Senior Data Engineer: GCP Data Pipelines & ETL

CVS Health; Rhode Island; Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health in Rhode Island is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and support data platforms on Google Cloud Platform. You will develop scalable pipelines using BigQuery, Dataflow, and Spanner, and integrate with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.

You’ll work with Unix/Linux, ETL tools like Informatica, and batch scheduling with Control‑M. You’ll collaborate with senior engineers and architects to ensure reliable, well-monitored data solutions and help drive analytics, reporting,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• 3+ years with Google Cloud Platform products (BigQuery, Dataflow, Spanner).
• Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server and other relational databases.
• Knowledge of Google ETL technologies and core GCP services (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Composer, Pub/Sub).
• Experience with performance tuning and CPU/resource optimization on GCP.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts (dimensional modeling, star/snowflake schemas).
• Experience with Informatica for data integration and transformation.
• Strong Unix/Linux experience with shell scripting and file handling.
• Experience with job scheduling tools such as Control‑M and with Agile/JIRA processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines on GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Spanner, Dataflow).
• Develop and optimize ETL/ELT workflows across Oracle, Spanner, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and other databases.
• Tune BigQuery datasets, partitions, and clustering for efficient queries.
• Implement and optimize Dataflow pipelines for data transformation and movement.
• Monitor Compute Engine VMs and manage GCP resource performance.
• Collaborate with engineers and architects on performance tuning and DB design.
• Document designs, runbooks, and support procedures.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

BigQuery

Dataflow

Spanner

Oracle

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Informatica

Control‑M

JIRA

Unix/Linux

Shell scripting

Cloud Composer

Pub/Sub

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

CVS Health in Rhode Island is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and support data platforms on Google Cloud Platform. You will develop scalable pipelines using BigQuery, Dataflow, and Spanner, and integrate with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.

You’ll work with Unix/Linux, ETL tools like Informatica, and batch scheduling with Control‑M. You’ll collaborate with senior engineers and architects to ensure reliable, well-monitored data solutions and help drive analytics, reporting,