Senior Data Engineer - GCP

About the role

We are seeking a senior Data engineer who will design, automate, secure, and optimize cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform, working closely with engineering, DevOps, and security teams to ensure scalable, cost efficient, and resilient cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement compute, storage, networking, and container workloads on GCP.
• Automate provisioning and deployments using Terraform and CI/CD.
• Implement IAM, service accounts, and security controls.
• Build monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting solutions.
• Optimize scaling, performance, and cloud costs.
• Support workload migration and modernization initiatives.
• Troubleshoot cloud issues and perform root cause analysis.

Skills and Experience

• GCP architecture & cloud design
• Kubernetes (GKE) & container orchestration
• Terraform, Helm, IaC design patterns
• GCP networking (VPC, peering, LB, Cloud NAT)
• GCP IAM, security, encryption, VPC SC
• Linux administration & Python/Bash scripting
• CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, GitLab)
• Monitoring & observability (Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus)
• Cloud cost optimization & FinOps fundamentals
• Understanding of SRE practices (SLO/SLI/SLA)
• Knowledge of event-driven & serverless architectures

Tools / Tech Stack

• GKE, GCE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, IAM, Secret Manager, VPC, Load Balancers
• Terraform, Cloud Build, Artifact Registry
• Prometheus/Grafana, Bash/Python

Pay

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $150,000 – $170,000. Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The actual compensation offered may vary based on multiple factors, including geographic location, education, certifications, relevant experience, seniority, market conditions, internal pay equity, and applicable laws.

Benefits

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A–F): Vacation 12–25 days, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs