Associate, Data Engineer (12 month contract)
About The Position
This role is for an Associate Data Engineer on a 12-month contract within the Enterprise Data Operations & Technology (EDOT) group at Export Development Canada (EDC). The EDOT group plays a crucial role in enabling data-driven decisions by providing data, technologies, and tools to support business reporting and advanced analytics. The Data Solutions Ops team within EDOT focuses on strengthening the organization's core data ecosystem using the enterprise data platform, ensuring consistent data delivery through robust pipeline management, and advanced data integration, monitoring, and alerting practices. The Associate Data Engineer will support the development, operation, and quality of data pipelines and data products on EDC’s Enterprise Data Platform, working under the guidance of senior team members. This role offers an opportunity to learn modern data engineering practices while contributing to reliable, secure, and data-driven solutions that support business decision-making.
Requirements
- Completed an Undergraduate Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science or Engineering, Commerce, Business, or related field.
- Minimum 1 to 2 years’ experience in data engineering and/or software engineering.
- Experience with Cloud Data Platform such as Databricks, Cloudera, Hortonworks etc.
- Minimum 1 year experience with programming languages such as Python, Scala or Java.
- Good oral and written communication skills, with the ability to convey ideas clearly to both business and technical audiences, supported by strong listening and storytelling abilities.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with cloud data platform technologies: Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS), Azure Synapse, Azure Functions and EventHub
- Excellent verbal and written communication, critical thinking, time management, priority planning and interpersonal skills
- Good problem-solving skills
- Project Management experience - Agile delivery
- Bilingual in both official languages (French and English).
Responsibilities
- Support the collection, preparation, and transformation of data on EDC’s Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) using established tools, standards, and development practices, under the guidance of more experienced team members.
- Assist in the development and operation of data pipelines to ensure timely, accurate, and reliable delivery of data to analytics, reporting, and business users across EDC.
- Contribute to data management activities by helping maintain data quality, consistency, and documentation, and by responding to routine data-related questions or issues.
- Participate in the design and implementation of simple data models, transformations, and prototypes that support business and operational requirements.
- Support data-driven analysis by assisting with investigations into data issues, trends, and opportunities for improving data products and services.
- Learn and apply modern data engineering tools and technologies used at EDC (e.g., cloud-based data platforms and processing frameworks) and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
- Assist with monitoring data pipelines and applications, identifying straightforward defects or failures, and applying standard fixes or escalating issues through established support processes.
- Perform quality assurance and validation activities by executing predefined tests, reviewing results, and ensuring data solutions meet documented requirements and standards.
- Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and business partners in an agile team environment, demonstrating a willingness to learn, ask questions, and grow technical and professional skills.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation & benefits package
- Work-life balance
- Hybrid work options
- 3 to 4 weeks paid vacation
- Corporate closure period
- Summer early Friday’s
- No meeting Fridays
- Continuous learning opportunities, including training programs, workshops and language training
- Wellness initiatives, mental health support, and fitness programs
- Participate in volunteer opportunities and give back to the community through our various social responsibility programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
