Developer and Data Engineer

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

ITE007649/DEP

Date posted:

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

700 000 Annually

SUMMARY:

Are you a hybrid technologist who enjoys building intelligent applications and engineering trusted data platforms? This is an opportunity to work at enterprise scale, combining Microsoft Power Platform development with modern data engineering on Microsoft Fabric, in a governed, production-grade environment.

POSITION INFO:

A wellâestablished, enterpriseâlevel organisation operating in a Microsoftâcentric digital environment is seeking a Developer & Data Engineer - Power Platform & Microsoft Fabric. This role is primarily focused on designing, building, and operating scalable data engineering solutions on Microsoft Fabric, with application and process automation forming a secondary but important component.

About the opportunity:

Core focus on enterprise data engineering using Microsoft Fabric
Ownership of endâtoâend data pipelines and curated data products
Strong focus on data governance, security, and compliance
Exposure to Power Platform for automation and app enablement
Clear growth path toward senior technical or solution architecture roles

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement endâtoâend data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric
Ingest, transform, and curate data from SAP, enterprise systems, M365, and external sources
Build and maintain Fabric Lakehouse and Warehouse models
Develop curated datasets and semantic models aligned to business domains
Implement data quality, validation, reconciliation, and monitoring controls
Ensure alignment with data governance, security, privacy, and performance standards
Enable Power BI through wellâstructured, performant data models
Develop Power Apps (Canvas & ModelâDriven) to support dataâdriven processes
Build Power Automate flows for orchestration, approvals, and integrations
Configure and extend SharePoint Online where required for solution enablement
Apply ALM best practices across Dev, Test, and Production environments

Job Experience and Skills Required:
Education:

Relevant Degree or Diploma in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or Data / Analytics

Experience:

Minimum 4+ years’ experience in data engineering, BI engineering, or enterprise analytics environments
Handsâon experience with modern data platforms (Fabric, Synapse, Azure, or similar)
Experience working in enterprise, regulated, or manufacturing environments
Exposure to SAP or ERP data sources (strong advantage)

Skills:

Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse / Warehouse, data pipelines, data modelling)
Strong SQL skills
Basic Spark / Python concepts or strong willingness to develop further
Power BI integration and semantic modelling awareness
Power Apps and Power Automate (supporting role)
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and roleâbased access control

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- Infrastructure Specialists
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- Cyber Security Specialists
- SEO / Digital Designers

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:
Frankie Deppe
Specialist Recruitment Consultant
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