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Technical Advisor, Application Development Priority may be given to the following designated employment equity groups: women, Indigenous Peoples* (First Nations, Inuit and Métis), persons with disabilities and racialized persons*.

* The Employment Equity Act, which is under review, uses the terminology Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.

Candidates are asked to self-declare when applying to this hiring process.

OrganizationalUnit: Chief Information Officer Branch

Classification: CS-3

Duration:

1 year

Work arrangements:

Due to the nature of the work and operational requirements, this position may be eligible for a limited hybrid work arrangement (combination of working onsite and telework).

At the NRC, we recognize that Indigenous candidates may have important connections to their communities and you may be eligible for an exception to this work arrangement. Alternative work arrangements may also be considered to accommodate candidates as required. To learn more about these options, please contact the NRC Hiring team using the contact information below.

Discover the possible The role We are looking for a Technical Advisor, Application Development to support our Chief Information Officer Branch (CIOB). The Technical Advisor, Application Development would be someone who shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity.

If you love data, then we need you We have embarked on a multi-year initiative to consolidate multiple Sales, Grants & Contributions, and traditional Case Management applications into one enterprise CRM solution. This solution leverages the Microsoft Platform (D365, Microsoft Portals, MS Power BI)



with various third‑party add‑ons.

We are looking to hire a Technical Advisor that brings an enthusiasm for building Business Intelligence (BI) solutions that are forward thinking with considerations for re‑use, maintainability and extensibility. The incumbent is someone to provide expert advice, research, analysis, development and design of BI applications and related strategies.

Key activities:

Provide specialized advice to internal project teams and work units on technical solutions and standards to adapt and support the design, development, testing, implementation, integration, maintenance and support of BI solutions;

Advise and guide business clients on technical applications issues, and provides expertise and analysis to facilitate client understanding, involvement and acceptance of the design, development, testing and delivery, installation, integration and maintenance of BI applications;

Conduct feasibility studies, develops and designs research, recommends various alternatives for BI applications development and presents options to support decision making and to address client requirements;

Work with team to support data ingestion, transformation, data integration and data aggregations, providing technical expertise to BI developers and technical teams;

Design, develop and support BI solutions within Microsoft Platform (SQL Server,



Power BI, and Azure Data Platform) and associated technologies;

Continuously evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to improve data architecture, data management, and data integration processes.

Screening criteria Applicants must demonstrate within the content of their application that they meet the following screening criteria in order to be given further consideration as candidates:

Education Minimum of bachelor degree in Computer Science from a recognized University or related field.

An equivalent combination of education and direct experience

may be considered.

Minimum five (5) years of significant and recent experience

conducting architectural evaluation, solution design, technical analysis, and providing technical advice within an enterprise

Data Warehouse, Data Analytics, and Business Intelligence workplace

using the Microsoft technology stack;

Experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise data and analytics solutions using the

Microsoft Azure Data Platform and Microsoft Fabric , including technologies such as

Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory/Data Pipelines, and Dataflows Gen2;

Experience providing

technical and architectural advice for Microsoft Fabric adoption and implementation , including assessing existing data and analytics environments, defining target‑state architecture, identifying modernization or migration opportunities, and recommending appropriate Fabric workloads and implementation approaches;

Minimum two (2) years of recent experience

designing and developing

📌 Technical Advisor, Application Development (Montreal)
🏢 National Research Council of Canada
📍 Montreal