Data Engineer - GCP

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision!; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Toronto is seeking an experienced professional to manage a geographically dispersed team in data management and engineering. Responsibilities include leading software application development, ensuring high availability and reliability, and maintaining compliance with standards. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and extensive experience in tools like Google Cloud and funding applications stacks. This role offers a chance to excel in a collaborative environment while promoting operational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience in working with funding applications stack such as Murex, Calypso, or ION money market application.
• In-depth knowledge of Google Cloud Platform Data Engineering tool stack.
• Significant experience managing software application development.
• 7‑10 years of application development experience, primarily focusing on ETL and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a geographically dispersed team.
• Effectively analyze, design, develop, and deliver high availability applications.
• Ensure that deliveries meet integrity, quality, performance, and reliability requirements.

Skills

Data Concepts and Data Modelling

Digital Google Cloud

Digital Google Data Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Murex

Calypso

ION money market application

Google Cloud Platform Data Engineering tool stack

Job description

Required Skills

• Data Concepts and Data Modelling
• Digital Google Cloud
• Digital Google Data Engineering

Accountabilities

• Manage and lead a geographically dispersed team.
• Lead and understand a team of Business Analysts and Developers.
• Effectively analyze, design, develop, and deliver high availability and reliability applications.
• Responsible for data integration of multiple external and internal platforms to banks data platforms and distribution of data across various business lines.
• Direct resources to critical development projects and prioritize projects accordingly.
• Ensure that deliveries meet integrity, quality, performance, and reliability requirements by building automated testing and regression suites and using DevOps principles.
• Collaborate with SROs and SRE Regional and Global for resiliency and recovery applications.
• Develop technical specifications for certain critical complex modules as needed or review technical specifications from other developers.
• Develop certain critical complex modules as needed and assist other developers particularly with more critical complex modules.
• Act as a lead for any audit and regulatory efforts related to application development, change management, and related areas and for applications under ownership.
• Identify critical delivery issues and escalate them accordingly.
• Coordinate infrastructure needs for requisitioning cloud based infrastructure, databases and actively assist with documentation requirements covering architecture, security and operational readiness.
• Ensure that development standards, tools and procedures are diligently used.
• Adhere to established enterprise standards and policies.
• Understand how the client’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day to day activities and decisions.
• Build a high performance environment and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates the team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviors that communicate vision, values, business strategy and manage succession and development planning for the team.
• Create an environment in which the team pursues effective and efficient operations in accordance with values and Code of Conduct while ensuring adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day to day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML ATF sanctions and conduct risk.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Experience in working with funding applications stack such as Murex, Calypso, or ION money market application.
• In-depth knowledge of Google Cloud Platform Data Engineering tool stack.
• Significant experience managing software application development.
• 7‑10 years of application development experience primarily focusing on ETL, data modeling, processing large volume of data.