Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead - Onshore & Migrations

Long Finch Technologies; Carlstadt (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Long Finch Technologies is seeking a Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead to guide large-scale cloud data modernization, migration, and analytics initiatives on Google Cloud Platform. You will be the technical anchor, coordinating with stakeholders, architects, QA, and offshore teams to ensure successful delivery.

This role requires hands-on expertise with BigQuery, Airflow/Cloud Composer, Python, and SQL optimization, plus experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT frameworks, and enterprise data

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.

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.

Skills

Google BigQuery

Cloud Composer/Airflow

Python development

SQL optimization

Data migration

GCP services

Tools

Airflow

Cloud Composer

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Long Finch Technologies is seeking a Senior GCP Data Engineering Lead to guide large-scale cloud data modernization, migration, and analytics initiatives on Google Cloud Platform. You will be the technical anchor, coordinating with stakeholders, architects, QA, and offshore teams to ensure successful delivery.

This role requires hands-on expertise with BigQuery, Airflow/Cloud Composer, Python, and SQL optimization, plus experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT frameworks, and enterprise data