Data Engineer II

Job Description

Hello Future Data Engineer II

Welcome to the home of the #changeables. For over 180 years, at FNB change has been a major part of who we are. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of our people that make it happen.

FNB is the non-bank bank where changeable people and ideas are born. Working here is not like working at any other financial institution. We’re all about changing up the norm and putting flexibility at our core because our value lies in output not hours. We work in smaller, more agile groups, this allows us to move faster to innovate, create and react in an ever-changing world, with our changeables.

At FNB our internal community, is cross-functional and prides itself on intentional collaboration, where experts come together and ignite effective change. We call these changeables our nav-igators. As nav-igators, we are made up of unique talents, diverse minds, adaptability and live up to the promise of staying curious. nav» is known for its lead in innovative financial platform solutions to better our customers’ experience. At nav», you are encouraged to imagine the change, to share your ideas openly and to navigate the reality of our customers everyday needs

We are looking for someone who can:

• Control expenditure and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs.
• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation.
• Conduct research on emerging technologies. Recommend and implement technologies that improve cost effectiveness and systems flexibility.
• Confer with end users, clients, or senior management to understand business requirements for complex development or enhancements
• Assist with gap analysis and business cases including cost and effort analysis.
• Conduct hands-on work related to profiling, documenting and validating the clients.
• Execute remediation actions as agreed with client Install or update required system components.
• Implement the necessary components and frameworks required for automated deployments and task scheduling.
• Build unit and systems tests to ensure successful delivery of components into production.
• Manage the user acceptance testing UAT and associated signoff through change control.
• Acquire and collect data via ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) processes from source systems into the Reservoir and Enterprise Data warehouse, adhering to the appropriate data platform standards.
• Integrate data from multiple sources through the enterprise data platform architecture to meet the business objective.
• Develop and maintain the physical data marts and databases.
• Automate tasks related to data pipelines for the deployment of operational analytics.
• Prepare and provision data for advanced analytical modelling by data scientists (as and when applicable).
• Perform data quality assessments and introduce monitors and alerts to ensure data quality is maintained throughout all managed systems.
• Create change scripts and sets scripts up to be ready and implemented in production.
• Participate in architecture forum (as and when required).
• Utilise various components and tools which make up the data platform for enhanced service delivery.
• Create requirements and design of the technical architecture, Design and development, testing, and deployment of the proposed solution.
• Work with Senior Engineer to present technology solutions to senior leadership and influence architectures that will lead the transformation of our IT data analytics platform.
• Learn from the Subject Matter Expert on technical environment or tools for own area of expertise.
• Provide Analytic infrastructure or big data technologies related support to Data operations and Analytic teams.
• Grow online technical knowledge platform, identify best practices and develop guidelines for optimum usage of tools.
• Assist and work on projects to roll out and support to team members.
• Participate in planned activities that are appropriate for own development.
• Develop, encourage and nurture collaborative relationships across area of specialisation.

 You’ll excel with qualifications in:

• Relevant Degree: BSC Computer Sciences, BSC Informatics or related degree
• Minimum Experience: 2/3 years releveant experience

  Dare to imagine the change with us, if you are:

• An adaptable problem solver who does not fear change but thrives from it
• A disruptor in your field of IT expertise
• An initiative taker who identifies opportunity and improves
• A future nav-igator
• Opportunities to network and collaborate.
• Challenging work environment.
• Opportunities to innovate.

We’ll make a good match if you’re:

• Curious - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
• Courageous - you're brave enough to think and do things differently and are always ready to put your hand up and take ownership
• A team player - you believe in the power of teams so you're always part of one, building and leveraging your networks
• Emotionally intelligent - you have a high EQ that enables you to truly connect with people, no matter how technical or specialist your role is

You’ll benefit from our changeable benefits like:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
• Work that is challenging
• Space to make a difference
• Conditions that are flexible
• Opportunities to innovate
• Focus on health and wellbeing (onsite wellness center, gym and crèche at our main campus to innovative employee wellbeing programmes and financial fitness)
• Resources to help you with your professional development
• Generous leave policy
• Inspiring work environment
• Preferential employee banking rates
• When it comes to learning and development, we encourage our changeable to expand their knowledge, on their own, with others, in person or online. As for our workspace, it is immersive, collaborative, and energetic because at FNB, innovation is our lifeblood and change in our DNA

Are you sold yet?

Imagine the change, apply here!

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Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

21/02/25

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.