Data Engineer

IS3 Information Technologist

Regular/full-time

Health, Seniors and Long Term Care

Information Management and Analytics, Health Policy and Planning

Winnipeg MB

Advertisement Number: 45511

Salary(s):   IS3 $78,527.00 - $104,816.00 per year

Closing Date:   August 20, 2026

The Manitoba government recognizes the importance of building an exemplary public service reflective of the citizens it serves, where diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, identities, languages and perspectives drives a high standard of service and innovation. The Manitoba government supports equitable employment practices and promotes representation of designated groups (women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities).

Employment Equity is a factor in selection for this competition. Consideration will be given to women, Indigenous people and persons with disabilities.

An eligibility list may be created for similar positions and will remain in effect for 12 months. 

Candidates who do not meet all essential criteria may be considered on an underfill basis at a commensurate rate of pay.

PIMA supports a flexible hybrid work environment. This position follows a hybrid schedule of three days per week in the Winnipeg office and two days per week working remotely from home. The schedule is subject to operational requirements, and the successful candidate must be able to attend the workplace when business, team, or project needs require in-person participation.

The Provincial Information Management and Analytics (PIMA) Branch is looking for Data Engineers to join the Analysis and Development area of the Data Administration and Business Intelligence unit (DABI).

As the primary liaison for DABI-related services and functions with PIMA, the Analysis and Development area leads Master Data Management in the provincial data repository. The area works with source data providers to review metadata before onboarding new datasets, and reviews metadata updates; creates and facilitates data extracts for internal and external organizations, and is responsible for the development of activities that support data collection, organization, analytics, and distribution.  

Duties:
The Data Engineers will:

• Provide leadership and mentorship to other data engineers;
• Design, build, automate, test, tune, and support: Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL) of data from various sources;
• Create and implement the physical database structure; and
• Construct and implement operational data stores or marts, based on the logical data model.

Why Work For Manitoba Government?
The Manitoba government values its employees, recognizing the important role that each person plays in delivering exceptional services, programs and support to the province. Your important contributions are recognized with a comprehensive package of benefits, including an attractive salary, pension plan, health and wellness benefits, and other supports to encourage work-life balance.

Financial Security

• Attractive salaries
• Defined pension plan
• Life insurance coverage
• Long-Term Disability Plan 

 
Benefit Plan

• Employer paid health care benefits including health, dental and vision
• Extended health care for services such as physiotherapy, chiropractor, massages, acupuncture and more
• Annual health spending account for eligible employees 

 
Commitment to Health and Wellness

• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Paid time-off including sick leave, wellness days and family related leave days
• Flexible work arrangements for eligible positions
• Generous vacation entitlements, increasing with years of service
• Parental, maternity, and adoptive leave options

 
Professional Growth & Development
We want our employees to thrive and grow, and are committing to investing in their development. We offer multiple avenues of support such as inhouse training, educational assistance and leadership development programs to help achieve these goals.  
 
Organizational Culture and Values 
The Manitoba government is committed to a work environment and culture that values and recognizes every employee. When we look at Manitoba’s Public Service, we see a reflection of Manitoba’s diversity. We come from differing educational, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds and work in a wide array of jobs across the province, we are all public servants.
 
Impact on Manitoba’s Future
By working for Manitoba’s Public Service, you have the unique opportunity to use your time to serve the land, communities, and the people of Manitoba. You can leave a lasting mark that will impact both current and future generations.
 

Qualifications:
Essential: 

• Post-secondary degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.
• Significant hands-on experience performing data engineering, ETL development, or similar duties in a complex data environment.
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, troubleshooting, optimizing, and supporting production ETL processes using SSIS/SSDT or comparable enterprise ETL tools, including extraction, transformation, scheduling, dependency management, and workload coordination.
• Demonstrated advanced T-SQL / SQL Server experience in a large, complex relational database environment, including complex queries, stored procedures, performance tuning, indexing considerations, and troubleshooting data issues.
• Demonstrated Python development experience for data processing, automation, data validation, or pipeline support.
• Experience monitoring production data pipelines, investigating failures, resolving data load issues, and improving performance, reliability, and recoverability.
• Experience designing, building, or maintaining relational data models, data marts, operational data stores, or analytical datasets.
• Experience profiling data, identifying data quality issues, validating transformations, reconciling source-to-target results, investigating discrepancies, and documenting findings.
• Experience creating technical documentation for data pipelines, source-to-target mappings, business rules, data quality findings, and operational support procedures.
• Excellent technical and non-technical verbal communication skills.
• Excellent technical and non-technical written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to support and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills including the ability to respond to changing priorities and meet deadlines.

Desired:

• Experience working with health, administrative, clinical, or privacy-sensitive data.
• Experience with Master Data Management or enterprise reporting environments.
• Experience with cloud data platforms or services, preferably Microsoft Azure.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada

• Must provide a current and satisfactory Criminal Record Check
• Must be able to work on-call or extended hours as required

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We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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