Senior tech lead (Data Architect) (URGENT)

SUMMARY:
Our client is Africa’s first future-focused technology company that focuses on social impact, they work with manufacturing, retail and healthcare and agriculture, are currently looking for a very technically astute Senior Tech lead (Data Architect).

POSITION INFO:

Education/Experience/Qualifications

• 6+ years of data engineering experience in a variety of tools and programming languages.
• Strong communication skills and interest in a pair-programming environment.
• Relevant Degree in Computer Science or related
• Data processing and management experience
• Familiar with Big Data Technology
• Strong Statistical analysis and modelling
• Understanding of database architectures

• Interface directly with clients and collaborate with our Data Scientists on engagements
• Experience in working with Hadoop-based technologies (e.g. MapReduce, Hive and Pig)
• Experience with SQL-based technologies (e.g. SSIS and MySQL, MSSQL)
• Experience with NoSQL technologies (e.g. Cassandra and MongoDB)
• Data modelling experience
• Experience in working with either MatLab, SAS ETL, Power BI, R, Spark etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

Some of the key projects you will work on will include but not limited to:

• Experience in pairing programming and agile methodologies
• Experience working directly with clients, leading projects, and mentoring engineers.
• Ability to travel to work and client offices.
• Extensive experience working with server virtualisation (AWS, Azure, GCE, Digital Ocean, OpenStack, CloudStack, CloudFoundry, etc.)
• An eagerness to learn enough about whatever tools or tricks are needed to get the job done.
• Proficiency in Linux and Windows systems (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.)
• You should love working with software development teams releasing production-ready software daily.
• Some experience with continuous integration tools (Jenkins, TeamCity etc)
• Experience working with Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, Mongo
• Some experience with test automation and tools
• Strong analytical skills, real passion for working with data and strong interest in solving data problems.

Salary and Remuneration

Total Cost to Company – R500 p/h – R650 p/h

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