Data Engineer

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

REQ 136989- Tshego Semenya

Location: Sandton 

Closing date: 7January 2025

Cluster

Career Stream

Leadership Pipeline

Why join our team

Join a dynamic team as a Data Engineer, where you'll service over 100 clients daily, ensuring critical data operations run smoothly. Leverage your expertise in SSIS and SQL to tackle complex data challenges in a high-pressure environment. Benefit from a culture that values continuous learning and internal promotions, fostering both personal and professional growth. Engage in innovative projects that allow you to introduce and implement new tools and technologies within the team. Work in a close-knit, collaborative environment where mutual support is key to success. Enjoy the flexibility of remote work, with minimal mandatory office days, promoting a healthy work-life balance. Earn a competitive salary of up to ZAR 700,000, reflecting the critical nature of your role. Be part of a transformed and diverse team, welcoming fresh perspectives and innovative ideas. Report to experienced data dev managers who provide strong technical guidance and support. Thrive in a youthful, energetic team that balances hard work with fun activities and team-building events.

Position

Data Engineer

Job Purpose

To support and maintain the data warehouse in line with the data model; metadata repository and to provide business intelligence analysis through performing strategic and operational support.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc).
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes; systems and policies and support implementation of new processes; policies and systems.
• Deliver work according to customer expectations by prioritizing; planning and implementing requirements.
• Utilize resources by adhering to standards; policies and procedures.
• Align and continuously improve set processes by identifying innovation opportunities.
• Identify and mitigate risk by executing within governance.
• Resolve incidents by logging and tracking through correct channels Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading the relevant newsletters; websites and attending sessions.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed; experience practiced and certifications obtained and/or maintained within specified time frames.
• Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge sharing knowledge with team.
• Structure data into compliance standards by adhering to metadata governance procedures according to Nedbank documented standards and formats.
• Manage final transformed data content by complying to prescribed standards for reviewing and publishing.
• Assist/govern population of datamart and metadata repository by complying to standards; systems; processes and procedures.
• Support business units by providing consulting services that delivers data and information relevant to their business
• Contribute to internal/external information sharing sessions by attending formal and informal meetings.
• Manage vendor relationship interactions by conforming to vendor management office guidelines and principles.

Minimum Experience Level

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

• Degree in Information Technology or Business Management, Mathematical/Statistics

Essential Certifications

Type of Exposure

• Built and maintained stakeholder relationships 
• Client and Relationship Results 
• Developed and Implemented Communications Strategy 
• Improved Processes and Culture 
• Manage internal process 
• Managed Relationships 
• Managed Self 
• Supported Transformation, Change and continued Improvement

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Cloud Data Engineering (Azure , AWS, Google)
• Data Warehousing
• Databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, HBase, MongoDB)
• Programming (Python, Java, SQL)
• Data Analysis and Data Modelling
• Data Pipelines and ETL tools (Ab Initio, ADB, ADF, SAS ETL)
• Agile Delivery
• Problem solving skills

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566