Top Required Skills5+ years hands-on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Strong in BigQuery, Data Fusion, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer, Cloud StorageDeep experience building ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion, orchestration, and analytics workflowsStrong Python + SQL for cloud-native developmentExperience with Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Cloud SQLStrong DevOps/SecOps, CI/CD, Git-based deploymentsExperience with IaC, automation, monitoring, logging, cloud governanceStrong understanding of data warehousing, lakehouse, distributed processing, metadata managementCore ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, administer, and optimize enterprise GCP environmentsBuild scalable data pipelines and analytics platformsImplement DevOps/CI/CD and cloud automationEnsure security, IAM, governance, monitoring, and cost optimizationSupport cloud modernization and enterprise data platform initiativesNice to HaveMulti-cloud exposure (AWS, OCI)Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Terraform, Docker, KubernetesAI/ML or Vertex AI exposurePreferred CertificationsGoogle Professional Cloud Architect / Data EngineerGoogle Associate Cloud EngineerGCP DevOps EngineerAWS / OCI / Snowflake / Databricks certifications