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Capgemini

GCP Data Platform Engineer

Full Time · In Office · Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)

Posted Aug 12, 2026

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Cloud Stack
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  • Position: GCP Data Platform Engineer
  • Location: Charlotte, NC.
  • Type: Fulltime/Permanent.
  • About The Role
  • We are building a hybrid data platform that bridges an on-premises big data cluster with Google Cloud Platform and we need an engineer who can own this integration end to end This role is central to establishing a repeatable production grade pattern for multitenant data platform architecture starting with GCP as the first cloud tenant on an existing on-prem Cloudera cluster You will configure the foundational infrastructure service accounts Iceberg table formats metadata catalog integration via Apache Gravitino and role based access controls
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Configure and provision the on-premises Cloudera cluster environment including service account creation role definitions and permission structures for multitenant access
  • Design and implement Apache Iceberg table structures optimized for hybrid on-prem cloud workloads
  • Integrate the Iceberg REST Catalog IRC with Apache Gravitino to establish a unified metadata layer across on-prem and GCP environments
  • Establish GCP as a production tenant on the existing on-prem Cloudera cluster validating the end-to-end architecture pattern
  • Define and enforce data access governance including role-based permissions and service account security policies across both environments
  • Drive the full lifecycle from environment setup through to production deployment
  • Publish comprehensive documentation and architectural blueprints covering cross platform interoperability best practices vendor recommendations and access patterns for hybrid data lake implementations

Requirements

  • Experience in data platform engineering
  • Handson experience with Google Cloud Platform GCP
  • Experience with on-premises Cloudera big data clusters
  • Experience with Apache Iceberg table format
  • Experience with Iceberg REST Catalog IRC
  • Experience with Apache Gravitino for metadata catalog integration
  • Experience with service account creation and role-based access control in hybrid environments

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GCP Data Platform Engineer

Capgemini

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