Senior Data Engineer - Real-Time Analytics on GCP

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is a premier Google Cloud partner helping organizations modernize data ecosystems, build real-time analytics capabilities, and responsibly scale AI. As part of Accenture Cloud First and the Accenture Google Business Group (AGBG), we deliver solutions leveraging Google Cloud’s Data & AI platform—including BigQuery, Looker, Vertex AI, Gemini Foundation Models, and Gemini Enterprise.

You are a hands‑on Engineer with foundational experience in Data Engineering, Analytics, or Machine

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Hands-On Technical Delivery: Build data pipelines, ETL/ELT, and integrations with BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage.
• Support data modeling, performance tuning, and BigQuery query optimization.
• Implement batch and streaming data ingestion patterns.
• Develop dashboards and analytics products using Looker or Looker Studio.
• Support ML/AI solution development using Vertex AI, Gemini models and embeddings; establish MLOps pipelines.

Skills

GCP Data Engineering

SQL & Data Modeling

Python

BigQuery

Data Pipelines

Looker / Looker Studio

MLOps

Client Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Tools

Dataflow

Dataproc

Pub/Sub

Cloud Storage

Dataplex

IAM

Vertex AI

Gemini

Job description

Accenture is a premier Google Cloud partner helping organizations modernize data ecosystems, build real-time analytics capabilities, and responsibly scale AI. As part of Accenture Cloud First and the Accenture Google Business Group (AGBG), we deliver solutions leveraging Google Cloud’s Data & AI platform—including BigQuery, Looker, Vertex AI, Gemini Foundation Models, and Gemini Enterprise.

You are a hands‑on Engineer with foundational experience in Data Engineering, Analytics, or Machine