Data Engineer (AWS / Snowflake) - Senior Consultant

Canada
$72,000-138,000 per year
Permanent
Full-time

22 days ago

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This role is ideal for a hands-on Senior Consultant who combines strong technical capabilities with strategic thinking, and a passion for building modern data ecosystems.Key Responsibilities
Strategy

Define the data engineering roadmap aligned to business priorities, cloud strategy, and enterprise architecture standards.
Establish best practices, coding standards, and governance frameworks for data engineering across AWS and Snowflake ecosystems.

Technical Delivery

Architect and oversee the development of scalable data pipelines leveraging AWS services (e.g., Glue, Lambda, S3, Step Functions, Redshift) and/or Snowflake.
Direct the design and implementation of robust ETL/ELT frameworks with a strong focus on performance, security, and maintainability.
Ensure enterprise-wide data integration across internal and external systems, enabling high-quality, trusted data flows.

Data Quality & Automation

Support the implementation of automated data quality, data profiling, and data validation frameworks.
Champion automation to improve reliability, reduce operational overhead, and eliminate manual data-processing steps.
Oversee the development of cleansing, transformation, and enrichment strategies using SQL, Python, and other relevant tools.

Operational Excellence

Drive continuous optimization of data pipelines for cost efficiency, performance, and reliability.
Establish monitoring, alerting, and incident management processes.
Maintain clear documentation for architecture, workflows, pipelines, and operational procedures.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Partner with business stakeholders, analytics teams, and data governance groups to understand requirements and deliver scalable solutions.
Communicate progress, risks, and technical decisions to leadership and cross-functional partners.

Due to the nature of the role having interactions with National & Global clients, bilingualism in French and English is required for this position.About the teamEnough about us, let's talk about youYou are someone with these required skills, experience and qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
3+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, including ETL/ELT development and cloud data platforms.
Strong expertise in AWS data services (e.g., Glue, Lambda, EMR, Step Functions, S3).
Proven experience designing, implementing, and optimizing solutions in Snowflake (warehousing, performance tuning, cost management, security).
Advanced proficiency in SQL and scripting languages (Python preferred).
Solid understanding of modern data architecture practices: data lakes, lakehouses, orchestration, CI/CD, and metadata management.
Experience with data integration, data quality, and data observability frameworks.
Excellent communication and problem solving skills.

It would be great for you to have some of these nice to haves as well:

Experience with big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop, EMR, Databricks).
Knowledge of data governance, data lineage, and data security frameworks.
Familiarity with modern orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt, Dagster).
AWS or Snowflake certifications (Data Engineer, Solutions Architect, SnowPro).

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