Data Engineer

Recruiter:

Salix Recruitment

Job Ref:

JHB000408/PK

Date posted:

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

600 000

JOB SUMMARY:
Salix recruitment specialises in placing your high calibre IT professionals within the job market, we have partnered up with a few clients within the private sector, and actively looking to partner up with Data Engineers, that are actively looking for new opportunities in the market.

This is a call to all Data Engineers, if you are looking to take your career to the next level forward your resume to Phumlani@salixrecruitment.co.za

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job & Company Description:

Salix recruitment specialises in placing your high calibre IT professionals within the job market, we have partnered up with a few clients within the private sector, and actively looking to partner up with Data Engineers, that are actively looking for new opportunities in the market.

This is a call to all Data Engineers, if you are looking to take your career to the next level forward your resume to

Duties:

Analyse data from different systems and databases before a new warehouse is built
Provide ETL and data manipulation
Data mining
Draft reports on data findings and provide insight for key decision making
Design and implement processes and policies for data architecture environment
Design and maintain a database to enable seamless data interaction and integrity
Deploy databases in AWS and create a secure interactive environment for reporting
Automate processes and advise best practices on data strategy
Centralise code and take responsibility for version control to ensure data integrity
Develop and implement quantitative tools to measure financial risks using computational programming tools
Design reporting tools to extract data from database to develop insights into risk exposure changes over time

Job Experience & Skills Required:
Qualifications:

Matric (Grade 12)

Degree or Diploma in a quantitative field (Information Technology, Actuarial Science, Mathematical Science, Computer Science, Engineering)
Azure certifications (Advantageous)

Experience:

4 years of development and programming skills
Programming and development experience in Python and SQL
Visual Basic, R, C# and Java Script will be advantageous
Financial mathematics and modelling skills
SQL with big data & column stores (beyond just Microsoft SQL Server), Python (with analytics libraries) appreciation for DevOps practises

Skills & Competencies:

Results driven
Analytical
Problem solver
Innovation
Team collaboration
Interpersonal skills

If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles / positions.

For more information contact:
Phumlani Khumalo
Recruitment Consultant - IT

NB! This job is now closed. You can apply for other jobs by uploading your CV.

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