Security Data Governance Advisor

Desjardins Group; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services leader in Montreal is seeking a security data governance advisor for a temporary 12-month position. The role requires a bachelor's degree and at least six years of experience in data governance and analytics. The advisor will ensure compliance with governance rules, handle large data volumes, and oversee the security data lake. Competitive salary, flexible vacation, and a pension plan are part of the offer. Proficiency in French is mandatory.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses

Qualifications

• A minimum of six years of relevant experience.
• Experience in business intelligence or analytics projects.
• Proficiency in French is required.

Responsibilities

• Define and ensure compliance with governance rules.
• Contribute to strategies for data usage.
• Develop tools for data consolidation and modeling.
• Make recommendations for complex projects.
• Serve as an advisor for decision-making bodies.
• Define data architecture priorities.
• Implement quality assurance for data management.
• Oversee the data catalogue.
• Model the data lake's information assets.
• Document and classify the data.

Skills

Action oriented

Customer Focus

Interpersonal Savvy

Nimble learning

Strategic mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

ETL tools

Job description

Temporary position for 12 months

The Cybersecurity Monitoring Ecosystem Department is looking for a security data governance advisor to join its team of experts in handling large volumes of sensitive and confidential data essential to cybersecurity activities. This role is key to ensuring rigorous data governance and respect for lifecycles in a multi-petabyte data lake. Your role consists in contributing to the implementation and maintenance of the security data lake, which is the authoritative source for every team in the Cybersecurity Monitoring Ecosystem Department. You will play a leadership role with various contributors in strategic, complex and innovative projects and initiatives. Coordination is critical. You will interact with many stakeholders working in a wide range of fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. More specifically, you will be required to :

• Define and ensure compliance with governance rules on how the data in the lake is used.
• Actively contribute to strategies for ingesting, valorizing and consuming the data needed to monitor IT activities.
• Help develop and use resources, tools and methods to collect, consolidate, model and provide enterprise data to strengthen the security posture and provide decision-makers with a reliable and relevant overview.
• Make recommendations on the development and execution of projects and initiatives with a high degree of operational and conceptual complexity, using your detailed, comprehensive understanding of your line of business and the organization.
• Serve as a specialist advisor for decision-making bodies.
• Define data architecture priorities.
• Ensure that quality assurance and sound data management controls are implemented.
• Oversee the data catalogue and serve as a liaison with the DGSO data governance team.
• Model the data lake’s information assets to provide a structured representation that complies with industry best practices (Bronze/Silver/Gold, data vaults, data products, etc.).
• Document and classify the data in the data lake.
• Represent your unit before decision-making bodies.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of six years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Experience in business intelligence or simple or advanced analytics projects
• Expertise with data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) tools
• Proficiency of French is required

Action oriented, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning, Strategic mindset

Trade Union (If applicable)

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Job Family

Data (FG)

Unposting Date

2026-01-4