Analyste Fonctionnel Data
- Montreal, QC, Canada
Full-time
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About Highspring
Highspring is a next-generation consulting and professional services firm. We deliver modern, agile, and forward-thinking solutions to our clients across North America. We work with some of the most innovative companies in banking, insurance, and technology to help them build the future. At Highspring, we believe in empowering our people, fostering technical leadership, and delivering real business impact.
The Opportunity
Highspring is seeking a Functional Analyst to support complex initiatives in a high-volume, data-intensive environment built on Microsoft Azure.
In this role, you will serve as the bridge between business stakeholders, data teams, architects, developers, and quality assurance teams. You will translate business needs into clear functional requirements and scalable data solutions while supporting delivery throughout the full project lifecycle.
What You'll Do
- Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, data, and reporting requirements.
- Translate business needs into user stories, functional specifications, process flows, data mappings, and acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, developers, and quality assurance teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Analyze large and complex datasets to identify business rules, data-quality issues, dependencies, and transformation requirements.
- Support the design of Azure-based solutions for data ingestion, transformation, storage, integration, analytics, and reporting.
- Define source-to-target mappings, data lineage, validation rules, reconciliation controls, and functional data models.
- Facilitate requirements workshops, backlog-refinement sessions, solution reviews, and stakeholder demonstrations.
- Support functional testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, and production readiness.
- Maintain traceability across requirements, delivered functionality, test scenarios, and business outcomes.
- Contribute to data governance, security, privacy, documentation, and operational support practices.
What You Bring to the Table
- A bachelor's degree in information technology, business analysis, data management, engineering, or a related field.
- At least five years of experience as a Functional Analyst, Business Analyst, or Data Analyst in complex technology environments.
- Strong experience with high-volume data platforms, data integration, data transformation, and analytics solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse architecture, OneLake, Data Factory pipelines, notebooks, data engineering, data warehousing, semantic models, and Power BI integration.
- Hands-on ability to query, validate, and analyze data using SQL.
- A solid understanding of relational databases, dimensional models, data lakes, data warehouses, APIs, batch processing, and event-driven integration.
- Experience producing user stories, functional specifications, data mappings, process diagrams, and test cases.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments with tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
- The ability to communicate complex information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
Core Skills Required
- Business, functional, data, and reporting requirements analysis
- User stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications
- Data analysis and SQL
- Source-to-target mapping and data transformation requirements
- Data lineage, reconciliation controls, and validation rules
- Functional data modeling
- Microsoft Fabric and Azure-based data platforms
- Functional, integration, and user acceptance testing
- Agile delivery and backlog refinement
- Cross-functional stakeholder facilitation
Preferred experience includes:
- Experience supporting cloud data-platform modernization, migration, or transformation programs.
- Knowledge of master data management, metadata management, data quality, and data-governance frameworks.
- Familiarity with Python, PySpark, or data-notebook environments.
- Experience in regulated, enterprise-scale, or mission-critical environments.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications, such as Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Fundamentals, or Power BI Data Analyst Associate.
Our Stack
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence, semantic models, and Power BI
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Data Lake Storage
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Databricks and Apache Spark
- Azure SQL Database and SQL Server
- Azure Functions
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Event Hubs
- Azure Service Bus
- Microsoft Purview or comparable data-governance and lineage tools
- Azure DevOps
- Jira
- Git and CI/CD practices
- SQL
- Python and PySpark
Why Join Highspring
This opportunity allows you to contribute to complex, data-intensive initiatives while working across business analysis, data engineering, architecture, development, and quality assurance. You will help shape scalable Azure and Microsoft Fabric solutions, strengthen data quality and governance practices, and connect technical delivery to measurable business outcomes.
Highspring provides an environment where functional expertise, technical collaboration, and practical business impact are valued.
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
À propos de Highspring
Equal Opportunity Notice
Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
Representation Notice
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.
Privacy Notice
Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR and UK GDPR may access our policies here.
Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
· the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
· licensure and certification requirements;
· office location and other geographic considerations; and
· other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).
Read the full bilingual original
About Highspring
Highspring is a next-generation consulting and professional services firm. We deliver modern, agile, and forward-thinking solutions to our clients across North America. We work with some of the most innovative companies in banking, insurance, and technology to help them build the future. At Highspring, we believe in empowering our people, fostering technical leadership, and delivering real business impact.
The OpportunityHighspring is seeking a Functional Analyst to support complex initiatives in a high-volume, data-intensive environment built on Microsoft Azure.
In this role, you will serve as the bridge between business stakeholders, data teams, architects, developers, and quality assurance teams. You will translate business needs into clear functional requirements and scalable data solutions while supporting delivery throughout the full project lifecycle.
What You'll Do- Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, data, and reporting requirements.
- Translate business needs into user stories, functional specifications, process flows, data mappings, and acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, developers, and quality assurance teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Analyze large and complex datasets to identify business rules, data-quality issues, dependencies, and transformation requirements.
- Support the design of Azure-based solutions for data ingestion, transformation, storage, integration, analytics, and reporting.
- Define source-to-target mappings, data lineage, validation rules, reconciliation controls, and functional data models.
