Senior Data Engineer — Cloud Data & AI (GCP)

Accenture PLC; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is a premier Google Cloud partner helping organizations modernize data ecosystems, real-time analytics, and AI scale. You will deliver end-to-end data and AI solutions, working with clients and senior architects to implement pipelines, models, and governance across GCP.

You will collaborate with data engineers and ML engineers, build reusable components, and stay current with Gemini models and newer GCP patterns as part of a strong delivery team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years hands-on experience in Data Engineering, Data Analytics, ML Engineering, or related fields.
• Minimum of 4 years of practical experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with SQL, data modeling, and building data pipelines.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with Python or AI or GenAI tools (Vertex AI preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.

Responsibilities

• Hands-On Technical Delivery.
• Build data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and integrations using GCP services such as BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage.
• Assist with data modeling, performance tuning, and query optimization in BigQuery.
• Implement data ingestion patterns for batch and streaming data sources.
• Support development of dashboards and analytics products using Looker or Looker Studio.
• Assist in developing ML models and AI solutions using Vertex AI, Gemini Foundation Models, Gemini Enterprise, Model APIs & Embeddings.
• Implement ML pipelines and help establish MLOps processes (monitoring, retraining, deployment).
• Support prompt engineering, embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) experimentation.
• Contribute to model testing, validation, and documentation.
• Travel may be required for this role.

Skills

Data engineering

Analytics

ML engineering

GCP

BigQuery

Python

SQL

Looker

Vertex AI

MLOps

CI/CD

Git

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

BigQuery

Dataflow

Dataproc

Pub/Sub

Cloud Storage

Looker

Looker Studio

Vertex AI

Gemini Foundation Models

Gemini Enterprise

Job description

Accenture is a premier Google Cloud partner helping organizations modernize data ecosystems, real-time analytics, and AI scale. You will deliver end-to-end data and AI solutions, working with clients and senior architects to implement pipelines, models, and governance across GCP.

You will collaborate with data engineers and ML engineers, build reusable components, and stay current with Gemini models and newer GCP patterns as part of a strong delivery team.