Senior Data Engineer

Job Description

Position: Data Engineer

Location: Remote within Canada, with Atlantic business hours and occasional travel to Nova Scotia.

Structure: Contract intended November 9, 2026 to March 31, 2028; full-time through June 2027, transitioning to part-time with hours to be determined.

Compensation: $75/hr

Overview

CorGTA is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to support a public-sector Early Years modernization initiative. Working with architects, analysts, business experts and delivery teams, you will help migrate legacy data and build the data pipelines and services supporting operations, reporting and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain data integration, transformation, orchestration and pipeline solutions across Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft Fabric, legacy systems and other authorized sources.

Support migration from Oracle Forms and Excel into Dataverse, including profiling, extraction, cleansing, mapping, reconciliation and validation.

Build processing frameworks, data structures and transformation logic with monitoring, data quality controls and exception handling.

Support testing and migration validation; resolve data issues, integration failures and performance challenges.

Apply governance, security, privacy, metadata and lifecycle management practices aligned with provincial policies and standards.

Contribute to agile delivery, design reviews, releases, deployment and production readiness.

Produce technical and operational documentation and provide knowledge transfer to support long-term operation.

Required Skills and Experience

At least 5 years delivering data engineering services in large-scale, complex business and technology environments.

Demonstrated experience with data pipelines, integrations, transformations and legacy data migration.

Experience developing integration, transformation, orchestration and automation solutions with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Dataverse, Azure Data Factory or similar cloud platforms.

Experience with relational databases, physical data structures, data warehousing and modern analytics; data quality, monitoring, governance, reporting and decision support; and privacy-sensitive, regulated or security-conscious delivery.

Ability to troubleshoot complex data issues, work in multidisciplinary Agile teams and communicate with technical and non-technical audiences; documentation, knowledge transfer, mentoring and training experience.

Ability to work Atlantic business hours, travel occasionally to Nova Scotia and accommodate the planned shift to part-time work.

Preferred Experience

Canadian public-sector delivery, especially education, Early Years or child care subsidy programs. Public Sector or provincial health experience and relevant Microsoft certifications are assets.

Application Requirements

Provide a current resume, a completed qualifications and skills matrix supported by project examples, and two references from the last five years. Confirm availability and rate with your CorGTA recruiter.

CorGTA is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

CorGTA may use AI-assisted tools during recruitment; hiring decisions include human oversight.

Careers: www.corgta.com/find-a-job/