GCP Platform Engineer

Job Title: GCP Platform Engineer 

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“Capco, a Wipro company, is a global technology and management consulting firm. Awarded with Consultancy of the year in the  British Bank Award and has been ranked Top 100 Best Companies for Women in India 2022 by Avtar & Seramount. With our presence across 32 cities across globe, we support 100+ clients across banking, financial and Energy sectors. We are recognized for our deep transformation execution and delivery. 

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You will work on engaging projects with the largest international and local banks, insurance companies, payment service providers and other key players in the industry. The projects that will transform the financial services industry.

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Innovative thinking, delivery excellence and thought leadership to help our clients transform their business. Together with our clients and industry partners, we deliver disruptive work that is changing energy and financial services.

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Job Title: GCP Platform Engineer

Location: Pune

Experience: 9+ years

We are seeking a motivated and talented GCP Platform Engineer to join our growing data platform team. In this role, you will be responsible for building, managing, and automating the Google Cloud Platform infrastructure that powers our large-scale data engineering projects. You will work closely with our data engineers and Platform lead to create a scalable, reliable, and secure environment for our data workloads.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable GCP infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, primarily with Terraform.
• Provision and manage core GCP services, including VPC, IAM, Google Cloud Storage (GCS), BigQuery, Compute, CloudSQL, Dataflow, Dataproc, and Composer.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment and automation.
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure platform health and performance.
• Collaborate with data engineers to understand their infrastructure needs and provide support.
• Ensure the security and compliance of the GCP environment by implementing best practices and policies.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the platform by evaluating new technologies and automating processes.
• Work under the guidance of a platform lead in a collaborative team environment.
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3-5 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proficiency in writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
• Understanding of networking concepts (VPCs, subnets, firewalls).
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools (e.g., Google Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with data engineering services on GCP (e.g., BigQuery, Compute, CloudSQL, Dataflow, Dataproc, Composer).
• GCP certification (e.g., Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Google Cloud’s operations suite (formerly Stackdriver).
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of projects and cross-functional deliverables for GCP Platform Engineer.
• Collaborate closely with departmental peers and stakeholders to ensure seamless operational continuity.
• Monitor core performance KPIs, troubleshoot bottlenecks, and implement optimization protocols.
• Champion high quality standards, peer reviews, and comprehensive team documentation.