Data Engineer

COMPETITION NUMBER: 1695 CLOSING DATE: May 24, 2026 @11:59 PM MDT Enrolment & Communications The Data Engineer ensures that data is efficiently acquired, integrated, stored, and prepared for analytics, reporting, and operational use. By developing robust data pipelines, ensuring data quality, and applying governance and security standards, the role provides the foundation upon which business intelligence, decision making, and strategic planning depend. The Data Engineer directly supports organizational objectives by enabling timely insights, improving data reliability, and ensuring that data assets can be used safely, ethically, and effectively.

How You’ll Make a Difference Design, implement, and maintain complex data engineering solutions for acquiring, preparing, and structuring data. Develop and manage scalable data pipelines integrating data across systems, applications, and organizations. Monitor, assess, and remediate data quality across complex data domains.

Plan and deliver data engineering solutions that balance functional and non-functional requirements (e.g., scalability, performance). Ensure compliance with data standards, architectures, security policies, and regulatory requirements. Manage data storage, modeling, transformation, and optimization for analytics, machine learning, and applications.

Lead data integration, cleansing, migration, and conversion for new platforms and initiatives. Partner with business leaders to influence data strategy and maximize value from data assets. What You Bring Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 5+ years of experience with relational database technologies (e.g., MS SQL Server, SSIS, SSAS, or similar platforms). 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining ETL/ELT processes. 3+ years of experience applying data architecture and data modeling concepts (e.g., star schema, snowflake, normalization, conceptual/logical/physical models). 2+ years of experience designing and maintaining enterprise-level data warehousing solutions and/or large-scale data integration workflows.

Experience with metadata management, data quality frameworks, and data governance practices is considered an asset. Preferred experience in educational, government, or broader public-sector environments. Salary $3,147 - $3,932 bi-weekly, reflective upon what you bring AKA your education and experience.

This is a temporary cover‑off position for 1 year. Additional Information Pre-Employment Checks will be completed to assess the candidate’s suitability for a role. These checks may include (but are not limited to): references, criminal record check, academic verification, etc.

For applicants who have completed post‑secondary studies from outside of Canada, we recommend obtaining an assessment of credentials from a recognized Canadian credential evaluator, such as: International Qualifications Assessment Service: https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment World Education Services: https://www.wes.org/ca/ Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion NorQuest College is committed to being an employer of choice for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people by recognizing, respecting, and supporting Indigenous people’s self‑determination through the institution’s work in decolonization, reconciliation, and Indigenization. #J-18808-Ljbffr