Senior Infrastructure Engineer (GCP/Dataproc)

Location: Remote in North America

Company

Work with a major media and entertainment company on its infrastructure team.

What you will do

• Lead the Google Cloud Dataproc upgrade from version 2.3 to 3.0.
• Assess version compatibility, define required infrastructure changes, and manage cluster configuration, initialization scripts, and platform settings.
• Test upgrade paths, validate workloads, resolve compatibility issues, and develop Dataproc plugins where required.
• Investigate, prioritize, and remediate infrastructure security findings across the GCP environment.
• Implement infrastructure changes using Terraform and/or AWS CDK.
• Coordinate testing, documentation, auditability, and rollout windows with engineering teams and partners.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on production experience with GCP and Dataproc.
• Experience managing Dataproc versions, cluster configuration, and upgrade paths.
• Experience with Dataproc initialization scripts and/or plugin development.
• Strong understanding of compatibility testing across platform versions.
• Experience with Terraform and/or infrastructure as code.
• Experience identifying, triaging, and remediating infrastructure security findings.
• Experience coordinating infrastructure changes across multiple engineering teams.
• Ability to independently own infrastructure work from assessment through testing and production rollout.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote contract engagement in North America.
• Six-month contract structured on a C2C basis.