Senior Data Operations (DataOps) Engineer P-134

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This position is remote within the United States. You must have U.S. citizenship or a valid U.S. work permit to apply for this role.

Role summary
You will lead the evolution of DataOps practices at a global scale, designing highly automated, resilient, and scalable data platforms. This role focuses on building self-service, microservices-based data infrastructure on GCP, enabling rapid deployment, strong data reliability, and continuous delivery through advanced automation and observability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale DataOps platforms and automation frameworks.

• Architect and evolve GCP-native data platforms supporting high-throughput batch and real-time workloads.

• Design and implement microservices-based data architectures using containerization technologies.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data workflows, including automated testing and deployment.

• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to standardize and automate platform provisioning.

• Implement robust data orchestration, monitoring, and observability capabilities.

• Establish and enforce data quality frameworks to ensure reliability and trust in data products.

• Support real-time data platforms operating at extreme scale.

• Partner with platform squads to deliver self-service data infrastructure products.

• Drive best practices for automation, resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence.

• Influence technical direction, mentor senior engineers, and lead through ambiguity.

Requirements – Must-haves

• 8+ years of progressive experience in DataOps, Data Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles.

• Strong expertise in data warehousing, data lakes, and distributed processing technologies (Spark, Hadoop, Kafka).

• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python; working knowledge of Java or Scala.

• Deep experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data and infrastructure services.

• Expert understanding of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Proven hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred).

• Strong background in CI/CD methodologies applied to data pipelines.

• Experience designing and implementing data automation frameworks.

• Advanced knowledge of data orchestration, monitoring, and observability tooling.

• Ability to architect highly scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant data systems.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments.

Nice-to-haves (optional)

• Experience with real-time streaming systems at very large scale.

• Exposure to AWS or Azure data platforms (in addition to GCP).

• Experience with data quality tooling and governance frameworks.

• Background building internal developer platforms or self-service infrastructure.

• Experience influencing technical strategy across multiple teams or domains.