Data Specialist

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Time Type:

Regular

Job Description :

Job Summary :

Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Data Management and limited supervision, the Data Engineer is responsible for making moderate changes to system integration processes into our new Google Cloud Data platform.  

This position will be recognized as an experience professional in the field of Data & Analytics.

Responsibilities:

• Assembling large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional business requirements

• Identifying, designing and implementing internal process improvements optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes

• Building required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources including MySQL, Oracle, flat files, CSV into GCP.

• The process involves:

  • Data modeling: working with the data analyst and data architect to define the data requirements, the source of the data and the formats

  • Data Architecture: defining, together with the Data architect, the architecture of the GCP databases

  • Data pipeline development: this includes extraction, formatting, and uploading of the data.

Skills:

• Ability to build and optimize data sets, ‘big data’ data pipelines

• Ability to perform root cause analysis on external and internal processes and data to identify opportunities for improvements

• Good analytic skills associated with working on unstructured datasets

• Ability to build automated processes that support data transformation, workload management, data structures, dependency and metadata using tools and scripting languages readily available on a variety of operating systems.

Education & Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent combination of training and/or experience is an asset

• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes. 

• Strong Ability to analyze existing systems and software to understand current processes and designs.

• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL: Big Query, MS SQL, Oracle.

• Familiarity with UNIX/Linux environments.

• Familiarity accessing APIs and consumer Interfaces that utilize XML, JSON, REST, SOAP, etc.

• Familiarity with Scripting/programming: Powershell, PERL, Bash etc.

• Functional knowledge of encryption technologies: SSL, TLS, SSH etc.

• 5-10  years of experience in data & analytics.

Location :

Montréal, QC

Company :

Cogeco Communications Inc.

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By creating a culture where all our colleagues can bring their best selves to work, we’re doing our part to build a more equitable workplace and world. From professional development to personal safety, Cogeco constantly strives to create an environment that welcomes and nurtures all. We make the health and well-being of our colleagues one of our highest priorities, for we know engaged and appreciated employees equate to a better overall experience for our customers.

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