What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and a unique place international and innovative environment! This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.
At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative, and successful. Moreover, this is your chance to be part of the success story.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior GCP Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize enterprise-scale data infrastructure and processing platforms. The role is responsible for defining robust data architectures, engineering high-performance batch and real-time data pipelines, and ensuring secure, scalable data integration strategies. Acting as a technical lead, the candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to transform complex data requirements into actionable analytics platforms and streamline enterprise data operations through automated deployment practices.
Mandatory Skills:
•Minimum 9+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering, Software Development, or Data Analytics.
•Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in architectural design and delivery using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) core services, including BigQuery, Pub/Sub, GCS, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Cloud Scheduler, Cloud Composer (Airflow), Python, and SQL within enterprise cloud technology ecosystems.
•Strong technical experience managing operations on Vertex AI, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and Google Agent Development Kit.
•Proven experience building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, along with deployment automation tools for GCP services and change management workflows.
•Demonstrated experience working within Agile, Scrum, and Continuous Delivery development frameworks
Duties and Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines and robust data architectures using GCP services.
•Develop and optimize complex ETL/ELT processes to ingest, standardize, transform, and load data from diverse on-premises and cloud-based sources.
•Tune and optimize data workflows and pipeline performance for reliability, speed, and cost-efficiency.
•Work closely with clients and stakeholders to analyze data requirements, model data structures, and deliver end-to-end analytics and reporting solutions.
•Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve data pipeline issues proactively by building automated deployment and monitoring tools.
•Provide technical leadership to the engineering team to deliver high-quality data projects.
•Implement and enforce data quality, data governance, and security best practices across the enterprise data ecosystem
Salary Range:>$100,000
Date of Posting: 21-Jul-26
Next Steps: If you feel this opportunity suits you, or Cognizant is the type of organization you would like to join, we want to have a conversation with you! Please apply directly with us.
For a complete list of open opportunities with Cognizant, visit http://www.cognizant.com/careers. Cognizant is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background check.
Acerca de Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) es un creador de soluciones de IA y proveedor de servicios tecnológicos que conecta la inversión en IA con el valor empresarial mediante el desarrollo de soluciones de IA full‑stack para sus clientes. Su profundo conocimiento de la industria, junto con su experiencia en procesos e ingeniería, permite incorporar el contexto único de cada organización en sistemas tecnológicos que amplifican el potencial humano, generan resultados tangibles y mantienen a las empresas a la vanguardia en un entorno en constante cambio. Más información en cognizant.ai o @cognizant.
Información adicional sobre el empleo
La información sobre la compensación es exacta en la fecha de publicación de este anuncio. Cognizant se reserva el derecho de modificar esta información en cualquier momento, de conformidad con la legislación aplicable.
Es posible que se solicite a los solicitantes que asistan a entrevistas de forma presencial o mediante videoconferencia. Asimismo, durante cada entrevista, los candidatos podrán estar obligados a presentar un documento de identidad válido emitido por el estado o por el gobierno.
Cognizant es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Su solicitud y candidatura no se evaluarán en función de la raza, el color, el sexo, la religión, el credo, la orientación sexual, la identidad de género, el origen nacional, la discapacidad, la información genética, el embarazo, la condición de veterano ni cualquier otra característica protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales.
