Located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), YVR is made up of a team of diverse people who are working collaboratively to Connect BC proudly to the World. Safety is at the core of everything we do; we’re innovative, fun, and we invest in our people. With high engagement scores, an abundance of learning and development opportunities, and a holistic approach to wellness, we’re looking for someone to join our team.
Vancouver Airport Authority strives for a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We support the Employment Equity Act and take measures to ensure fair employment practices and treatment of employees across our organization. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities. We encourage applicants to self-identify with a designated group(s) to support our team in filling gaps in areas where we can be more diverse. We are also happy to provide reasonable accommodations throughout the selection process and while working at YVR. If you require support applying online because you are a person with a disability, please contact us at 604-303-3152 or careers@yvr.ca.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a permanent, full-time Senior Technical Analyst (Data Engineer) in the Innovation and Technology Group. Reporting to the Manager, Business Intelligence, the successful candidate will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross functional teams. The Data Engineer will support our digital transformation team, Datahub architecture and data scientists on data initiatives. The right candidate will be excited to join a fast past, dynamic team and be part of re-designing our company’s architecture to support our digital transformation journey and the development of our advanced analytics capability.
Key responsibilities include:
- Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and Azure cloud services.
- Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights to enhance passenger experience and increase operational efficiencies.
- Develop processes and documentation for data collection and integration
- Collaborate and create data tools for advanced analytics and data science team members that assist in building and optimizing our digital products and machine learning models.
- Create, maintain, and enhance dashboards and other visualizations for stakeholders.
- Work with stakeholders at all levels to assist with data related technical issues and support our data infrastructure needs.
- Collaborate with our Information Security team on securing our data sources.
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements; by automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and ensuring our data infrastructure is scalable.
- Establish methods and procedures for tracking data quality, completeness, redundancy, and improvement
- Provide day-to-day support and technical expertise to both technical and non-technical teams
Key qualifications include:
- At least 7 years’ post degree experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-data architecture and environments for medium to large sized organizations, plus at least 5 years of advanced analytics and project management experience (senior level)
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Information Management, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of training and experience
- Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases.
- A strong background in technology with experience in data engineering, data warehouse development, or software development looking to move into the big data environment.
- Working experience with Azure, Databricks, Denodo, Snowflakes and Qlik would be preferred.
- Experience with data integration using APIs
- Computer programming skills, R, Python, Java, JSON, HTML, SQL
- Strong project management skills, using waterfall and agile methodologies.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral
- Excellent documentation skills, including workflow documentation
This position is open to both Vancouver Airport Authority employees and external candidates. Previous job performance will be taken into consideration for all candidates that apply for this position.
Vancouver International Airport is a Living Wage employer. This means all Vancouver Airport Authority workers earn at least a living wage. Living Wage for Families B.C. has determined the hourly rate of pay at which a household can meet its basic expenses. The 2022 living wage rate in Metro Vancouver is $20.52.
Health and safety are at the core of how we operate at YVR. We are committed to ensuring a safe workplace for our workforce and protecting the health and safety of our employees, passengers, partners and community by taking reasonable, preventative measures to reduce the risks associated with COVID-19. On June 20, 2022, the Government of Canada suspended the requirement that employees of federally regulated workplaces be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Candidates are advised that the current suspension of the vaccination mandate may be revoked by the Government of Canada at any time, and that vaccination requirements may be reintroduced in the future.