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Terraform / Infrastructure Automation Engineer - EDP Service & Automation Team

Remote Role

Compensation: $60 - $80 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our client is launching a new Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), an AI-ready data foundation built on a medallion architecture in BigQuery. The EDP Service & Automation Team is responsible for ingesting data from all source systems—on-premises and cloud—using a modern Google Cloud Platform (GCP) pipeline stack (Dataflow, Dataform, Terraform, CI/CD automation), with governance managed through Google Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex). This is a newly funded initiative with strong momentum and a clear path to additional headcount as internal funding is approved. As a Terraform / Infrastructure Automation Engineer, you will play a critical role in building and maintaining Terraform infrastructure-as-code, automating environment provisioning, and supporting the deployment of data pipelines. You will collaborate closely with technical leads and developers to ensure scalable, efficient, and well-governed platform operations. This is a specialist role for candidates who excel in authoring and owning Terraform modules and thrive in fast-scaling, innovative environments.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own and manage Terraform infrastructure-as-code for the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), including environment provisioning and CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Collaborate with technical leads and developers to automate deployment of Dataflow and Dataform pipelines on GCP.
• Build, maintain, and document reusable Terraform modules to support platform scalability and reliability.
• Support and automate data governance processes in coordination with Google Knowledge Catalog (Dataplex).
• Ensure best practices in CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and maintenance for data platform automation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of infrastructure automation and platform operations.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues in a fast-scaling, newly-formed platform team.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Deep, hands-on Terraform expertise in GCP, including authoring and maintaining modules (not just applying existing ones).
• Strong experience designing, automating, and running CI/CD pipelines in production environments.
• Working familiarity with Dataflow and Dataform pipeline deployments on GCP.
• Ability to build and maintain reusable, well-documented Terraform modules to support platform scale.
• Experience supporting governance automation with Google Knowledge Catalog / Dataplex.
• Comfortable working in a fast-scaling, newly-formed platform team and adapting to evolving requirements.
• Experience automating data governance/classification workflows (nice to have).
• Background supporting large enterprise data platform builds (nice to have).
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to acknowledge unfamiliarity rather than guess through technical questions.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge, AI-ready data platform with a modern GCP stack.
• Be part of a newly funded, high-momentum initiative with growth potential.
• Collaborate with experienced technical leaders and developers in a fast-paced environment.
• Remote work flexibility.
• Competitive hourly compensation.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

• Panel interview with three client technical leaders (one-hour session, primarily technical Q&A).
• Priority given to candidates with hands-on Dataflow, Dataform, Terraform, and SQL experience over purely architectural or theoretical backgrounds.
• Candidates whose Terraform experience is limited to following existing modules, rather than authoring and owning them, will not be considered.

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