Data Architect | Architecte de données

• About us

  We are a purpose-driven organization, dedicated to serving Canadians and safeguarding their hard-earned money when it matters most. Every day, we honor our promises by working together as one team, with Canadians’ best interests at heart. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive culture, guided by determination, accountability, and a bias for action.

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  The right challenge is waiting—bring your experience and make a difference. Join our team and see how far your skills can take you.

   

• About the role

  As a Data Architect, you will play a key role in building and maintaining CDIC’s modern foundational data capabilities, including the data architecture, platforms, and practices needed to support trusted reporting, advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
   

  You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of data solutions that integrate information from diverse sources and make it available across the organization. Through this work, you will help equip CDIC with the tools, processes, and trusted data assets needed to generate insights, strengthen decision-making, and support the evolving use of data and AI.

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  This role can be performed from our Ottawa or Toronto offices, following a hybrid model approach. This is a full-time permanent opportunity.

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  CORE RESPONSIBILITIES required for this role

• Responsible for the overall data architecture, continuous development, operation, and maintenance of data services and analytic tools.
• Acquires stakeholder requirements and envisions optimal data solutions that encourage long-term compatibility, scalability and maintainability.
• Leads the development of data products, including dashboards, visualizations, data ingestion and transformation pipelines, database design, and API design.
• Develops and applies standardization methods to integrate data from numerous sources into corporate data systems, ensuring data integrity and interoperability with existing corporate applications and business intelligence solutions.
• Applies data science techniques for regression and clustering.
• Coordinates and works with other members of Technical Services to plan, implement and maintain data architectures and infrastructures.
• Manages the BI dependency plan, job scheduling and product release-cycle.
• Monitors performance and business use of data systems to identify areas of opportunities for optimization and enhancements.
• Monitors industry trends, identifying and evaluating emerging data technologies, services, standards and strategies that should be adopted at CDIC.
• Promotes the benefit of standardized business intelligence tools and methodologies across the organization.

About you

You take pride in the work that you do and are passionate about making a difference and an impact. You face challenges head-on, are an excellent communicator and collaborator, and act with integrity.

Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Undergraduate degree in computer science or engineering or related field, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years of advanced experience designing, implementing, and operating modern data solutions using the Databricks platform, including data engineering pipelines, Lakehouse architecture, scalable analytics, and integration with enterprise data services.
• An understanding of Data Governance implementation and practice.
• Experience exposing data through REST APIs using technologies such as FAST API.
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning techniques used in modern data platforms and tools such as Mosaic, Genie, and Copilot, including natural language querying, semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation, predictive analytics, and large language models.
• Strong SQL skills, including writing, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex queries, stored procedures, and data models to support reporting, analytics, and modern data platform solutions.
• Planning and implementation of data infrastructures, including operational data stores, and data warehouses.
• Expertise in using a variety of technologies to deliver end-to-end solutions, including reports, dashboards and analytic data models (multi-dimensional and tabular).
• Strong understanding of data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration concepts, designs, and practices.
• Best practices and design patterns for data optimization methods such as de-normalization, indexing, and query execution plan analysis.

Must have

Language Requirements: English

Security Clearance: Eligibility to obtain a Secret level security clearance

Closing Date

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with priority given to applications received by September 20, 2026. The posting may close earlier or remain open longer, depending on application volume.

AI Use Disclosure
Artificial intelligence and automated screening tools are not utilized in this hiring process.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Accommodation Request

CDIC is an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. We want to give all qualified applicants the chance to shine during the selection process. We believe that everyone should be treated equally and fairly, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. CDIC will strive to provide equal opportunity to all. If you need an accommodation to apply for a position or participate in an interview, please contact us at jobs-emplois@cdic.ca.

Sound like you?

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