Data Application Engineer – Great Canadian Gaming

Title of the Job: Data Application Engineer

Location: Toronto, ON

Job Description: Job Description:Position Summary:Under the direction of the Manager, Enterprise Application, this position is responsible for maintaining and ensuring data and application systems operate in accordance with functional design specifications through systematic and defined activities and processes while contributing to a safe and welcoming work environment for all employees. Ensures adherence to all policies and procedures.Key Accountabilities:

• Builds and maintains data pipelines to move, transform, and load data from various sources to a centralized repository.
• Optimizes data infrastructure and pipelines for speed, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Designs, publishes, documents, monitors, secures, and analyzes Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
• Creates ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and data ingestion pipelines to clean, transform, and prepare data for analysis.
• Designs, optimizes, and maintains databases for efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Manages data warehouses or data lakes to ensure accessibility and reliability of data.
• Develops and maintains data models and schemas that support analytics and reporting.
• Ensures data completeness, integrity, and security through validation, monitoring, and governance practices.
• Normalization of data to eliminate duplications and ensure single source of truth.
• Works closely with stakeholders to understand data needs and provide access to relevant data.
• Creates documentation and provides support to help others understand and use the data infrastructure effectively.
• Appropriately protects the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the Association, employees, borrowers, and other stakeholders.
• Design, implement, and support business intelligence and problem-solving pipelines and applications using Google Cloud Platform (GCP), internal, and third-party tools.
• Direct development of complex, big data pipelines and reporting solutions with extremely low tolerances for data error.
• Lead design, data modeling, architecture, coding, performance tuning, testing, and support of problem-solving systems. Demonstrate ownership of the end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Maintain the highest levels of development practices including technical design, solution development, systems configuration, test documentation/execution, issue identification and resolution, writing clean, modular, and self-sustaining code.
• Lead projects in a multi-stakeholder and dynamic environment to achieve team and project Objectives and Key Results.
• Ensures compliance with licensing laws, health and safety and other statutory regulations.
• Manages other initiatives as required

Education and Qualification Requirements:

• Post-Secondary education in information systems or suitable combination of education and experience.
• Ability to exceed internal and external customer expectations through timely, effective, and service oriented communication.
• Experience with GCP and data transformation.
• Understanding of systems and Game Management systems (GMS) is an asset.
• Minimum 3 years of application and systems support experience.

About Us:GREAT ENTERTAINMENT. GREAT PEOPLE. GREAT INVESTMENT. GREAT CANADIAN.Since our inception in 1982, Great Canadian has grown to be one of the largest and most dynamic gaming and entertainment companies in Canada. With 25 properties across Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, our facilities include over 16,000 slot machines, 575 table games, 71 dining amenities and over 500 hotel rooms. Working closely alongside our crown agency partners, our team of ~8,000 strive to offer the very best gaming, entertainment, dining, and hospitality experiences.Our Vision is to be the leading gaming, entertainment, and hospitality company in our chosen markets by providing superior entertainment value and exceptional experiences.Our Mission is to provide outstanding experiences to our guests, rewarding opportunities for our team, and superior value to our shareholders.What’s in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to delight your clients!
• You’ll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top organizations around the world.
• Freedom to Innovate: supports new and better ways to be successful.
• Be your Authentic Self: environment that values diversity as a source of strength.
• This isn’t your typical “corporate” job. We work hard and we have fun!

The only thing we don’t play games with…..is your career!Great Canadian Entertainment is committed to promoting an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected, and supported. We are dedicated to employing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities in which we live and serve.Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or disability.Please note that due to the volume of applications, only those under consideration will be contacted for an interview.Thank you for your interest in Great Canadian Entertainment!

Company Name: Great Canadian Gaming

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