Senior GCP Data Engineer - Data Modernization Lead

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

Job summary

Long Finch Technologies is seeking a Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead to spearhead cloud data modernization efforts on Google Cloud Platform. The role demands hands-on expertise with BigQuery, Airflow, Python, and enterprise data migrations, while partnering with stakeholders and offshore teams to ensure successful delivery.

The ideal candidate will have over a decade of data engineering experience, strong SQL skills, and proficiency across GCP services, CI/CD, and data warehousing disciplines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics, and Cloud Data Platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google BigQuery.
• Hands-on experience with Cloud Composer / Apache Airflow using Python.
• Advanced SQL development, debugging, and performance tuning expertise.
• Experience in large-scale Data Migration and Data Modernization programs.
• Knowledge of data modeling, ETL/ELT frameworks, and data warehousing concepts.

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.
• 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

Airflow

Python

SQL

Data migration

Data modernization

Data modeling

ETL/ELT

Data warehousing

Agile delivery

Tools

Cloud Composer

GCP

CI/CD

DevOps

Monitoring

Logging

IAM

Dataflow

Dataproc

Job description

Long Finch Technologies is seeking a Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead to spearhead cloud data modernization efforts on Google Cloud Platform. The role demands hands-on expertise with BigQuery, Airflow, Python, and enterprise data migrations, while partnering with stakeholders and offshore teams to ensure successful delivery.

The ideal candidate will have over a decade of data engineering experience, strong SQL skills, and proficiency across GCP services, CI/CD, and data warehousing disciplines.