Job Description

Posting Title: Data Engineer

Department: Enterprise Enablement

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Vancouver

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Salary Range: $87,872.00 - $136,815.00

Close Date: November 2, 2025

Job Summary

BC Financial Services Authority ("BCFSA") helps to protect British Columbians during the biggest financial decisions in their lives. We regulate B.C. 's financial services sector, including credit unions, real estate licensees, registered pension plans, insurance and trust companies and mortgage brokers. Through modern, effective and efficient oversight, BCFSA protects consumers by impartially setting and enforcing standards across the entire sector ensuring the prosperity of the province.

BCFSA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all groups. This includes Indigenous Peoples, women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), and others who may contribute to diversity at BCFSA.

We recognize unique styles, perspectives, beliefs, and creativity that support a diverse, respectful, inclusive and collaborative work environment. To achieve this, we are committed to:

Hiring team members who represent the population we serve; Removing barriers that may prevent equitable employment; and Supporting respectful work environments where everyone feels included and able to produce excellent results.

BCFSA is proud to be selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2025) in recognition of our competitive compensation, work-life balance, and progressive programs.

WHAT WE OFFER:

When you join us, you become part of a high-performing team. Here, each Team Member can bring their unique talent to make outstanding contributions as we work towards the common goal of protecting British Columbians during the most important financial transactions in their lives. We offer:

Healthy living and work-life balance Comprehensive health and wellness benefits plan Opportunities for personal and professional development Competitive compensation A challenging and engaging team environment Defined benefits pension plan Our team members enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work model. They can choose every day where they want to work to be the most effective, from the comfort of their home to our beautiful office in downtown Vancouver. (Eligibility may vary, depending on position).

SUMMARY

This position spans multiple data disciplines at BCFSA. As a technical subject matter expert, it is responsible for designing, managing, and optimizing data pipelines; collaboratively overseeing data infrastructure; and ensuring that data solutions align with organizational goals.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Coaching, training, and advising employees, management and leadership on various data topics and acting as a technical subject matter expert. Making the appropriate data available to various data consumers (including data and business analysts, citizen report developers, and application developers). Building, managing, and operationalizing data pipelines in support of key data and analytics use cases. Curating datasets and data pipelines created by nontechnical users. Operationalizing data delivery for production-level deployments. Supporting the key task of deploying data and analytic outputs into existing business processes and applications. Ensuring compliance with data governance and data security requirements. As the primary data engineering resource, assists the business and data analysts with integrating reporting, and visualization analytics into business processes and interpreting the results. Developing, managing, and supporting ETL processes with a keen eye on the performance and reliability of data. Providing data provisioning guidance and assistance for data visualization and report generation, specifically with visual data modeling tools such as Power BI. Lead or support data migration efforts from legacy applications and other data sources including SharePoint and SQL Server databases, in close collaboration with the Data Architect and application development team. Contributes to the team's development of internal work practices (e.g., policies, procedures, and tools). Provides orientation and training to internal and/or external stakeholders within area of responsibility. Contributes to, participates in, and supports organizational business transformation initiatives.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

4 years of working experience with Azure Cloud services and analytics platforms, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, Synapse, GIT-based version control, SQL Server, and CI/CD. 4 years of working experience in SQL, NoSQL, Spark, and Python. 4 years of working experience in data management, storage, transformation, data orchestration, data warehousing, and optimization. 2 years of working experience with BI reporting tools e.g., Power BI, Power Query, DAX, or equivalent. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills required to understand the requirements of both business and technology stakeholders to ensure data solutions align with organizational goals. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, enabling clear and effective articulation of data-related solutions and challenges. Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices in data analytics environments. Familiarity with governance models and frameworks is an asset. Familiarity with machine learning and advanced analytics and machine learning concepts is an asset. Any Azure Data certification is an asset.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree with a Major or Minor in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Management or related fields in data science, data management, mathematics, and data analytics. Master's degree in the same fields is an asset.

PROVISOS

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada and living in British Columbia or intent to settle in the province.

Internal candidates are kindly requested to use their BCFSA email address when applying for this position. This will help us identify and streamline the internal application process.

Hiring Process Accommodation

BCFSA wants to ensure every job applicant is treated fairly and with respect and encourages applications from all candidates, including those with diverse abilities. We welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special support in the application process, including disability accommodation, in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Email us at careers@bcfsa.ca to notify us of any needs related to your job application.