RQ11713 - Software Developer - ETL - Senior I Toronto - Onsite I 1+year

Analyst Technical Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 131,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Agencies Cluster in Toronto is seeking a Senior ETL Developer to design and maintain scalable ETL pipelines for the Enterprise Data Warehouse. You will implement data architectures, build data models, and ensure data quality across BI platforms.

The role requires strong SQL, data warehousing, and cloud skills (Azure, AWS). Onsite in Toronto with a focus on end-to-end data engineering, governance, and performance tuning.

Qualifications

• Senior ETL Developer responsible for design and maintenance of ETL pipelines and data workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines across datasets.

Skills

ETL & Data Engineering

SQL optimization

Data warehousing

Data modeling

Code & automation

Git

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure SQL Database

ADLS

Power BI

Databricks

AWS Glue

OpenSearch

SQL

Job description

RQ11713 - Software Developer - ETL - Senior

Organization: Central Agencies Cluster

Ministry: Ministry of Treasury Board Secretariat

Location: Toronto, ON Onsite

Pay rate: 95-101/hr incorp

Title

Software Developer - ETL

Description

Role Overview

The Senior ETL Developer will design, build, and maintain scalable database backends, data pipelines, and Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) solutions supporting Enterprise Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Pipeline Development: Design, build, and maintain initial and incremental (daily) ETL/ELT pipelines across structured and semi-structured datasets.
• Architecture & Modeling: Implement scalable data architectures, dimensional models, data marts, and warehouse repositories.
• Code & Automation: Write modular code, manage dependency scheduling logic, and build data cleansing routines.
• Performance Tuning: Optimize complex SQL queries and conduct database administration tasks.
• Documentation: Produce source-to-target mapping documents, data models, and detailed technical specifications.
• Support & Collaboration: Troubleshoot production pipeline defects, participate in design walkthroughs, and translate business requirements into technical deliverables.

Qualifications & Requirements

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Microsoft Azure Stack: Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), and Power BI.
• Cloud & Big Data Platforms: Databricks, AWS services (Amazon Aurora, RDS, AWS Glue, OpenSearch).
• ETL & Data Engineering: Advanced data extraction, transformation, data modeling, cleansing, and pipeline scheduling.
• Databases & Querying: Relational and dimensional databases, advanced SQL development, and query optimization.
• Source Control & SDLC: Full lifecycle development experience utilizing Git and standard branching strategies.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Application Development: Experience with C#, REST APIs, Azure Functions, or microservices.
• Scripting: Automation using PowerShell or similar scripting languages.
• Reporting: Designing ad-hoc reports and executive KPI dashboards.
• Compliance: Working knowledge of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) standards.

Evaluation Criteria

CategoryCriteria BreakdownWeight

Core Technical Skills

• Azure stack (ADF, Azure SQL, ADLS, Power BI)
• AWS ecosystem (Aurora, RDS, Glue, OpenSearch)
• End-to-end ETL design, scheduling, cleansing, and analytics
• Data warehousing, modeling, and administration
• Complex SQL optimization and performance tuning
• Source-to-target mapping and technical documentation

50%

Secondary Technical Skills

• Git source control strategies
• End-to-end SDLC best practices
• Application development (C#, APIs, Functions)
• PowerShell scripting and automation
• Dashboard and KPI report design

35%

Communication Skills

• Requirement elicitation, stakeholder management, and validation
• Clear written documentation and technical communication

10%

Standards & Compliance

• Understanding of AODA standards and government IT guidelines

5%

Total Score

100%