Data Specialist/Engineer

at  Stantec

DESCRIPTION

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works to support operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 28,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a talented and experienced Data Specialist to join our dynamic commercial product development team. As a Data Specialist, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and optimizing data solutions within our Azure environment. Your expertise in Azure services, coding abilities, and experience with data lakehouses will be instrumental in driving our data initiatives forward.
Stantec.io is a unique digital team. We pride ourselves on being customer obsessed and highly focused on Digital Engineering transformation. We apply predictive technology to large volumes of data to solve a wide spectrum of problems. You will work with a global innovation organization and have a lot of fun helping our customers.

YOUR CAPABILITIES AND CREDENTIALS

• Proven experience with Azure Services, including data engineering and data processing.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, or C#.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a data-related role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Azure or other cloud service certifications are a plus.
  This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
  Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
  Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
  Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
  The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
  Primary Location : Canada-Alberta-Calgary
  Other Locations : Canada-Nova Scotia-Dartmouth, Canada-Manitoba-Winnipeg, Canada-Ontario-Ottawa, Canada-Alberta-Edmonton, Canada-Ontario-Toronto
  Organization : BC-1299 Innovation-CA Digital Solutions
  Employee Status : Regular
  Job Level : Individual Contributor
  Travel : No
  Schedule : Full-time
  Job Posting : May 9, 2024, 12:23:08 PM
  Req ID: 2400020I
  Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans

+ Apply your experience in developing within a microservice architecture.

• DevOps and Collaboration Tools

• Design and Develop Data Solutions:
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and translate them into efficient, reliable, and high-quality data solutions.
• Leverage Azure services, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Functions, Azure IoT Hub, Azure Event Hub, Azure Storage Accounts, and Azure Service Bus, to build robust data pipelines.
• Implement ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) operations using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks or comparable technologies.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and scalability throughout the data lifecycle.
• Provide accurate cost estimates for implementing Azure services.

• Manage our digital platform’s data ingestion processes, handling high-frequency and large volumes of data.

• Data types include structured, semi-structured, and unstructured.

• Scalable Data Architecture Solutions:

• Lead the development and maintenance of data lakehouses and fine-tune databases for optimal performance and scalability.

• Develop solutions within a multi-tenant architecture to support scalability and isolation, utilizing data governance best practices.

• Apply your experience in developing within a microservice architecture.

• DevOps and Collaboration Tools:

• Experience with Azure DevOps and/or Atlassian products for streamlined development and collaboration.