Senior Data Engineer

GCP - Senior Data Engineer

Location: Fully remote – UK

Contract length: Initial 6 months

Working frequency: Part-time

Rate: £450-£500 per day

IR35: Outside IR35

Tech: GCP / Datastream / SQL / Python

SR2 is supporting a client delivering a large-scale enterprise data platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join the team on an initial 6-month contract.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building and maintaining cloud-native data pipelines and enabling the ingestion of data from multiple sources including on-premise systems and SaaS platforms.

The environment involves complex enterprise integrations, with a particular focus on bringing distributed data sources into a centralised cloud data platform.

Role:

• Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines on GCP
• Ingest and integrate data from on-premise systems into cloud environments
• Support integration of SaaS data sources into the organisation’s internal data platform
• Work with enterprise data ingestion technologies such as Datastream or equivalent replication tools
• Build and optimise data ingestion and transformation workflows
• Contribute to cloud architecture discussions and data platform design
• Ensure pipelines are reliable, secure and performant in production environments

Requirements:

• Strong Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience
• Proven ability to design and build scalable data pipelines
• Experience integrating data from on-premise environments into cloud platforms
• Experience with Google Datastream or similar replication technologies
• Experience ingesting data from external SaaS systems
• Strong SQL and Python skills
• Understanding of cloud networking considerations for data ingestion
• Experience working in enterprise-scale data environments
• Experience with Airflow or other orchestration frameworks
• Exposure to distributed data processing frameworks such as Spark
• Google Associate Cloud Engineer or Professional Cloud Engineer certification (desirable)

Please apply with a copy of your CV and Emma from SR2 will contact potential candidates regarding next steps.