Data Engineer

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

BIT004636/Cha L

Date posted:

Friday, July 18, 2025

Location:

Centurion, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable end-to-end data solutions on AWS. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy working across the full data pipeline—from ingestion to transformation and delivery—then this role is for you!

POSITION INFO:
Key Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
5–7 years of data engineering experience.
3+ years of hands-on AWS experience (S3, Glue, Spark, Athena, Redshift, RDS, Lambda, and Lake Formation).
Strong SQL skills (PostgreSQL, Oracle, and RDS).
Proficiency in Python or Scala for data processing.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform and CloudFormation).
Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance in cloud environments.
Exposure to AI/ML platforms (AWS AI, SageMaker, and OpenAI) is a plus.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain data pipelines on AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, and Redshift).
Develop and manage data lakes & warehouses.
Optimize data storage & query performance.
Implement CI/CD, monitoring, and logging for data infrastructure.
Ensure data quality, security, and governance.
Collaborate with Analysts, Architects, and business stakeholders.
Stay updated with AWS best practices and emerging technologies.

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