Data Engineer

Data Engineer

CGI is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our team supporting the Insight data platform. This role is responsible for the technical operation, reliability, and continuous improvement of a complex enterprise data pipeline that integrates ERP and operational data from multiple source systems into downstream analytics and reporting environments. The successful candidate will own the technical health of the Insight pipeline, supporting data ingestion, change data capture (CDC), transformation processing, reporting integrations, and platform operations. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong experience across data integration, streaming technologies, cloud infrastructure, Snowflake, and Power BI. You will work closely with engineering, operations, and product teams to ensure data accuracy, platform stability, and successful delivery of enhancements and operational support activities across client environments. Location: This role must be performed in CGI Lafayette, LA office.

Data Pipeline & Platform Operations

• Configure, deploy, and tune Debezium source and integration connectors for Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server environments.
• Manage Kafka topics, offsets, Schema Registry artifacts, and connector configurations.
• Operate and optimize Kafka, Zookeeper, Schema Registry, and Kafka Connect workloads running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) via Rancher.
• Coordinate controlled restarts, workload tuning, and resource allocation changes as needed.

Snowflake Engineering

• Develop and maintain Snowflake transformation logic, including:
• Streams
• Tasks
• Stored Procedures
• Retention configurations
• Query performance tuning
• Monitor and troubleshoot data processing workflows to ensure accuracy and reliability.

Power BI Development

• Build and extend Power BI semantic models and reporting solutions.
• Design and maintain:
• Data models
• DAX measures
• Row-Level Security (RLS)
• Incremental refresh processes
• Gateway and workspace configurations
• Optimize report and dataset performance against Snowflake-backed data environments.

Incident Resolution & Operational Support

• Resolve issues involving:
• Stale data
• Replication failures
• Schema and code defects
• Stored procedure issues
• Timeout conditions
• CDC and stale-stream problems
• Focus on root-cause remediation rather than temporary workarounds.

Source Database Activities

• Lead source database activities including:
• Refreshes
• Blue-Green deployments
• Cadence package upgrades
• Full-load resynchronization
• CDC re-enablement
• DA report validation
• Automation & Observability
• Improve pipeline observability and operational automation.
• Support:
• IAP alert design
• Automated redeployment processes
• Connector configuration backup strategies
• Runbook creation and maintenance
• Update operational documentation following incident investigations and platform changes.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or related enterprise technology environments.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience supporting Kafka, Debezium, Snowflake, and cloud-based data integration platforms in production environments.
• Hands-on production experience with Debezium and Kafka, including:
• Source and sink connectors
• History topics
• Schema evolution
• Offset management
• Topic rewind and redeployment procedures
• Strong experience with Snowflake, including:
• Streams
• Tasks
• Stored Procedures
• SnowSQL / Snowpipe
• Query performance tuning
• INFORMATION_SCHEMA diagnostics
• Strong understanding of source database internals, including:
• Oracle LogMiner
• SQL Server CDC
• PostgreSQL CDC enablement and management
• Experience operating Azure and Kubernetes environments.
• Experience developing Power BI semantic models and reports.
• Experience with code reviews, build/release management, technical documentation, and operational runbooks.

Skills

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.