Senior Advisor - Data Engineering and Valorization

Are you passionate about designing robust data solutions? Do you excel at transforming raw data into a reliable and reusable asset for an entire organization? The City of Laval is looking for its next technical expert to play a central role in the valorization of its data. If you are a builder who loves organizing data above all, this position is for you.

You are responsible for overseeing activities and implementing data governance and management strategies within the organization.

You play a key role in defining data policies and standards, as well as in designing innovative data solutions to meet the City’s needs. You are responsible for operationalizing data security by ensuring the application and compliance with rules and by implementing the technological tools that support them while respecting cybersecurity frameworks.

In this capacity, you work closely with all departments and offices of the City to ensure compliance with regulations and best practices, to continuously generate more value, while optimizing the quality and integrity of the organization’s data.

• Hold a (BAC) in computer science, mathematics and computer science, software engineering, or any other relevant field;
• Have eight (8) years of relevant experience in the role, mainly in business intelligence, analytics, governance, management, and data operations;
• Excellent mastery of dimensional data modeling and SQL language;
• Strong experience in designing and orchestrating data preparation and transformation processes (ETL / ELT);
• Mastery of Microsoft Fabric (or an equivalent such as Databricks, Snowflake, etc.) for data preparation, transformation, and storage according to a modern architecture model such as "medallion";
• Mastery of Power BI, mainly for modeling and creating reusable semantic layers, not for creating complex reports;
• Mastery of the Python language in a data manipulation and engineering context.
• Strong ability to solve complex problems and structured critical thinking;
• Expertise in advanced analytical modeling to support decision-making;
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Choosing the City of Laval means working for the third largest city in Quebec on diverse and stimulating mandates. It also means having the opportunity to grow within a human, committed team that enjoys working with pleasure.

For this position, we offer competitive working conditions and benefits:

• Annual vacation (pro-rated for months worked in the first year);
• 16.5 public holidays per year including several days off during the holiday season;
• 3 weeks of paid sick days at the beginning of the year;
• Complete range of collective insurance;
• Defined benefit pension plan;
• Work schedule allowing for work-life balance;
• Work location easily accessible with free parking;
• Employee assistance program (EAP);
• Possibility to accumulate overtime;
• Priority access to a CPE daycare.