Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead: BigQuery & Migrations

Veriipro; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro is seeking a Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead to drive large-scale cloud data modernization and analytics initiatives on Google Cloud Platform. You will lead end-to-end design and delivery of data pipelines, data warehouses, and migration programs with a strong focus on BigQuery and Airflow.

The role requires expert Python and SQL skills, experience with enterprise data migrations, and collaboration with stakeholders, architects, QA, and offshore teams to ensure successful execution of

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics, and Cloud Data Platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google BigQuery.
• Strong 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.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT frameworks, and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured datasets.
• Knowledge of GCP services such as Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Dataproc, IAM, Monitoring, and Logging.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in cloud environments.
• Understanding of Agile delivery methodologies.

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.
• Conduct data analysis to identify quality issues, transformation requirements, and optimization opportunities.
• 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 optimization

Data migration

Data modeling

GCP services

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Math

Tools

Cloud Composer / Airflow

Dataproc

Cloud Storage

IAM, Monitoring, Logging

Job description

Veriipro is seeking a Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead to drive large-scale cloud data modernization and analytics initiatives on Google Cloud Platform. You will lead end-to-end design and delivery of data pipelines, data warehouses, and migration programs with a strong focus on BigQuery and Airflow.

The role requires expert Python and SQL skills, experience with enterprise data migrations, and collaboration with stakeholders, architects, QA, and offshore teams to ensure successful execution of