Senior GCP Data Engineer (Cloud Operations - MN)

Title: Senior GCP Data Engineer (Cloud Operations)Location: Brooklyn Park, MN (Hybrid)Job Type: Contract (12 Months)Compensation: $67.67 - $112.78/hr (W2)Industry: RetailKey Skills: GCP, GCP project setup, IAM, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, SQL-driven analyticsAbout The RoleOur firm is supporting a large U.S.-based enterprise operating at a national scale within the retail and technology sector. This organization is building a secure, cloud-based analytics capability to support insider risk and security-focused data analysis.We are seeking a Senior Cloud Data Engineer / GCP Data Operations Engineer to help configure, operate, and maintain Google Cloud data infrastructure that enables secure ingestion, storage, and recurring analytics workflows. This is a hands-on role focused on cloud data operations, reliability, and access management in a highly governed enterprise environment.Job DescriptionAs a Senior Cloud Data Engineer / GCP Data Operations Engineer, you will be responsible for standing up and maintaining Google Cloud data infrastructure to enable secure ingestion, storage, and analysis of sensitive data. You will support daily data operations, access management, and scheduled analytics workloads while ensuring compliance with security, privacy, and governance requirements.You will collaborate closely with cloud engineering, security, analytics, and platform teams to define access models, troubleshoot issues, and ensure that downstream consumers can reliably query cloud-hosted data.ResponsibilitiesConfigure and support Google Cloud projects, APIs, service accounts, IAM roles, permissions, Cloud Storage, and BigQuery resourcesPartner with cloud engineering, security, infrastructure, and platform teams to request, validate, and maintain access and connectivitySupport secure onboarding of sensitive data into Cloud Storage and BigQueryBuild and maintain BigQuery datasets, tables, views, scheduled queries, and recurring summary tablesConfigure, monitor, and troubleshoot scheduled data transfers, query jobs, and analytics workflowsResolve job failures, permission issues, schema changes, data availability problems, and API access challengesDefine and validate least-privilege access patterns and service account usageEnsure enterprise environments can securely access and query cloud-hosted analytics dataCreate and maintain documentation including architecture diagrams, access models, job schedules, runbooks, and support proceduresEnsure all data and workflows comply with security, privacy, and governance standardsQualificationsRequired Qualifications3+ years of experience in cloud engineering, data engineering, analytics engineering, or data platform operationsHands-on experience with Google Cloud PlatformStrong experience with GCP project setup, IAM, service accounts, permissions, and APIsAdvanced BigQuery experience, including SQL, datasets, tables, views, scheduled queries, and aggregated summary tablesExperience onboarding and managing data in Cloud Storage and BigQueryExperience scheduling, monitoring, and troubleshooting recurring data jobs or pipelinesStrong SQL skills for validation, transformation, aggregation, and analyticsSolid understanding of cloud IAM, least-privilege access, and permission troubleshootingExperience working with centralized cloud, security, infrastructure, or platform teamsDemonstrated ability to work with sensitive or restricted data under strict governance controlsPreferred QualificationsExperience supporting security analytics, insider risk, fraud detection, cybersecurity, or similar use casesExperience with GCP services such as Data Transfer Service, Cloud Composer (Airflow), Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, or Cloud RunExperience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as TerraformFamiliarity with Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Splunk, Grafana, or similar observability toolsExperience building dashboards for data freshness, job status, or pipeline healthPython experience for automation, validation, or operational toolingExperience working in large enterprise cloud environmentsFamiliarity with identity, endpoint, access logs, or security event dataBenefitsDahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.How To ApplyTake the first step on your new career path! To submit yourself for consideration for this role, simply click the apply button and complete our mobile-friendly online application. Once we’ve reviewed your application details, a recruiter will reach out to you with next steps!Equal Opportunity StatementAs an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!#ZR#IT.Indeed