Data Engineer

Position Summary:

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of individuals and communities in Wellington County Dufferin County and the City of Guelph. With a vision of health and well-being for all we strive to address the diverse health needs of our population through innovative programs and initiatives upstream interventions and collaborative partnerships. From immunization campaigns to disease surveillance and community health promotion our team of dedicated professionals works to ensure the well-being of everyone in our communities.

As a workplace WDG Public Health offers a dynamic environment where passion for public health meets professional excellence. Employees have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the health outcomes of our communities while enjoying a supportive and inclusive work culture. With ongoing opportunities for professional development a commitment to work-life balance competitive compensation and benefits and a strong sense of community within our organization WDG Public Health is not only a great place to work but also a rewarding place to grow and thrive in your career.

Read our 2024-2028 Strategic Plan on our Careers homepage for more about our vision mission values goals and priorities.

If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to use your knowledge and skills to make a difference in the health of our communities we invite you to apply.

We offer a competitive compensation package including:
Employer paid benefits including extended health and dental;
Defined benefit OMERS Pension Plan with 100% employer matching;
Paid sick time Short-Term Disability Plan and Long-Term Disability Plan;
EAP wellness program for individuals and family;
Employer paid parking;
35-hour work week;
Many opportunities for growth and development including employer paid courses to obtain
certifications;
We value work-life balance as such we pride ourselves on our generous vacation allowance and employee time off.

Two Data Engineer positions are available with areas of focus in either:
- Data Integration and Governance
- AI Integration and Governance

Please indicate in your cover letter which specialization(s) you are applying for. Applicants may apply to one or both specializations.

Overview
Reporting to the Manager Data & Analytics the Data Engineer designs implements and maintains secure well-governed data and AI solutions that strengthen public health information systems with technical direction from the Principal Data Scientist. These roles guide digital modernization ensure highquality engineering practices and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in delivering secure wellgoverned productiongrade data and AI solutions that support agency priorities and public health outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:
Program Contribution & Technical Planning
Provide expertise in planning implementing and evaluating data and AI solutions aligned with the Ontario Public Health Standards organizational priorities and emerging best practices.
Translate complex operational needs into actionable technical strategies ensuring solutions are secure maintainable and scalable.
Contribute to digital public health innovation by modernizing workflows improving automation and enabling staff to focus on highervalue analysis planning and community engagement.

Technical Oversight & Engineering Excellence
Guide the design and implementation of endtoend workflows including pipelines integrations automation and AIenabled services.
Follow modern development practices (Python packaging testing linting documentation).
Maintain highquality GitHub repositories with strong review processes clear history and longterm maintainability.
Implement observability (logging metrics alerting) into workflows to support reliable operations and rapid troubleshooting.
Promote reusable components internal templates and standards that improve consistency across projects.

Governance Security & Compliance
Ensure all workflows embed privacybydesign auditability and compliance with MFIPPA PHIPA and agency policies.
Oversee secure cloudnative development including secrets management leastprivilege access and container/image hardening.
Monitor cloud usage optimize costs and ensure responsible stewardship of digital resources.
Participate in privacy impact assessments and governance reviews for new or significantly modified technologies.

Program Planning Evaluation & Reporting
Support the development of annual operational plans performance measures and outcome indicators in collaboration with the Data & Analytics leadership team.
Support business cases for data and AI initiatives including cost estimates ROI analysis and cloudspend evaluation.
Document program impact quality and activity results to inform scaleup decisions and continuous improvement.

Partnerships Collaboration & Knowledge Exchange
Liaise with internal teams external partners and community stakeholders to support adoption of modern data and AI practices.
Represent the agency in collaborative innovation initiatives and external working groups.
Produce highquality written materials (technical documentation plainlanguage summaries implementation guidance).
Deliver presentations tailored to program staff technical peers leadership and governance bodies.

Specialization Areas
1. Data Integration & Governance
Design and maintain data pipelines and orchestration workflows using modern frameworks (e.g. Argo Kubeflow Pipelines serverless functions).
Implement data quality frameworks including automated checks anomaly detection reconciliation and reporting.
Advance data governance standards related to metadata lineage traceability and documentation.
Support policy and guidance development for enterprise data governance.

2. AI Integration & Governance
Design and deploy AIenabled components integrated into operational workflows with appropriate governance considerations (accuracy reliability privacy cost).
Design humanintheloop workflows with clear escalation review and audit mechanisms.
Contribute to AI governance deliverables including risk assessments model inventories monitoring frameworks and policy development.

Hours of Work:

Monday to Friday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Position Effective:

April 6 2026

Requirements:

Education and Experience:
Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Science Mathematics Statistics Public Health Informatics or a related field.
Minimum 5 years of experience in data engineering AI engineering or related technical fields.
Demonstrated expertise in Python and modern development practices.
Experience with Gitbased collaborative development (branches pull requests issues documentation).
Experience adapting to rapidly evolving tools workflows and development practices.
Strong written communication facilitation and presentation skills.

Skills & Competencies:
Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities.
Ability to integrate diverse data ideas and perspectives into decisionmaking.
Knowledge of privacy legislation (MFIPPA PHIPA) and digital governance principles.
Project management change management and consensusbuilding skills.
Ability to collaborate across a multidisciplinary teams and foster a collaborative inclusive environment.

Data Integration & Governance specialization:
Professional experience with modern pipeline/orchestration frameworks.
Experience contributing to data governance practices (metadata lineage data quality documentation standards).

AI Integration & Governance specialization:
Experience integrating AI/LLM solutions via APIs in production environments (asset).
Familiarity with AI governance and riskmanagement frameworks (NIST AI RMF is an asset).

We thank all applicants however only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.

WDG Public Health is committed to providing accommodation during the recruitment process for people in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. If you require accommodation(s) please advise Human Resources in advance and we will work with you to meet your needs. The organization will maintain the confidentiality of information related to an accommodation request and will only disclose this information with the consent of the employee or applicant.

WDG Public Health is an equal opportunity Agency. Personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will be used to determine eligibility.

If successful in the hiring process it is important to understand that you would be an employee of a health care organization that strongly believes in the importance of immunizations as a necessary public health measure to control the spread of infectious diseases. Subject to any duty to accommodate under the Human Rights Code of Ontario successful applicants will be required to comply with the Agencys Immunization Policy. This policy is available upon request. Applicants who are unable to be immunized due to a valid medical contraindication must have a Statement of Medical Exemption Form completed by their primary care provider.