GCP Data Engineering Lead — Migration & Analytics

Long Finch Technologies; Weehawken (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Long Finch Technologies is seeking a Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead in New Jersey to drive large-scale cloud data modernization and analytics initiatives on Google Cloud Platform. You will lead onshore-offshore engagements, ensure data integrity, and mentor delivery teams.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in data engineering and a strong background in BigQuery, Airflow, Python, and SQL optimization. Collaboration with stakeholders and QA is essential for successful deployments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics, and Cloud Data Platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google BigQuery.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cloud Composer / Apache Airflow using Python.
• Advanced SQL development, debugging, and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and delivery of GCP-based data engineering and migration solutions.
• Design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Cloud Composer (Airflow) and Python.
• Build and manage enterprise data warehouses and analytics solutions using BigQuery.
• Perform complex SQL troubleshooting, query optimization, and data validation across large datasets.
• Drive data migration initiatives from legacy platforms to GCP while ensuring data integrity and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct data analysis to identify quality issues, transformation requirements, and optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with business users, data architects, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Review code, enforce engineering best practices, and provide technical leadership to development teams.
• Coordinate with QA teams to define test strategies, perform data reconciliation, and support defect resolution.
• Support production deployments, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and operational excellence initiatives.

Skills

BigQuery

Cloud Composer

Python

SQL

Data Migration

Data Modeling

ETL/ELT

GCP

CI/CD

DevOps

Agile

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Apache Airflow

Cloud Composer

Job description

Long Finch Technologies is seeking a Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead in New Jersey to drive large-scale cloud data modernization and analytics initiatives on Google Cloud Platform. You will lead onshore-offshore engagements, ensure data integrity, and mentor delivery teams.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in data engineering and a strong background in BigQuery, Airflow, Python, and SQL optimization. Collaboration with stakeholders and QA is essential for successful deployments.