Senior Data Warehouse & ETL Developer

Join the Institute for Improved Health Outcomes (IIHO) as a Senior Data Warehouse and ETL Developer, where your work will directly impact health care delivery across Alberta. You’ll design robust data architectures and ETL pipelines to power decision-making, research, and innovation in patient care.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain ETL pipelines (SSIS, T-SQL) for ingesting structured and unstructured data
• Architect and optimize data models and warehouses for performance and scalability
• Work closely with analysts and project team members to understand and meet data needs
• Ensure compliance with data governance and privacy standards (HIA, PIPA, etc.)

What We Offer

• CA$120,000.00 – CA$130,000.00 per year, depending on experience
• Full extended health, dental and vision care
• Hybrid work model with flexible hours
• Tuition and professional development reimbursement
• Work with a mission-driven team improving health outcomes province-wide

Why Work Here

• At IIHO, we specialize in harnessing data and evidence to drive improvements in health care. We guide clinical practices, shape policy decisions, advance research initiatives, and promote knowledge exchange to improve patient outcomes.
• You will help to ensure the availability of complete, accurate and reliable data to the measurement team.
• You will use data in new ways – your work will help improve the lives of Albertans by finding the dots and helping to connect them.
• Immerse yourself in the data and help us make new discoveries to improve the lives of patients across the province.

Core Responsibilities

• ETL & Data Integration (30%): Design, build, and optimize ETL pipelines using SSI and T-SQL to ensure accurate, timely data flows.
• Architecture & Governance (20%): Define data architecture frameworks, enforce data governance standards, and support compliance.
• Data Modeling & Design (20%): Develop scalable, normalized schemas for transactional and analytical systems.
• Performance Tuning (10%): Monitor and optimize database and ETL performance across large datasets.
• Stakeholder Collaboration (10%): Translate business needs into technical requirements and work closely with analysts and project members.
• Other (10%): Prepare and maintain documentation, mentor and educate staff, and ensure data security and compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server (SSIS, T-SQL, database optimization)
• Proven experience designing data warehouses and managing ETL pipelines
• Strong understanding of data modeling concepts (3NF, SCD, star/snowflake schemas)
• Solid understanding of data governance and privacy (especially in healthcare data)
• Experience working with large datasets (millions to tens of millions of rows or larger)

Preferred Experience

• Experience with clinical or health systems data (e.g. hospital discharge, labs, electronic medical records)
• Visualization with Power BI, SSRS, or Tableau
• Experience with Oracle, MySQL or other RDBMS
• Experience working with unstructured or semi-structured data

Apply Now

If you’re a passionate data professional ready to make a real-world impact, we’d love to meet you. Apply now – we review every application carefully.

We welcome all qualified candidates to apply; the diversity of our workforce reflects the communities and clients we serve. Professional references will be required. A demonstration of competency will be part of the interview process.