Senior Quicksight Platform Engineer

Adastra Group; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Advancement & career progression

Competitive compensation

Successful referral program

Work with Adastra – 50 Best Managed in

Flexible, dynamic, diverse workplace

Job summary

Adastra is seeking a Lead QuickSight Developer to support CPPIB’s Data Enablement & AI Pod. The role will focus on administration, automation, governance, and integration of the Amazon QuickSight platform, with emphasis on building scalable and secure data visualization infrastructure rather than dashboard development. Primary Location: New York City, NY / Toronto, ON.

Work Model: Hybrid 3-Days Onsite. Employment Type: Contractor.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering and automating the Amazon QuickSight platform.
• Strong experience with Amazon QuickSight APIs, SDKs, and boto3.
• Deep understanding of SPICE, including incremental and event-driven refresh and capacity management.
• Experience automating QuickSight dataset provisioning and governance.
• Strong experience implementing and automating Row-Level Security (RLS) and Column-Level Security (CLS).
• Experience managing QuickSight namespaces, users, subscriptions, and user lifecycle processes.
• Hands-on experience integrating QuickSight with AWS Lake Formation.
• Strong understanding of AWS cloud services and data governance concepts.
• Experience developing automation and repeatable processes for enterprise analytics platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience working in enterprise data and analytics environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer and automate the Amazon QuickSight platform using APIs, SDKs, and boto3.
• Design and implement automated QuickSight dataset provisioning and governance processes.
• Configure and manage SPICE capacity, including incremental and event‑driven refresh strategies.
• Automate Row-Level Security (RLS) and Column-Level Security (CLS) across QuickSight datasets.
• Manage QuickSight namespaces, users, groups, subscriptions, and lifecycle processes through automation.
• Develop scalable automation for QuickSight administration and platform operations.
• Integrate Amazon QuickSight with AWS Lake Formation to support secure and governed data access.
• Establish and maintain platform governance, security, and operational standards for QuickSight.
• Troubleshoot QuickSight platform, dataset, refresh, access, and integration issues.
• Collaborate with data engineering, cloud, and analytics teams to support enterprise data enablement initiatives.

Skills

QuickSight administration

APIs & SDKs (boto3)

SPICE & refresh strategies

Dataset provisioning

Row-Level & Column-Level Security

Namespaces & user lifecycle

Lake Formation integration

AWS data services governance

Automation & orchestration

Troubleshooting & communication

Enterprise analytics platforms

Tools

SPICE

AWS Lake Formation

Job description

Overview

Adastra is seeking a Lead QuickSight Developer to support CPPIB’s Data Enablement & AI Pod. This role will focus on the administration, automation, governance, and integration of the Amazon QuickSight platform, with an emphasis on building scalable and secure data visualization infrastructure rather than dashboard development. The successful candidate will bring strong hands‑on expertise with QuickSight APIs, SDKs, boto3, SPICE, dataset provisioning, security automation, and AWS data services to enable reliable and governed analytics capabilities.

Primary Location: New York City, NY / Toronto, ON

Work Model: Hybrid 3-Days Onsite

Employment Type: Contractor

Vacancy Status: New

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administer and automate the Amazon QuickSight platform using APIs, SDKs, and boto3
• Design and implement automated QuickSight dataset provisioning and governance processes
• Configure and manage SPICE capacity, including incremental and event‑driven refresh strategies
• Automate Row-Level Security (RLS) and Column-Level Security (CLS) across QuickSight datasets
• Manage QuickSight namespaces, users, groups, subscriptions, and lifecycle processes through automation
• Develop scalable automation for QuickSight administration and platform operations
• Integrate Amazon QuickSight with AWS Lake Formation to support secure and governed data access
• Establish and maintain platform governance, security, and operational standards for QuickSight
• Troubleshoot QuickSight platform, dataset, refresh, access, and integration issues
• Collaborate with data engineering, cloud, and analytics teams to support enterprise data enablement initiatives

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Strong hands‑on experience administering and automating the Amazon QuickSight platform
• Strong experience with Amazon QuickSight APIs, SDKs, and boto3
• Deep understanding of SPICE, including incremental and event‑driven refresh and capacity management
• Experience automating QuickSight dataset provisioning and governance
• Strong experience implementing and automating Row-Level Security (RLS) and Column-Level Security (CLS)
• Experience managing QuickSight namespaces, users, subscriptions, and user lifecycle processes
• Hands‑on experience integrating QuickSight with AWS Lake Formation
• Strong understanding of AWS cloud services and data governance concepts
• Experience developing automation and repeatable processes for enterprise analytics platforms
• Strong troubleshooting, problem‑solving, and communication skills
• Experience working in enterprise data and analytics environments

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience supporting large‑scale enterprise QuickSight environments
• Experience with broader AWS data and analytics services
• Experience with infrastructure automation and DevOps practices
• Experience working with financial services or investment management organizations
• Experience collaborating across data engineering, cloud, AI, and analytics teams

ABOUT ADASTRA

Adastra is a global leader in AI and data‑driven transformation, helping organizations lead with artificial intelligence—responsibly, strategically, and at scale. With over 25 years of experience, Adastra empowers enterprise clients to unlock business value through data innovation, operational excellence, and smart customer engagement.

Trusted by some of the world’s most prominent brands, Adastra delivers end‑to‑end solutions grounded in thoughtful strategy, robust governance, and deep technical expertise. From defining vision to ensuring execution, Adastra guides organizations through every stage of their AI, data and cloud journey—building future‑ready capabilities and delivering measurable, lasting impact.

Adastra serves clients across key industries including financial services, automotive, manufacturing, technology, media and telecom (TMT), healthcare, retail, and professional services. The company employs more than 2,000 professionals across North America, Europe, and Asia.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Opportunity for advancement and career progression
• Competitive compensation
• Successful referral program
• The opportunity to work with one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies
• Satisfaction of working for a reputable company
• A flexible, dynamic, and diverse workplace

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

In our commitment to promote fair and equitable treatment of all employees and applicants, Adastra Corporation provides equal employment opportunities for all individuals regardless of age, sex, disability, race, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other ground as described in the Ontario Human Rights Code.In addition, accommodation will be provided during the hiring process. Adastra Corporation’s implementation and support of employment initiatives, encourage diversified labour force participation and equal access to opportunities based on merit and performance.

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