At a Glance
- Tasks: Support migration of Capital Market assets to Snowflake and Azure cloud platforms.
- Company: Direct IT Recruiting Inc., a leader in tech recruitment.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hybrid work model, and opportunities for skill development.
- Other info: 12-month contract with excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make an impact in the financial industry with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in software design, expertise in Python and SQL, and experience in data engineering.
The predicted salary is between 90 - 90 $ per hour.
Direct IT Recruiting Inc. provided pay range: This range is provided by Direct IT Recruiting Inc.. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range: CA$90.00/hr - CA$100.00/hr
NOTE: Hybrid work model, 3 days/week in Toronto, Ontario office.
TYPE: 12-month contract
SKILLS:
- 5+ Cloud Data Migration Engineer
- Snowflake
- Azure AKS
- Python
- Flask
- FastAPI
- Django
- SQL
- SSIS
- Oracle
- Airflow
- DBT (Data Build Tool)
- Jenkins
- ETL
- Bloomberg
- S&P
- TDD
- Copilot
- ChatGPT
- CSC
- CFA
- Agile
INDUSTRY: Capital Markets, Investments, Bank
DESCRIPTION:
- Responsible for supporting the migration of the Capital Market Analytics team’s assets to Snowflake and Azure cloud enterprise platforms.
- You will work alongside the software developers and investment professionals on the team in support of their migration to the Cloud.
- You will report to a Senior Manager, Solution & Quality Engineering.
- Develop a Data and Cloud migration framework that accelerates the migration of the team’s assets to Snowflake Data and Azure Cloud platforms.
- Assist with the migration of the team’s assets to Cloud platforms.
- Maintain and improve the team's software solutions and infrastructure which runs all aspects of the team's systematic investment process including trading, execution and research.
- Contribute to the team’s continuous improvement process and help to develop software and data engineering best practices and standards particularly with respect to deployment and management of assets to the company’s Data and Cloud platforms.
- Develop new solutions and enhance existing solutions in support of the Capital Markets investment desks that the team supports.
- Responsible for completion of an acceptable volume of work and for the communication of status of personal work plans and tasks required to design, develop, and test assigned projects.
- Actively participate in the team’s agile ceremonies and work planning processes.
- Responsible for maintaining currency in technological trends and directions continually upgrading personal technical and IT skills through research, education and self-motivated technology experimentation.
- Participate in new technology investigation and make recommendations for new technology adoption where appropriate.
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in a quantitative discipline such as Engineering or Computer Science.
- Sound knowledge of information systems theories, concepts, methods, and techniques.
- 5+ years software design/development experience with 3+ years full-time working as data engineer, preferably within the financial industry.
- Communicate and interact effectively with systems professionals, as well as Capital Markets business users with minimal background in information technology.
- Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Expertise in the following languages: Python, SQL.
- Experience with the following technologies: Database and Data engineering: Snowflake, SQL Server, Oracle, Airflow/Astronomer, Stored Procedures, SSIS, DBT.
- Experience with OneTick or another time series database is an asset.
- DevOps/Agile: Git, Jenkins, Nexus, Jira.
- Experience building data analytics and data engineering solutions, e.g., Data pipelines and ETL processes.
- Experience migrating Data and Data Engineering assets to cloud platforms (e.g., migrate data/databases to Snowflake and migrate Python analytic scripts to Azure AKS).
- Experience with common financial data providers is an asset (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv, S&P Xpressfeed).
- Experience working in an agile environment and with modern development methodologies such as TDD (Test-Driven Development), Continuous Delivery and Scrum.
- Experience in the financial industry required.
To Apply: Completion of the CSC Canadian Securities Course and/or CFA candidacy is an asset.
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Contract
Job function: Information Technology
Industries: Investment Banking and Banking
Azure Data Migration Engineer in Toronto employer: Direct IT Recruiting Inc.
Direct IT Recruiting Inc. is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant city of Toronto, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Employees benefit from a supportive environment that prioritizes professional growth, with opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies like Azure and Snowflake. The company's commitment to meaningful projects in the capital markets sector ensures that your contributions will have a significant impact, making this role both rewarding and fulfilling.
