We're looking for a motivated recent graduate to join our client's team on an initial 6-month contract as a Junior Data Engineer. Working in a hybrid model (4 days per week in office) out of Markham, ON, you'll be embedded with an experienced data engineering team, building and supporting data pipelines and solutions within a Microsoft Azure cloud environment. Robust performance may lead to contract extension or a full-time opportunity.
What You'll D oDesign, develop, and maintain data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows using Azure-native tools such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure Synapse Analytic
sSupport the ingestion, transformation, and storage of structured and unstructured data across Azure Data Lake and other cloud storage solution
sWrite and optimize SQL queries to support data validation, reporting, and analytics use case
sCollaborate with data analysts, data architects, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into scalable solution
sMonitor and troubleshoot pipeline failures, data quality issues, and performance bottleneck
sContribute to data documentation, data dictionaries,



and lineage tracking to support governance standard
sParticipate in code reviews and contribute to best practices around data engineering and cloud infrastructur
What We're Looking F orRecent graduate — Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related fie
ldAcademic, internship, or co-op experience working with data engineering concepts — ETL pipelines, data warehousing, or cloud data platfor
arStrong SQL skills — comfortable writing complex queries, joins, aggregations, and transformatio
nsFamiliarity with Python for data processing and scripti
ngAble to commute to Markham, ON for hybrid work arrangemen
ts
Nice to H aveExperience with Apache Spark or PySpark for large-scale data process
ingExposure to Azure DevOps or CI/CD pipelines for data workfl
owsKnowledge of data modelling concepts — star schema, data vault, or dimensional modell
ingFamiliarity with Power BI or other visualization to
olsMicrosoft Azure certifications (e.g. Azure Data Engineer Associate DP-203) or currently pursu

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📌 Junior Data Engineer - New Grad (Ontario)
🏢 Encore Technical Solutions
📍 Ontario