Senior GCP Data Engineer

Posted:
11/25/2025, 9:18:11 PM

Location(s):
Brussels-Capital, Belgium ⋅ Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Data & Analytics

An experienced and versatile Senior GCP Data Engineer with deep expertise in DevOps, CI/CD, Containerization, and advanced data engineering on Google Cloud Platform. The ideal candidate combines strong technical acumen with business engagement skills — capable of translating business requirements into scalable, production-grade technical solutions. This role also involves mentoring junior engineers and driving best practices across cloud data engineering initiatives.

  • Design, build, and optimize data pipelines and ingestion frameworks using GCP services such as Dataflow, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, and No-SQL.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Architect and implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for data workloads using templates, GitLab CI, ensuring automation and compliance with DevOps standards.
  • Develop and manage containerized applications for scalable and resilient data services.
  • Implement data quality, monitoring, and observability frameworks across pipelines.
  • Translate complex business requirements into technical architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise data strategy and governance.
  • Contribute to Agile ceremonies, story refinement, estimation, and sprint planning as part of a cross-functional team.
  • Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and cost optimization best practices in all GCP solutions.

Expertise:

  • GCP – strong hands-on experience with core services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Composer, Cloud Functions, GCS).
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Java (nice to have).
  • Experience in GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Deployment Manager), and automated testing in data pipelines.
  • Deep understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and microservice orchestration.
  • BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Firestore, and NoSQL design patterns.
  • Experienced in Scrum; familiar with story writing, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews.

Experience:

  • Experience: 7+ years in data engineering (3+ on GCP); GCP certification preferred.
  • Proven experience in data pipeline design and API development.
  • Working experience in Terraform (IAC).

Soft Skills:

  • Fluency in English, good to know French.
  • Strong technical acumen and ability to translate business requirements into technical design.
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers and guide best practices.
  • Effective communication and collaboration within Agile teams.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Data Engineer or Associate Cloud Engineer).
  • Experience with DevOps and CI/CD automation.
  • Experience with enterprise data strategy, governance, and cost optimization.

Our Offer

Accenture is an incredible place to work - and keep learning. By joining us, you’ll become part of a global company with a world-class brand and reputation.  Besides the work we do for our clients, we’re really proud of our vibrant, diverse workplace culture: we believe in openness and honesty, fairness and equality, common sense and realism. We want to get to know the real you and help you explore and grow - whatever it is you're great at. So you will always have lots of learning opportunities (formal and informal) to improve your role-specific skills and expertise.Besides our high-profile, challenging projects and our nurturing work environment, we offer excellent employee benefits, including:

  • 20 + 12 holidays (Belgium) / 26 days of Holidays (Luxembourg)

  • Laptop and smartphone

  • Hospitalization insurance and extensive group insurance package

  • Bonus program

  • Training & learning opportunities

  • Different mobility options

  • Flexrewards: decide on your rewards package with our flexible benefits tool

  • Discount program: get discounts at your favorite (online) shops

  • Employee shares purchase plan

  • And many more!

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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