# GCP Data Platform Engineer at Homeprotect

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> Responsibilities: - Design, build and maintain GCP data plat

- **Company:** Homeprotect (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/homeprotect)
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** GCP, Data platform engineering, Terraform, Infrastructure-as-code, BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Airflow, CI/CD, IAM, Azure, Data engineering, Observability, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataplex
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-06-26
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-18
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://careers.homeprotect.co.uk/jobs/7976167-gcp-data-platform-engineer (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/gcp-data-platform-engineer-homeprotect

## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design, build and maintain GCP data platform capabilities to support ingestion, orchestration, processing and analytics.
- Create and maintain reusable infrastructure-as-code patterns, templates and standards (Terraform).
- Configure and operate core GCP services: BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Composer (Airflow), Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataplex and Analytics Hub.
- Define and enforce access control and IAM patterns for datasets, service accounts and shared services.
- Build CI/CD and environment-promotion workflows to test, deploy and release platform changes safely.
- Provide platform observability: monitoring, alerting, logging, dashboards and operational tooling.
- Support integration and coexistence with Azure services during migration and transition activities.

Requirements:
- Strong hands-on experience operating GCP data platforms in production environments.
- Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
- Practical experience with orchestration (Cloud Composer/Airflow), BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow and Dataplex.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD, IAM, security and data governance (UK GDPR/FCA awareness beneficial).
- Demonstrated ability to deliver production-ready platform patterns, work cross-functionally and document reusable solutions; typically 5+ years relevant experience.

## Responsibilities

The GCP Data Platform Engineer will design, build, and maintain secure, production-ready platform patterns for data analytics. They will also provide observability, CI/CD support, and infrastructure-as-code standards to enable efficient data pipeline delivery.

## Requirements

Candidates must have strong hands-on experience with GCP in a production environment and proficiency in Terraform. A solid understanding of data platform architecture and experience with orchestration tools like Cloud Composer are also required.

## FAQ

- **Is this GCP Data Platform Engineer role still open?** It was posted on 2026-06-26. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Homeprotect's site before applying.
- **Does Homeprotect offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Homeprotect's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as United Kingdom. It is marked on-site.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: GCP, Data platform engineering, Terraform, Infrastructure-as-code, BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Airflow, CI/CD, IAM, Azure, Data engineering, Observability, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataplex.

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