Role overview

Job Title: Software Developer - ETL - Senior

Location: Toronto

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 9 months

Extension: 2 Times

Must Haves

Experience with the Microsoft suite of technology including: Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake, and Power BI
Experience with Databricks Platform
Experience with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) suite of technology including: Amazon Aurora, Amazon Relational Database Search, Glue, OpenSearch, etc.
Experience with developing data extraction, transformation, and load programs (daily and initial load) functionality on a wide range of data repositories (structured and semi-structured files, relational and multi-dimensional data stores)
Experience with developing, implementing, and maintaining schedule/dependency logic for Extract Transform Load (ETL) scripts
Experience with data integration, data cleansing, and data analytics
Experience with data modeling and design principles for data marts and data warehouses
Experience in database management and administration
Experience in constructing complex SQL queries and performance tuning
Experience with Git and knowledge of source control strategies
Experience creating technical documentation including ETL source-to-target mappings, data model diagrams, architecture artifacts, detailed design documents, etc.
Experience in eliciting, documenting, and validating business requirements
Experience in software development lifecycle from Development, to Testing and Quality Assurance, to Delivery
Solid communications skills: the ability to understand, comprehend, and follow instructions and requirements to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and continuously expand data pipelines by performing extraction, transformation, and loading activities.
Required to translate technical systems specifications into working, tested applications.
Resolves and troubleshoots technical problems which arise during the use and operation of software packages.
Knowledge and experience ensuring that the data architecture is scalable and maintainable.
Experience investigating data to identify potential issues within ETL pipelines, notify end-users and propose adequate solutions.
Experience preparing detailed documentation for further reference.

Deliverables

Designs, develops, and maintains database backend and ETL applications for Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence solutions.
Uses knowledge of ETL languages and development techniques to build and expand application functionality by writing high quality code.
Ensures applications remain scalable while complying to standards and following best practices.
Tests and debugs applications and ensures that software is properly documented.
Collaborates clearly and professionally as part of a development team and communicates with clients.

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Other Technical Skills – 35%

Experience designing visual dashboards to highlight trends and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and developing canned reports (scheduled and ad-hoc)
Experience with programming languages such as C#, developing application code such as APIs, Functions, etc.
Experience writing scripts with PowerShell and other scripting languages

Standards and Best Practices – 5%

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards