Junior Data Engineer

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

In this role you will assist in defining, designing and testing document data specific routines that supports the deployment & optimisation of data retrieval, processing, storage and distribution for the TWC business. Working with senior Data Engineers, discover and define what the key business insights to be monitored are. Continuously provide key insights by managing data processes and dashboards.

Job Description

Description:

• Understand the technical landscape and bank wide architecture that is connected to or dependent on the business area supported in order to effectively design & deliver data solutions
• Translate / interpret the data architecture direction and associated business requirements & leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesise data solution designs beyond the analysis of the problem
• Participate in design thinking processes to successfully deliver data solution blueprints
• Leverage state of the art relational and No-SQL databases as well integration and streaming platforms to deliver sustainable business specific data solutions.
• Assist in the design of data retrieval, storage & distribution solutions (and OR components thereof) including contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle e.g. design process
• Develop high quality data processing, retrieval, storage & distribution design in a test driven environment
• Contribute to & ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture & in particular data standards, principles, preferences & practices.
• Monitor the performance of data solutions designs & ensure ongoing optimization of data solutions

Kindly send us your CV if you have;

• B-Degree in Computer Science and with experience or familiarity with MS SQL server and AWS development experience.
• 2 years’ or more experience in data science principles, methodologies and implementation across data marts, warehouses and data leaks, including data governance around ingestion and retrieval/usage.

Education

Higher Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised