Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud & Data

Role : Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud & Data)

Engagement Details:

Location: Remote

Experience: 8+ years in Platform Engineering | 3+ years in cloud-based data platforms

Project / Requirement Overview:

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to build and manage scalable, cloud-native data platforms on GCP. The role focuses on platform engineering, governance, automation, secure data access, and platform reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Engineering:

- Design and develop cloud-native platform foundations on GCP.

- Create reusable templates for data storage, access control, and environment setup.

- Enable self-service onboarding for data teams.

- Support scalable and reliable platform architecture for enterprise data workloads.

Identity & Access Management:

- Integrate Okta with GCP IAM and Snowflake.

- Implement SSO, RBAC, and least-privilege access controls.

- Automate user provisioning and lifecycle management.

Governance & Security:

- Implement PII tagging, masking, and column-level security.

- Work with BigQuery policy tags and Snowflake tagging.

- Ensure compliance, governance, auditability, and secure data access.

Automation & Infrastructure:

- Automate provisioning, access control, and metadata management.

- Utilize Terraform, Python, SQL, and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure.

- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.

- Support containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

Observability & Reliability:

- Monitor platform usage, access, and data quality.

- Build alerting, logging, and audit mechanisms.

- Ensure platform reliability and operational excellence through CI/CD and monitoring practices.

Tech Stack:

- GCP (BigQuery, GCS, IAM), Snowflake, Okta, Python, SQL, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Bitbucket.

Experience:

- 8+ years of experience in Platform Engineering.

- 3+ years of experience working with cloud-based data platforms.

- Experience working in enterprise-scale environments.

- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.