Hybrid Senior Analyst, Data Platform DevOps

at Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)

• Job title: Senior Analyst, Data Platform DevOps
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Airflow, Ansible, Apache, Azure, Cloud, ETL, Hadoop, ITSM, Kafka, Python, Spark, SQL, Tableau, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Edmonton, Canada

About the role

• Senior Analyst on Data Platform DevOps at AIMCo, responsible for building data operations and collaborating with teams on innovative solutions. Focused on ensuring data quality and integrity across technologies.

Responsibilities

• Building, configuring, monitoring, and operating the data platform including all its integrated technologies
• Collaborating with diverse teams to power innovation, streamline data operations, and deliver impactful solutions
• Responsible for ensuring that the platform is designed to maintain data quality and integrity
• Overseeing the development and roadmap of the data platform
• Identifying and analyzing cloud end-to-end architecture to propose new technologies
• Establishing pilots and POC’s for proposed solutions
• Working with the cloud service team to build and maintain well-written production runbook and operations documentation
• Consulting with various data product development teams on performance optimization or scaling challenges
• Working with the Cloud Service team to build infrastructure services as part of the platform
• Setting up and configuring cloud-based data storage, compute resources, and data processing services
• Staying up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data engineering and the investment industry

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
• Formal training and/or accreditation in data management / engineering is preferred
• Formal training and/or accreditation in cloud engineering is preferred
• Formal training and/or accreditation in IT service management is preferred
• 6+ years experience in the day-to-day operation of technology platform (data and/or digital and/or integration) including incidents, problems, and change management
• 6+ years of experience in software development, with demonstrated experience working in a dynamic programming language like Python
• Strong technical background in streaming technologies, data engineering, big data technologies (such as Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Delta Lakes, etc.), and other data technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Data Services, Collibra, and Power BI / Tableau
• Strong experience in CICD tools and technologies such as source code control, build and deployment, and testing
• Strong experience with data integration and ingestion tools such as Azure Data Factory and Apache Airflow
• Experienced with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Cloud formation, etc.)
• Experienced with DevOps best practices and culture
• Experienced with writing Python and SQL
• Solid understanding of cloud design patterns, cloud-native architecture and principles, cloud operations, and cloud security models
• Experienced in Azure cloud services, functions, cloud databases, data warehouse and analytics, machine learning, developer tools, security, and identity
• Experienced in designing and implementing data integration and ETL / ELT processes
• Familiarity with various methodologies, frameworks, and technologies relevant to data management including data quality and data governance
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to AIMCo’s core values of excellence, transparency, humility, integrity, and collaboration, and inspires the same in others

Benefits

• Inclusive, modern workplace
• Well-being prioritized
• Long-term value for clients