DATA VISUALIZATION SOLUTION ENGINEER

We are banking at another level.

Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few   

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more... 

POSITION OVERVIEW

BDC will be migrating its business units over the coming months to its next-generation cloud data platform, which also includes several Microsoft Power BI components.

In this context, BDC is seeking a brilliant and motivated Data Visualization Specialist, with strong expertise in Microsoft Power BI—both in development and administration—and excellent data visualization skills.

So, if you're passionate about using data and analytics to drive strategic decision-making in support of Canadian entrepreneurs, this role is for you!

As a data visualization Solution Engineer reporting to the Data Visualization team, you will play a key leadership role in transforming datasets into meaningful insights through compelling visuals for end users.

Success in this role depends on your ability to design, develop, and evolve impactful data visualization products (dashboards, scorecards, semantic models, etc.), define and promote best practices in data visualization, and build capabilities that enable a community of analytical users to effectively create their own data visualization products.

CHALLENGES AHEAD

• Governance of Visualization Solutions: Oversee the production and evolution of data visualization solutions by facilitating the promotion process, creating and managing templates, and ensuring the high quality of solutions before deployment.

• Architecture Support: Assist the architecture team in designing and evolving solutions, and in integrating with other service platforms (data catalog, data quality, etc.).

• Design Leadership: Lead design sessions, provide guidance and mentorship, and promote user-centric and role-based design approaches.

• Development of Composite Solutions: Design, build, implement, and support composite data visualization applications and automated workflows.

• Production Analytics Management: Manage production analytics solutions with an asset management mindset, including content management, security implementation, administrative configuration, and coordination with other teams and vendors.

• Business Collaboration: Work with business units to gather requirements by focusing on desired outcomes and working backwards, while proactively communicating and collaborating with internal stakeholders.

• CI/CD Implementation: Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to automate deployments and product testing.

• Source Control & Collaboration: Promote the use of Git and Azure DevOps for source code management and collaboration within the Microsoft Power BI ecosystem.

• Power BI Administration: Perform administrative tasks on the Microsoft Power BI platform, including capacity, availability, performance, security, and license management.

• Platform Auditing & Compliance: Audit platform content and manage the obsolescence and compliance of its components and products (reports, datasets, code, design, security, etc.).

• Training & Mentorship: Train and mentor junior members of analytics teams on best practices in data visualization and CI/CD pipeline management.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics, or a related field.

• 6+ years of relevant experience with the Microsoft PowerBI platform (or Tableau) in terms of platform management and development of data visualization solutions (datasets, dashboards...).

• Practical experience in data integration and transformation in cloud environments (Databricks, Azure) and on-premises (SQL servers, Informatica).

• Practical experience using Git with Azure DevOps (3+ years) for CI/CD pipeline management (Pipelines as Code with YAML).

• Practical experience using and administering data visualization platform such as Power BI, Tableau, etc.

• Proficiency in Microsoft development languages DAX, TSQL, Powershell, Python, R, etc.

• Experience in data analysis and understanding of different types of data models (3NF, Multidimensional...).

• Ability to understand the flow and mechanics of data and systems within BDC, their characteristics, and limitations.

• Solid understanding of the capabilities and limitations of various data analysis techniques, from basic modeling to machine learning, to choose the right method for the analysis at hand.

• Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills.

• Ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.

• Excellent planning, organization, teamwork, documentation, and time management skills.

• Interpersonal skills, fostering collaboration, and building cross-functional relationships.

• Results-oriented, strongly focused on ownership and accountability.

• 5+ years of experience working in or with Lean and Agile software delivery teams (Safe, Scrum...).

• Bilingualism (French and English) written and spoken.

• Experience in financial services or the banking sector is an asset.

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While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.