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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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🚰 Data Engineer

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connectFirst Credit Union

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

🛡️ Insurance

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

Insurance • Banking • Finance

connectFirst Credit Union is a Canadian credit union providing retail and business financial services, including chequing and savings accounts, credit cards, mortgages, personal and commercial loans, investment products (GICs, wealth management), and insurance. It operates branch and digital banking channels, serves personal, small business, agri-business, commercial and non-profit clients, and emphasizes community-focused programs and member rewards. The organization highlights customer service, local presence, and financial products aimed at helping members save, borrow, invest and protect their assets.

📋 Description

• Lead the design of scalable, secure, governed, and resilient enterprise data solutions • Define data architecture standards, patterns, models, and reference architectures • Design end-to-end solutions across Databricks, Microsoft Azure, Power BI, and other enterprise platforms • Guide development of enterprise data models, governed data products, and reusable data components • Modernize and simplify the data landscape by reducing duplication, technical debt, and unnecessary complexity • Embed governance, security, privacy, metadata, lineage, and data quality into architecture by design • Establish modelling standards and patterns for data integration, access, masking, and provisioning • Enable trusted, governed data through Microsoft Purview and Databricks Unity Catalog • Ensure solutions support performance, scalability, interoperability, maintainability, and cost efficiency • Design architecture enabling Power BI, analytics, machine learning, generative AI, and AI agents • Evaluate emerging technologies and lead proofs of concept • Act as a trusted technical advisor on enterprise data architecture • Partner with Data Management, Engineering, Analytics, Security, Enterprise Architecture, and business teams • Lead architecture decisions and build alignment across teams • Coach and mentor others while promoting reuse, simplification, innovation, and strong architecture practices

🎯 Requirements

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Software Engineering, or equivalent education and experience • 8+ years of progressive experience in data architecture, data engineering, data management, or enterprise data solutions • Strong experience designing enterprise solutions using Databricks, Microsoft Azure, SQL, and Power BI • Advanced knowledge of data architecture and modelling, including conceptual, logical, and physical models • Experience with lakehouse, data warehouse, data integration, APIs, ETL/ELT, and governed data products • Strong understanding of data governance, security, metadata, lineage, data quality, master/reference data, and access controls • Experience with Microsoft Purview and Databricks Unity Catalog • Experience designing data solutions that enable analytics, machine learning, generative AI, and AI agents • Certifications considered an asset: DAMA/CDMP, Microsoft Azure data or architecture certifications, Databricks data engineering or architecture certifications, TOGAF or equivalent architecture training • Must successfully pass a criminal background check, reference check, and credit check to qualify for hire • Occasional travel to Edmonton, Calgary, or Red Deer may be necessary

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation including performance-based incentive pay and profit share • Health and wellness benefits • Vacation programs • Retirement savings programs • Training & Development Opportunities • Career Advancement Potential • Flexible work options • Meaningful work towards individual and corporate goals • Employee volunteer program and opportunities to give back • Credit union membership benefits including profit sharing, voting for the board of directors, and financial services • Inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace • Accommodations available during every stage of the hiring process upon request

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