Job Description

Why work for CBC/Radio Canada?

When you come to CBC/Radio-Canada, you're not only joining the undisputed leader in expressing Canadian culture - you're also participating in its digital revolution. Here, you'll actively contribute to creating innovative projects on our major platforms and will find a stimulating, state-of-the-art and team-focused work environment.

Digital is a key part of our present and our future. CBC/Radio-Canada's strategy is focused on becoming the first organization to provide a digital platform that delivers unique content and experiences for our audiences, by telling stories that reflect who they are. If you're passionate about the user experience, love technology, and are driven to bring out the best in others, you'll enjoy working at CBC/Radio-Canada.

Your role

Radio-Canada is setting up a big data analysis project to better understand the behavior of our audience to support us in our decision-making. As the lead developer, digital development you will play a key role in building an enterprise big data analytics platform. You will work closely with business intelligence analysts to define their needs and implement the platform and thus participate in the implementation of this highly strategic project for CBC / Radio-Canada.

In-depth knowledge of audiences is a practice in which we will extract data from the audience (past and present) in order to fully understand and predict their behaviors according to their contexts of use in time and space. The goal is to be proactive in improving the user experience.

Responsibilities

Provide the practical expertise to develop and implement a big data cloud solution.

Participate in the implementation of the architecture, new tools, processes and models in order to build a sustainable big data platform.

Program the extraction, standardization and transformation of our reliable data sources, validating the integrity of these sources.

Synthesize and popularize technological innovations in order to simplify their understanding and accessibility within the company.

Plan and estimate the circulation and health of information.

Directed the quality control activities of the incoming and outgoing data.

Participate in the implementation of a data governance plan in accordance with our confidentiality policy and policy on the protection of personal information and privacy.

Manage risks and resolve issues or escalate to the next level, as appropriate.

Manage several projects in parallel.

Propose test strategies to arrive at optimal solutions.

Communicated findings to product managers and web developers.

Comfortable working with external partners such as universities.

Provide practical technical expertise, advice and support to members of the business intelligence team.

Qualifications

Requirements / skills sought:

Hold a post-graduate degree in a relevant field (engineering, computer science, etc.) or equivalent professional experience;

At least two years of practical experience with big data ecosystem technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Databricks);

Expertise with Python / SQL languages;

Experience in Scala / JAVA / R, an asset;

Knowledge of Azure Cloud and Azure Data Lake Store services;

Experience in the implementation of an ETL process;

Experience in continuous integration (CI / CD), an asset;

Work experience in Agile process (Scrum / Kanban);

Knowledge of tools and data from Adobe Analytics, Facebook, ComScore, Lotame (DMP) tools;

Comfortable in analyzing complex data from various sources;

Passion for empirical research to answer difficult questions using data;

French and English bilingualism required;

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

Please note that this is a 12-month contract position, renewable annually.

As well, it is important to distinguish that this is not a consulting mandate, but rather a regular, long-term opportunity as an employee with Radio-Canada, complete with competitive benefits.

If this sounds interesting, please click on ''Apply online''. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country's diversity. That's because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That's why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada's public broadcaster. For more information, visit the section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.

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