This role is hybrid and requires you to be at our / client office at a minimum of 5 days a month- subject to change at any time.
CGI is seeking an experienced Senior Data Modeler / Data Modeling Lead to join our Banking Services practice in Downtown Toronto. In this role, you will translate complex banking business concepts into conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
You will work with banking stakeholders, architects, engineers, and governance teams to support transformation across data warehouses, lakehouses, and cloud analytics platforms.
• Data Modeling & Architecture - Deliver conceptual, logical, and physical data models for banking domains.
• Create ERDs for business and technical stakeholders.
• Build models for data warehouses, lakehouses, and domain data products.
• Support data mesh, data-product modeling, and Data Pattern 5.0. Documentation & Governance
• Build and maintain data dictionaries, metadata catalogs, and lineage.
• Define modelling standards, naming conventions, and best practices.
• Participate in governance, model reviews, and impact assessments. Collaboration with Engineering
• Translate models into engineering-ready specifications.
• Provide S2T mappings, schema definitions, and business rules.
• Work with engineering teams using PySpark and Databricks.
• Support and validate ETL/ELT pipelines in Azure Data Factory.
- 7–12+ years of experience in data modeling or data architecture.
- Strong banking domain experience (accounts, loans, credit, payments).
- Proficiency with ER modeling tools (Erwin, ER/Studio, Sparx EA, SQLDBM).
- Strong knowledge of warehouse design, star/snowflake schemas, data mesh, and Data Pattern 5.0.
- Hands-on PySpark experience for distributed processing and transformations.
- Experience with Azure Databricks, ADF, Spark, ADLS, Synapse.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog.
- Experience with IFRS 9, Basel, payments, or compliance reporting.
- Knowledge of Data Vault 2.0, canonical, or event-driven modeling.
- Agile experience.
- Degree in CS, Engineering, or related field.
Insights You Can Expect From Us
You will join a collaborative, high-performing banking team at CGI, with opportunities to learn, grow, and influence enterprise data transformation.
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Use of the term ‘engineering’ in this job posting refers to the technical sense related to Information Technology (IT) and does not imply that the individual practices engineering or possesses the requisite license as prescribed by the applicable provincial or territorial engineering regulator. We are seeking individuals with expertise in IT engineering-related functions, but licensure from an engineering regulator is not a prerequisite for this position. Engineering is a regulated profession in Canada which is restricted in terms of use of titles and designation.
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