Senior Data Engineer & Tech Lead (ITC-12)

SUMMARY:
We are seeking a highly Senior Data Engineer / Tech Lead to join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping and supporting our data infrastructure.

This position is responsible for developing and maintaining robust data pipelines that enable reliable, scalable data delivery across the organization.

The successful candidate will also conduct in-depth data analysis and produce clear, actionable reports to inform decision-making. Beyond core engineering tasks, this role will champion a data-driven culture, explore emerging technologies, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure our data ecosystem continues to evolve and deliver value.

This role is a 3 year contract with the option to renew.

POSITION INFO:
Duties & Responsibilities:
There are two main duties:

1. Develop & maintain data pipelines in support of downstream data delivery.
2. Perform analysis on organisational data & create reports to communicate the results.

• Communicate and advocate for a data-driven mindset in the larger organisational community, especially the IT department.
• Investigate and evaluate emerging technologies like robotic process automation (RPA), new AWS services, new data management approaches, machine learning advancements, etc.
• Liaise with individuals in the organisation in support of all the above duties.

• Relevant IT degree, Diploma or certification
• 10 years’ plus experience as a Data Engineer
• Good programming skills in both Python and SQL.
• Good database design skills and an understanding of data warehousing techniques and approaches.
• An understanding of and ability to access data from sources such as: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Amazon S3
• Windows and Linux file systems (Excel, delimited files, etc.), HTTP APIs
• SFTP sites
• An ability to engineer cloud-first solutions in the Amazon Web Services cloud.
• An interest in machine learning and advanced analytics, and the development of data pipelines in
• support thereof.
• An understanding of the software development process, with proficiency in Git for version control and build & deployment pipelines in GitLab.
• An ability to create reports and BI dashboards to communicate data & analysis results, using a variety of technologies, which might include: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Excel