Principal Data Platform Engineer - GCP & Terraform

RWS; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

RWS is seeking a Principal Data Platform Engineer to lead the design and implementation of a scalable, secure GCP data platform. You will craft IaC with Terraform, build automated pipelines, and enable analytics and AI teams across the organization.

The role requires senior-level cloud, data engineering, and security expertise, with hands-on delivery of data products and data mesh concepts in a multi-cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with Terraform and CI/CD automation.
• Deep GCP expertise: BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataform, Cloud Composer, Pub/Sub.
• Strong Python and Java/Scala development skills.
• Knowledge of IAM, VPC, RBAC and security controls.
• Experience with data products, data mesh, and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement a scalable, secure GCP data platform.
• Create reusable Terraform code and modular environments.
• Build CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and data code.
• Design and implement data pipelines with GCP services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataform, Cloud Composer).
• Leverage AI agents to accelerate pipeline delivery.

Skills

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Data engineering

Python programming

Java/Scala

Security & networking

Multi-cloud exposure

AI-assisted engineering

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

BigQuery

Dataflow

Dataform

Cloud Composer

Pub/Sub

Kubernetes

Helm

Azure

Job description

RWS is seeking a Principal Data Platform Engineer to lead the design and implementation of a scalable, secure GCP data platform. You will craft IaC with Terraform, build automated pipelines, and enable analytics and AI teams across the organization.

The role requires senior-level cloud, data engineering, and security expertise, with hands-on delivery of data products and data mesh concepts in a multi-cloud environment.