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# Lead GCP Data & AI Engineer

- **Company:** K&K GLOBAL TALENT SOLUTIONS INC
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Cloud Database, Databases, Distributed Data Store, Data Flow Control, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Tensorflow, Cloudera, Pytorch, Large Language Models, Apache Spark, Pyspark, Machine Learning Operations, Serverless Computing, Apache Beam
- **Published:** October 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75677926-lead-gcp-data-ai-engineer

## About the Role

Expert-level GCP Data Stack: BigQuery (Dremel, IAM, architecture), Dataflow (Apache Beam), Dataproc (Serverless Spark / PySpark), Cloud Composer (Airflow), Pub/Sub, and dbt.

 - 10+ years in relational/distributed databases (PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, Oracle, CloudSQL) with performance tuning, replication, and migration experience.

 2. Applied AI & MLOps:

 - Experience developing, deploying, and operationalizing ML models & LLM pipelines (Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, MLOps tooling).

 3. Public Sector / Security Standards:

 - Familiarity with US Public Sector data compliance (e.g., DoD IL5/IL6 environments).

 - Excellent stakeholder-facing advisory, architecture consulting, and workshop delivery skills.

 4. Preferred Credentials:

 - GCP Professional Certifications (Data Engineer, ML Engineer, Cloud Architect, Database Engineer).

## Description

We are currently seeking Senior Cloud Data & AI Engineers (Contractors Only ) to support customer engagements within our Google Public Sector (GPS) Professional Services team.