IT Specialist, Enterprise Applications - Analytics Governance & DevOps
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About the Role
Saputo is seeking an Analytics Governance & DevOps Specialist to join the Data Engineering & Analytics team. You will define, operationalize, and enforce analytics governance and DevOps practices across the enterprise analytics ecosystem.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain enterprise wide analytics governance frameworks, standards, workflows and best practices.
- Define and operationalize processes for roles and responsibilities, data integrity, metadata management, access control, and compliance.
- Own the DevOps strategy and implementation for analytics and data engineering solutions.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data workflows, analytics assets, and platform components.
- Establish standards for version control, testing, release management, environment management, and documentation.
- Define enterprise data quality standards, KPIs, thresholds, and acceptance criteria.
- Govern data quality monitoring, issue management, and remediation workflows.
- Act as a key liaison between Data Engineering, BI, Security, Architecture and business units.
- Provide guidance and thought leadership on modern data governance and DevOps practices.
- Influence and drive adoption of standards across teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in data governance, analytics governance, or data management
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps practices in data/analytics environments
- Hands on experience with Microsoft data platforms including Microsoft Fabric, Purview, Azure, DevOps, or similar Data Lake tools
- Strong understanding of data lake designs, self serve analytics, data lifecycle management, data security and access controls, CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working in cross functional environments with technical and business stakeholders
- Experience with large scale modern data and analytics transformations within a CPG company (ideally running SAP) (preferred)
- Familiarity with data cataloging, lineage, and quality tools
- Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOX)
- Certifications in Azure, DevOps, or data management (preferred)
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Overview of the role
- Saputo is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Analytics Governance & DevOps Specialist to join our Data Engineering & Analytics team.
- Reporting to the Senior Director of Data Engineering & Analytics, this role is accountable for defining, operationalizing, and enforcing analytics governance and DevOps practices across the enterprise analytics ecosystem.
- This role plays a critical part in ensuring analytics platforms and data products are governed, secure, auditable, reliable, and consistently delivered.
How you will make contributions that matter
- Establish and maintain trust in data & analytics by embedding governed, quality, auditability, and reliability.
- Accelerate delivery of data products and insights by implementing efficient, automated DevOps processes and standards.
- Reduce risk and ensure compliance by embedding governance, security, and auditability into both analytics platforms and deployment pipelines.
- Ensure clear alignment and identification of roles and responsibilities across the organization.
- Help shape the future of Analytics within the organization by influencing strategy, governance framework and models.
- Work closely with Analytics Architects, Data Engineers and Data Analysts to align, implement and adopt standards and processes.
- Maintain Governance and DevOps Roadmaps.
- Conduct research on market trends to influence our continued governance and DevOps growth plan.
- Build organizational awareness on key data topics and governance.
Key Responsibilities Governance
- Develop and maintain enterprise wide analytics governance frameworks, standards, workflows and best practices.
- Define and operationalize processes for roles and responsibilities, data integrity, metadata management, access control, compliance, development standards, and release management.
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, Security, and Enterprise Architecture.
- Partner with Microsoft Fabric platform administrators and Architects to ensure governance standards are embedded.
- Drive adoption and enablement through documentation, training, and stakeholder engagement.
- Support FinOps and cost optimization through governance driven insights.
Key Responsibilities DevOps
- Own the DevOps strategy and implementation for analytics and data engineering solutions.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data workflows, analytics assets, and platform components.
- Establish standards for version control, testing, release management, environment management, workspace standards, naming standards, and documentation.
- Monitor and optimize DevOps processes to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Implement governance controls within DevOps pipelines to ensure compliance and auditability.
- Support continuous improvement of deployment processes and optimizations.
Key Responsibilities Data Quality & Trust
- Define enterprise data quality standards, KPIs, thresholds, and acceptance criteria.
- Govern data quality monitoring, issue management, and remediation workflows in partnership with data owners and data engineering teams.
- Ensure transparency of data quality and lineage to support confident business consumption.
Key Responsibilities Collaboration & Enablement
- Act as a key liaison between Data Engineering, BI, Security, Architecture and business units.
- Work with Enterprise Architecture to align governance and DevOps practices with broader technology strategy.
- Provide guidance and thought leadership on modern data governance and DevOps practices.
- Influence and drive adoption of standards across teams.
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in data governance, analytics governance, or data management.
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps practices in data/analytics environments.
- Hands on experience with Microsoft data platforms including Microsoft Fabric, Purview, Azure, DevOps, or similar Data Lake tools.
- Strong understanding of business value drivers from data, data lake designs, self serve analytics, data lifecycle management, data security and access controls, CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience working in cross functional environments with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Experience with large scale modern data and analytics transformations within a CPG company (ideally running SAP) (preferred).
- Familiarity with data cataloging, lineage, and quality tools.
- Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOX).
- Certifications in Azure, DevOps, or data management (preferred).
We support and take care of our employees and their families by offering
- Generous and complete benefit coverage with group insurance.
- Group retirement plan with employer contribution.
- Telemedicine and assistance program for employees and their families.
- Employee Share Ownership Plan with an employer match.
- Paid Parental Leave program.
- Paid time off: Sick days, floater days and volunteer day off.
- Opportunity to contribute to a collective RRSP & TFSA.
- Training and development programs.
- Saputo Flex Program, flexible work environment (schedule/location/time off) according to department needs.
- Organized activities for employees and their families.
- Advantageous discounts on Saputo products.
Salary
- CAD 102,075 to CAD 133,975.
- Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience, education, skills, and training.
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