Data Architect

Recruiter:

Sambe Consulting

Job Ref:

Sambe 1

Date posted:

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related

SUMMARY:
The successful applicant will be working within a highly specialized and growing team to enable delivery of data and advanced analytics system capability.

POSITION INFO:

Responsibilities will include:
ï‚· Provide Data Architecture (DA) support for the Data Engineering team
ï‚· Define DA for the Data Science teams and participate in review and walk-through sessions for model fit and model producionization
ï‚· Assist with the definition of custom meta data models for ELT/ETL
ï‚· Direct data automation capabilities with the Data Engineer and Data Scientist
ï‚· Profile new data sources in a variety of formats including Json, XML, etc
ï‚· Define data quality rules with Data Scientists to clean data
ï‚· Define data mapping and transformation rules between source and datawarehouse
ï‚· Work closely with Data Engineer to facilitate Data Governance including access and security control
ï‚· Expert documentation of DA for new data sources, metadata and productionized information flow

Technical skills core:
ï‚· Programming in R, Python
ï‚· Expert database knowledge in SQL and experience with MS Azure
ï‚· Modern Azure datawarehouse design skills
ï‚· Exceptional data modelling skills ie physical, dimensional and relational 3N forms
ï‚· Experience working on large and complex datasets
ï‚· DevOps/DataOps and CI/CD experience
ï‚· Strong communicator verbally and in writing

Technical skills additional:
ï‚· AWS experience

Professional Qualifications & Experience
ï‚· Honours or Master’s degree in BSc Computer Science
ï‚· Honours or Master’s degree in Engineering or Software Engineering with solid experience in data mining and machine learning
ï‚· Other qualifications will also be considered if accompanied by the relevant experience
ï‚· 5 to 15 years of experience is preferred

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