Senior Looker Platform Engineer: Analytics Automation

GCS Recruitment; Kentucky; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Senior Looker Platform Engineer in Delaware, OH to own Looker administration, LookML development, and platform reliability within a large analytics environment.

The role covers cloud migration, data platform modernization, governance, and API-driven analytics. Collaboration with engineering and CI/CD workflows is essential for Dev/Prod deployments and performance optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years administering BI/Analytics platforms.
• Hands-on Looker administration and LookML development.
• Strong SQL skills, REST APIs, and CI/CD experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide L3/L4 production support for Looker environments across development and production platforms.
• Lead platform upgrades, releases, patch management, and validation activities.
• Support GitHub and LookML development workflows, including Dev/Prod deployments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance, scalability, and data modeling issues.
• Monitor platform health, reliability, and operational performance.
• Implement and maintain automated user provisioning and entitlement management processes.
• Investigate and resolve Azure AD synchronization and entitlement discrepancies.
• Establish governance standards, security controls, and platform usage guidelines.
• Create and maintain governance documentation and operational procedures.
• Support and administer Looker APIs (Inline Query, Query ID, Admin APIs).
• Validate platform performance, concurrency, and usage patterns.
• Enable API-driven analytics initiatives and AI-powered reporting solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support dynamic SQL generation and automation requirements.
• Support migration activities to Google-hosted Looker Core; define testing strategies.
• Collaborate with data engineering to standardize semantic models and query behavior.
• Validate data accuracy and reporting outcomes during platform transformations.
• Optimize reporting performance and data accessibility across enterprise environments.
• Develop comprehensive documentation, runbooks, and best practices.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions and mentor internal teams.
• Support long-term platform ownership through training and process standardization.

Skills

Looker Administration

LookML Development

GitHub & Version Control

SQL Performance Tuning

REST APIs

Azure AD

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Cloud Analytics Platforms

Data Governance

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

Production Support (L3/L4)

Platform Upgrades & Release Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

GitHub

Snowflake

Teradata

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Job description

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Senior Looker Platform Engineer in Delaware, OH to own Looker administration, LookML development, and platform reliability within a large analytics environment.

The role covers cloud migration, data platform modernization, governance, and API-driven analytics. Collaboration with engineering and CI/CD workflows is essential for Dev/Prod deployments and performance optimization.