- Facilitate requirements workshops, backlog-refinement sessions, solution reviews, and stakeholder demonstrations.
- Support functional testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, and production readiness.
- Maintain traceability across requirements, delivered functionality, test scenarios, and business outcomes.
- Contribute to data governance, security, privacy, documentation, and operational support practices.
- A bachelor's degree in information technology, business analysis, data management, engineering, or a related field.
- At least five years of experience as a Functional Analyst, Business Analyst, or Data Analyst in complex technology environments.
- Strong experience with high-volume data platforms, data integration, data transformation, and analytics solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse architecture, OneLake, Data Factory pipelines, notebooks, data engineering, data warehousing, semantic models, and Power BI integration.
- Hands-on ability to query, validate, and analyze data using SQL.
- A solid understanding of relational databases, dimensional models, data lakes, data warehouses, APIs, batch processing, and event-driven integration.
- Experience producing user stories, functional specifications, data mappings, process diagrams, and test cases.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments with tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
- The ability to communicate complex information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Business, functional, data, and reporting requirements analysis
- User stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications
- Data analysis and SQL
- Source-to-target mapping and data transformation requirements
- Data lineage, reconciliation controls, and validation rules
- Functional data modeling
- Microsoft Fabric and Azure-based data platforms
- Functional, integration, and user acceptance testing
- Agile delivery and backlog refinement
- Cross-functional stakeholder facilitation
Preferred experience includes:
- Experience supporting cloud data-platform modernization, migration, or transformation programs.
- Knowledge of master data management, metadata management, data quality, and data-governance frameworks.
- Familiarity with Python, PySpark, or data-notebook environments.
- Experience in regulated, enterprise-scale, or mission-critical environments.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications, such as Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Fundamentals, or Power BI Data Analyst Associate.
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence, semantic models, and Power BI
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Data Lake Storage
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Databricks and Apache Spark
- Azure SQL Database and SQL Server
- Azure Functions
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Event Hubs
- Azure Service Bus
- Microsoft Purview or comparable data-governance and lineage tools
- Azure DevOps
- Jira
- Git and CI/CD practices
- SQL
- Python and PySpark
This opportunity allows you to contribute to complex, data-intensive initiatives while working across business analysis, data engineering, architecture, development, and quality assurance. You will help shape scalable Azure and Microsoft Fabric solutions, strengthen data quality and governance practices, and connect technical delivery to measurable business outcomes.
Highspring provides an environment where functional expertise, technical collaboration, and practical business impact are valued.
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
Highspring est une firme de consultation et de services professionnels de nouvelle génération. Nous offrons à nos clients partout en Amérique du Nord des solutions modernes, agiles et tournées vers l'avenir. Nous collaborons avec certaines des entreprises les plus innovantes des secteurs bancaire, de l'assurance et des technologies afin de les aider à bâtir l'avenir. Chez Highspring, nous croyons à l'autonomie de nos équipes, au développement du leadership technique et à la création d'un impact commercial concret.
L'occasionHighspring recherche une personne pour agir à titre d'analyste fonctionnel·le dans le cadre d'initiatives complexes réalisées au sein d'un environnement à haut volume de données reposant sur Microsoft Azure.
Dans ce rôle, vous ferez le pont entre les parties prenantes d'affaires, les équipes de données, les architectes, les équipes de développement et les équipes d'assurance qualité. Vous transformerez les besoins d'affaires en exigences fonctionnelles claires et en solutions de données évolutives, tout en contribuant à l'ensemble du cycle de livraison.
Ce que vous ferez- Recueillir, analyser et documenter les exigences d'affaires, fonctionnelles, de données et de production de rapports.
- Traduire les besoins d'affaires en récits utilisateurs, spécifications fonctionnelles, flux de processus, mappages de données et critères d'acceptation.
- Collaborer avec les responsables de produit, les parties prenantes d'affaires, les spécialistes en ingénierie de données, les architectes, les équipes de développement et les équipes d'assurance qualité tout au long du cycle de livraison.
- Analyser des ensembles de données volumineux et complexes afin de déterminer les règles d'affaires, les problèmes de qualité des données, les dépendances et les besoins de transformation.
- Soutenir la conception de solutions Azure couvrant l'ingestion, la transformation, le stockage, l'intégration, l'analytique et la production de rapports.
- Définir les mappages source-cible, la traçabilité des données, les règles de validation, les contrôles de rapprochement et les modèles fonctionnels de données.
- Animer des ateliers sur les exigences, des séances de raffinement du carnet de produit, des revues de solutions et des démonstrations auprès des parties prenantes.
- Soutenir les essais fonctionnels, les essais d'intégration de systèmes, les essais d'acceptation par les utilisateurs, le triage des anomalies et la préparation à la mise en production.
- Maintenir la traçabilité entre les exigences, les fonctionnalités livrées, les scénarios d'essai et les résultats d'affaires.
- Contribuer aux pratiques de gouvernance des données, de sécurité, de protection de la vie privée, de documentation et de soutien opérationnel.
- Un baccalauréat en technologies de l'information, en analyse d'affaires, en gestion des données, en ingénierie ou dans un domaine connexe.
