We are seeking a skilled and experienced Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Platform Specialist to join our Data Platform team on a contract basis. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the operational stability and performance of our data infrastructure, with a specific focus on data pipelines in BigQuery and Composer. Your primary responsibility will be to assess our current monitoring and alerting capabilities, design and implement enhancements, and roll out these improvements to the team. Top Skills: 1. GCP Expertise - BigQuery, Composer, Cloud Monitoring, Logging, Error Reporting; 2. Monitoring and Alerting Experience - designing, implementing and managing monitoring and alerting solutions in GCP; 3. Data Pipeline Expertise - familiarity with ETL processes, streaming data, data orchestration tools and CICD pipelines (Gitlab); 4. Scripting / Automation Skills - proficient in scripting languages like Lpython to automate tasks, integrate APIs and create monitoring solutions; 5. Communication and Collaboration - effective communication is crucial to gather requirements, explain solutions and provide documentation