Systems Specialist Google Cloud Platform Platform Engineer, Enterprise Data & Analytics

Job Description

The Systems Specialist, Google Cloud Platform Platform Engineer, Enterprise Data & Analytics serves as the subject matter expert for the Google Cloud Platform stack for AI and Analytics. In this role, youll partner with development and solution engineering teams to ensure solutions are built in line with platform standards and governance requirements, acting as the final approver for all code changes before theyre deployed. Youll maintain a healthy platform backlog driven by user engagement and feedback, coordinate the platform feature roadmap, and manage prioritization and scheduling for feature enablement and implementation aligned towards delivering value for our business partners and stakeholders.

Beyond day-to-day platform stewardship, youll design and implement processes for tracking usage metrics and cost trend reports for the financial operations team to support cost accountability and transparency, and monitor and report on platform data quality and governance, surfacing issues and recommendations to the right teams. Youll contribute to overall platform data architecture decisions in collaboration with the platform data architect, with scope shaped by the Google Cloud Platform stack, and step into hands-on development work when needed.

This position does not provide employment pursuant to the terms of a STEM OPT Training Plan.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

• Own technical authority for the Google Cloud Platform platform stack, advising development and solution engineering teams on design patterns, service selection, and implementation approaches that fit the platform's capabilities and constraints through review of solution architecture / design documents for AI / ML / Analytics use cases
• Review and approve all code changes targeting the Google Cloud Platform platform prior to deployment, validating alignment with security, performance, and architectural standards across environments
• Translate platform governance requirements into practical guardrails, including IAM policies, resource configurations, and deployment controls that teams can adopt without slowing delivery
• Run continuous discovery with platform users (business and developers) through office hours, intake channels, and direct engagement to keep the backlog grounded in real needs rather than assumptions
• Shape and publish the Google Cloud Platform platform roadmap, balancing user-requested features, technical debt, and strategic initiatives into a sequenced delivery plan
• Generate consumption and cost trend reporting for the FinOps team, identifying spend anomalies, optimization opportunities, and chargeback inputs that drive accountability across consuming teams
• Track data quality and governance posture on the platform, including lineage gaps, access patterns, and policy violations, and escalate findings to the teams positioned to act on them
• Collaborate with the platform data architect on architectural decisions affecting the Google Cloud Platform stack, contributing depth on services like BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Dataplex / Knowledge Catalog and Vertex AI / Agent Platform
• Build and maintain reference implementations, infrastructure-as-code modules, and documentation that help teams onboard to the platform quickly and consistently
• Step into hands-on engineering work on the Google Cloud Platform stack as needed, whether unblocking a delivery team, prototyping a new capability, or remediating a production issue

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Business, or technology-centric field and a minimum of 2 years relevant full-time work experience or
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Business, or technology-centric field and a minimum of 3 years relevant full-time work experience

Relevant Work Experience

• Hands-on experience designing and operating data and analytics workloads on Google Cloud Platform, including core services such as BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataform, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, and IAM, required
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred) for deploying and managing Google Cloud Platform resources at scale, required
• Experience reviewing code and architectural designs against platform standards, with the ability to provide clear, actionable feedback to engineering teams, required
• Strong scripting or development skills in Python, SQL, or a comparable language used in data engineering workflows, required
• Familiarity with FinOps practices, including cloud cost monitoring, chargeback or showback models, and optimization techniques specific to Google Cloud Platform, preferred
• Exposure to adjacent platforms or tools in a modern data stack such as Looker, dbt, Airflow/Composer, or event streaming technologies like Kafka, preferred
• Working knowledge of data governance concepts including access controls, data classification, lineage, and quality monitoring within a cloud data platform, preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Ability to work within tight timeframes and meet strict deadlines
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities
• Well organized, detail oriented and flexible to handle multiple assignments

Licenses and Certifications

• Driver's License Required
• Other: Technical certification(s) in IT Preferred
• Other: Google Professional Cloud Architect Preferred
• Other: Google Professional Data Engineer Preferred
• Other: Google Associate Cloud Engineer Preferred

Physical Demands

• Sit or stand to use a keyboard, mouse, and computer for the duration of the workday

Additional Physical Demands

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Available to work off hours as operationally required

About Us

Mission Statement:

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) employees are required to follow health, safety, and environmental policies, EEO, Standards of Business Conduct, and all other applicable company policy and procedures. We all share a responsibility to advance the company's mission by excelling at our three corporate priorities - safety of our people and the public, operational excellence in all that we do, and ensuring the best possible customer experience.

Benefits:

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, mental, and financial health of our employees and their families. This commitment extends beyond the workplace to foster personal growth and holistic wellbeing. Our life-changing rewards package includes:

• Rich medical & pharmacy benefits, including vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• Health Savings Accounts
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with robust matching
• Employer paid Pension Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a generous matching contribution
• State of the art Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous paid time off plus paid holidays
• Family support: emergency backup child, & elder care assistance
• Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
• Employee discount program
• Commuter Benefits
• Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program
• Life and Long-Term Disability Benefits

*Please be aware that some benefits may not apply to provisional or part-time job titles.

About the Team

EEO Statement:

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of the individual's actual or perceived disability, protected veteran status, race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, domestic violence victim status, or any other actual or perceived status protected by law.

Technical Difficulty Statement:

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