- Au moins cinq ans d'expérience comme analyste fonctionnel·le, analyste d'affaires ou analyste de données dans des environnements technologiques complexes.
- Une solide expérience des plateformes de données à haut volume, de l'intégration et de la transformation des données ainsi que des solutions analytiques.
- Une expérience pratique de Microsoft Fabric, notamment avec l'architecture Lakehouse, OneLake, les pipelines Data Factory, les notebooks, l'ingénierie de données, les entrepôts de données, les modèles sémantiques et l'intégration à Power BI.
- La capacité pratique d'interroger, de valider et d'analyser des données au moyen de SQL.
- Une bonne compréhension des bases de données relationnelles, des modèles dimensionnels, des lacs de données, des entrepôts de données, des API, du traitement par lots et de l'intégration événementielle.
- Une expérience dans la production de récits utilisateurs, de spécifications fonctionnelles, de mappages de données, de diagrammes de processus et de cas d'essai.
- De solides aptitudes en analyse, en résolution de problèmes, en animation, en communication et en gestion des parties prenantes.
- Une expérience de travail dans des environnements de livraison Agile avec des outils comme Azure DevOps ou Jira.
- La capacité de communiquer efficacement de l'information complexe à des auditoires techniques et non techniques.
- Analyse des exigences d'affaires, fonctionnelles, de données et de production de rapports
- Récits utilisateurs, critères d'acceptation et spécifications fonctionnelles
- Analyse de données et SQL
- Mappage source-cible et exigences de transformation des données
- Traçabilité des données, contrôles de rapprochement et règles de validation
- Modélisation fonctionnelle des données
- Microsoft Fabric et plateformes de données Azure
- Essais fonctionnels, essais d'intégration et essais d'acceptation par les utilisateurs
- Livraison Agile et raffinement du carnet de produit
- Animation et collaboration avec des équipes multidisciplinaires
Les expériences suivantes constituent des atouts :
- Expérience de programmes de modernisation, de migration ou de transformation de plateformes de données infonuagiques.
- Connaissance de la gestion des données maîtres, de la gestion des métadonnées, de la qualité des données et des cadres de gouvernance des données.
- Familiarité avec Python, PySpark ou les environnements de notebooks de données.
- Expérience dans des environnements réglementés, à l'échelle de l'entreprise ou essentiels aux opérations.
- Certifications Microsoft pertinentes, notamment Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Fundamentals ou Power BI Data Analyst Associate.
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Fabric, notamment OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Real-Time Intelligence, les modèles sémantiques et Power BI
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Data Lake Storage
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Databricks et Apache Spark
- Azure SQL Database et SQL Server
- Azure Functions
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Event Hubs
- Azure Service Bus
- Microsoft Purview ou des outils comparables de gouvernance et de traçabilité des données
- Azure DevOps
- Jira
- Git et pratiques CI/CD
- SQL
- Python et PySpark
Cette occasion vous permettra de contribuer à des initiatives complexes et à forte intensité de données en collaborant avec des équipes d'analyse d'affaires, d'ingénierie de données, d'architecture, de développement et d'assurance qualité. Vous participerez à la conception de solutions évolutives fondées sur Azure et Microsoft Fabric, au renforcement des pratiques de qualité et de gouvernance des données ainsi qu'à l'arrimage de la livraison technologique avec les résultats d'affaires.
Highspring offre un environnement où l'expertise fonctionnelle, la collaboration technique et l'impact concret sur les activités sont valorisés.
Nous communiquerons uniquement avec les personnes sélectionnées.
Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
Representation Notice
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.
Privacy Notice
Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR and UK GDPR may access our policies here.
Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
· the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
· licensure and certification requirements;
· office location and other geographic considerations; and
· other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).
More about this job
Responsibilities
Gather and translate business, functional, data, and reporting needs into specifications, user stories, mappings, and acceptance criteria for Azure-based data solutions. Coordinate with business and technical teams throughout delivery, supporting data analysis, testing, governance, traceability, and production readiness.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in a related field and at least five years of experience as a functional, business, or data analyst in complex technology environments. Candidates should have hands-on Microsoft Fabric and SQL experience, knowledge of data platforms and integration, and strong Agile, testing, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Skills
- Business Requirements Analysis
- Functional Requirements Analysis
- Data Analysis
- SQL
- Microsoft Fabric
- Microsoft Azure
- Source-to-Target Mapping
- Data Transformation
- Data Lineage
- Data Validation
- Functional Data Modeling
- User Stories
- Agile Delivery
- Functional Testing
- Stakeholder Facilitation
- Power BI
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plan
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Data & Analytics
- Technology
- Consulting
- Software
Keywords
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Fabric
- OneLake
- Lakehouse
- Data Factory
- Power BI
- SQL
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Data Lake Storage
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Databricks
- Apache Spark
- Azure SQL Database
- SQL Server
- Azure Functions
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Event Hubs
- Azure Service Bus
- Microsoft Purview
- Azure DevOps
- Jira
- Git
- CI/CD
- Python
- PySpark
- Data Governance
- Data Quality
- Data Lineage
- Agile
- User Acceptance Testing