Hybrid Consultant – GCP Data Engineer

at INTELLIGEN

• Job title: Consultant – GCP Data Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: BigQuery, Cloud, ETL, Google Cloud Platform, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sydney, Australia

About the role

• GCP Data Engineer designing, building, and optimising data solutions on Google Cloud Platform. Collaborating with clients to solve complex data challenges and enhance AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise scalable data platforms and pipelines on Google Cloud Platform
• Develop robust ingestion, transformation, and orchestration pipelines using BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Dataproc, Composer, and related GCP services
• Build high-quality data models to support analytics, reporting, and AI/ML use cases
• Implement modern data architecture patterns, including lakehouse and ELT/ETL approaches
• Collaborate closely with clients to translate business requirements into well-architected, actionable data solutions
• Support or implement dbt, CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and data engineering best practices
• Ensure strong data quality, governance, lineage, security, and performance optimisation within GCP environments
• Work alongside analytics, governance, and AI consultants to deliver cohesive, end-to-end solutions
• Contribute to reusable assets, accelerators, and internal frameworks that strengthen Intelligen’s GCP capability

Requirements

• 4–6+ years’ experience in data engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, particularly BigQuery and cloud-native data services
• Experience designing and building production-grade data pipelines on GCP
• Strong SQL skills and experience building complex data transformations
• Familiarity with modern data stacks e.g. Composer, BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, dbt
• Experience working across the full data lifecycle: ingestion, transformation, modelling & consumption
• Knowledge of DevOps concepts, version control, and CI/CD in data environments
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills

Benefits

• We’re not just delivering AI and data projects.. we’re humanising them. That means we care deeply about the how, not just the what. We value curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to challenge the status quo. We look for people who are driven to build a business, get curious, and offer opinions and ideas.
• You’ll join a team that’s smart, kind, and ambitious. You’ll have real influence - in your projects, your practice, and the broader business. And as we grow, so will you.
• Here’s what that looks like:
• **Grow With Purpose**
• Structured development pathways so you always know what you’re working toward.
• Paid certifications across all major cloud and data technologies — because mastery matters
• Weekly training, guilds and knowledge exchanges where practitioners share real project insights.**
• **Support That Helps You Thrive**
• A dedicated support lead to mentor, guide and help you navigate your career
• Regular 360° feedback loops, giving you clear direction and honest insight into your progress.**
• **A Community You’ll Enjoy Being Part Of**
• Innovation days where you can experiment, prototype and sharpen new skills.
• Team days, social catchups, many new community clubs…
• Opportunities to lead, influence and shape our growing practice as we expand across the region.**
• If you want to be part of a team that cares just as much about *how* we deliver as *what* we deliver; where curiosity is valued, ideas matter, and your impact is felt - drop us a message and start the conversation today...