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Enterprise Analytics Data Analyst - 6 month contract with possible extension
Toronto, ON · Information TechnologyEnterprise Analytics Data Analyst – 6 month contract with possible extension
Our client is a global leader in professional services. In this role you will work with business teams delivery Enterprise Data Analytics solutions that help the organization make strategic decisions.
The Role:
Requirements
Our client is a global leader in professional services. In this role you will work with business teams delivery Enterprise Data Analytics solutions that help the organization make strategic decisions.
The Role:
- Work with business teams to explore their current technical and data landscape and to complete discovery phase activities, in preparation for requirements elicitation.
- Define and document business requirements, technical requirements, and functional specifications for new projects and change requests, ensuring all stakeholders are consulted and informed.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure all documented requirements are fully reviewed and approved.
- Collaborate with data engineers and architects across Azure-based data platforms (ADF, Databricks, Synapse) to support end-to-end data solutions
- Support the Enterprise Analytics team in troubleshooting operational issues.
- Map and analyze data flows across modern data platforms (e.g., ADF, Databricks, Synapse), ensuring traceability, lineage, and data integrity from source to consumption
- Complete analysis on datasets of varying sizes and clearly communicate the resulting insights to stakeholders, enabling them to make informed business decisions.
- Support analysis and validation of data pipelines, including ingestion, transformation, and data movement across systems
- Support the definition and execution of data quality checks, including reconciliation, anomaly detection, and validation of transformation logic across pipelines
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance analysts during their testing of Enterprise Analytics projects.
- Engage with the Enterprise Analytics team to continuously improve the program’s methodology, including document templates, pipeline management and reporting solutions.
- Work with the Data Management team to support and maintain data analytics standards across the organization, ensuring relevant data standards and policies are observed in all Enterprise Analytics projects.
- Support initiatives involving Microsoft Fabric, including understanding of Lakehouse architecture and semantic data models for reporting and analytics
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a data analysis role, including large-scale data transformation projects.
- Ability to analyze and document data source systems, data objects, linage, applications, data usage and privacy.
- Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to deliver concise requirements and flow diagrams.
- Ability to forge consensus within a group of stakeholders, to deliver a solution that works for all.
- Knowledge of agile methodology and the software development life cycle (SDLC).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a creative approach, and superior design aesthetics.
- Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle), with exposure to modern cloud-based data platforms
- Experience with modern Azure-based data platforms, including Azure Data Factory, Databricks (Spark), Synapse Analytics, and exposure to Microsoft Fabric; with a solid understanding of data pipelines, Lakehouse architecture, and large-scale data processing.
- Understanding of data governance concepts, including data lineage, data classification, and handling of sensitive/PII data