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Big Query DBA-Only W2 Candidates

Mega Cloud Lab
Irving, TX Contractor
POSTED ON 4/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/12/2026
Location : Irving, TX (onsite role)

Role: Big Query DBA -Only W2 Candidates

We are seeking candidates experienced in ETL processes, Google BigQuery, and Teradata migrations.

Qualifications

Job Description:

  • 8 years as a Data Warehouse Engineer or DBA.
  • 3 years of hands‑on BigQuery administration in production.
  • Strong SQL performance tuning and query optimization skills.
  • Hands‑on experience with GCP services: BigQuery, Composer/Airflow, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Monitoring/Logging.
  • Experience with EDW platform migrations and enterprise‑scale data engineering.
  • Strong knowledge of IAM, security controls, networking basics, and DR strategies.
  • Experience with scripting (Python/Bash) and automation.

Responsibilities (day-to-day Tasks & Deliverables)

  • Monitor BigQuery performance, query runtimes, slot utilization, and daily cost metrics; identify regressions and implement performance optimizations.
  • Analyze and tune slow or expensive SQL queries, recommend and apply partitioning, clustering, and materialized views to improve efficiency.
  • Operate and troubleshoot data pipelines (Composer/Airflow, Dataflow, Pub/Sub); investigate job failures, restart/triage runs, and coordinate fixes with ETL teams.
  • Plan, execute, and validate ETL/EDW migrations (e.g., Teradata to BigQuery): create migration runbooks, perform test migrations, reconcile source and target data, and produce migration status reports.
  • Maintain and enforce data platform configurations: schemas, access controls (IAM), networking considerations, DR/backup strategies, and security controls; handle daily access requests and audits.
  • Develop and maintain automation and operational scripts (Python/Bash) for deployments, monitoring, alerting, and routine maintenance tasks.
  • Respond to incidents and participate in on-call rotation; perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions and preventive measures.
  • Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to prioritize requests, define deliverables, and provide status updates and capacity planning.
  • Produce regular operational deliverables: weekly performance and cost reports, incident postmortems, migration progress reports, and updated runbooks/documentation.

Skills: edw,teradata,big query,etl,gcp

Salary : $50 - $60

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