineeringDelivery using Google Cloud Platform. You will design robust data pipelines, craft end-to-end solutions and set engineering standards across architecture, scope and deployments.

You will mentor teams, influence client stakeholders and shape data strategy, with a focus on scalable, secure data platforms and modern best practices in an agile environment.

Qualifications

Experience delivering production-ready data processing solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Experience developing end-to-end solutions with batch and streaming frameworks such as Apache Spark and Apache Beam.
Expert understanding of relational and non-relational storage, data warehousing and data lakes.
Expert understanding of data pipeline patterns: event-driven, ETL/ELT, streaming and data visualization.
Experience translating business requirements into technical specifications and designs.
Experience with metadata management (Cloud Data Catalog, Collibra) and data governance tools (Dataplex).
Experience building solutions on GCP using cloud-native principles and patterns.
Experience in CI/CD pipelines with Git, automated tests and deployments.
Comfortable working in an Agile team using Scrum or Kanban methodologies.

Responsibilities

Develop robust data processing jobs using Google Cloud Dataflow, Dataproc and BigQuery.
Design and deliver automated data pipelines using Cloud Composer.
Design end-to-end solutions and contribute to architecture discussions beyond data processing.
Own the development process for your team, establishing robust patterns for architecture, scope, code quality and deployments.
Shape team behaviour for writing specs, estimating stories, sprint planning and documentation.
Evolve PA’s data engineering standards and practices to maintain a modern, robust approach.
Lead and influence technical discussions with client stakeholders to secure buy-in.
Coach and mentor team members, building expertise across the group.

Skills

BigQuery

Dataflow

Dataproc

Cloud Composer

Apache Spark

Apache Beam

GCP

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum/Kanban

Data governance

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Oracle

SQL Server

Hadoop

Cloud Data Catalog

Collibra

Dataplex

Kafka

Job description

Bringing Ingenuity to Life

We’re an innovation and transformation consultancy that believes in the power of ingenuity to build a positive-human future in a technology-driven world. Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking with breakthrough-technologies to progress further, faster.

With a global network of FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 clients, we’ll offer you unrivalled opportunities for growth and the freedom to excel. Combining strategies, technologies and innovation, we turn complexity to opportunity and deliver enduring results, enabling you to build a lasting career.

Isn’t it time you joined us?

As a Principal GCP Data Engineer, you'll be a true subject matter expert in using the data processing and management capabilities of Google Cloud to develop data-driven solutions for our clients.

You will typically lead a team or the solution delivery effort, demonstrating technical excellence through leading by example. You could be providing technical support, leading an engineering team or working across multiple teams as a subject matter expert who is critical to the success of a large programme of work.

Your team members will look to you as a trusted expert and will expect you to define the end-to-end software development lifecycle in line with modern best practices. As part of your responsibilities, you will be expected to:

Develop robust data processing jobs using tools such as Google Cloud Dataflow, Dataproc and BigQuery
Design and deliver automated data pipelines that use orchestration tools such as Cloud Composer
Design end-to-end solutions and contribute to architecture discussions beyond data processing
Own the development process for your team, building strong principles and putting robust methods and patterns in place across architecture, scope, code quality and deployments.
Shape team behaviour for writing specifications and acceptance criteria, estimating stories, sprint planning and documentation.
Actively define and evolve PA’s data engineering standards and practices, ensuring we maintain a shared, modern and robust approach.
Lead and influence technical discussions with client stakeholders to achieve the collective buy-in required to be successful
Coach and mentor team members, regardless of seniority, and work with them to build their expertise and understanding.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

Experience delivering and deploying production-ready data processing solutions using BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow and Dataproc
Experience developing end-to-end solutions using batch and streaming frameworks such as Apache Spark and Apache Beam.
Expert understanding of when to use a range of data storage technologies including relational/non-relational, document, row-based/columnar data stores, data warehousing and data lakes.
Expert understanding of data pipeline patterns and approaches such as event-driven architectures, ETL/ELT, stream processing and data visualisation.
Experience working with business owners to translate business requirements into technical specifications and solution designs that satisfies the data requirements of the business.
Experience working with metadata management products such as Cloud Data Catalog and Collibra and Data Governance tools like Dataplex
Experience in developing solutions on GCP using cloud-native principles and patterns.
Experience building data quality alerting and data quarantine solutions to ensure downstream datasets can be trusted.
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using techniques including as git code control/branching, automated tests and automated deployments.
Comfortable working in an Agile team using Scrum or Kanban methodologies.

In addition to the above, we would be thrilled if you also had:

Experience of working on migrations of enterprise scale data platforms including Hadoop and traditional data warehouses
An understanding of machine learning model development lifecycle, feature engineering, training and testing
Good understanding or hands‑on experience of Kafka
Experience as a DBA or developer on RDBMS such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server
Experience designing data applications to meet non-functional requirements such as performance and availability

Personal qualities

You are pragmatic and already understand that writing code is only part of what a data engineer does.
You can clearly communicate with both clients and peers, describing technical issues and solutions in both written and meeting/workshop contexts.
You are able to clearly explain technical concepts to non technical audiences at all levels of an organisation.
You are able to influence and persuade senior and specialist client stakeholders, potentially across multiple organisational boundaries without direct authority.
You are a confident problem solver and troubleshooter.
You are confident and generous in sharing your specialist knowledge, ideas and solutions.
You are constantly learning and able to make others better by consciously teaching and unconsciously inspiring.

Benefits package at PA