Specialist 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

Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

Job Description

Role Overview:
We are looking for a talented developer/Data Engineer with strong cloud knowledge to design, implement, and maintain robust data infrastructure in the cloud. In this role, you will work on a variety of data engineering tasks, including building ETL pipelines, integrating cloud data solutions, and ensuring data quality and availability for analytics. Your expertise in cloud technologies will be crucial in building scalable and reliable data architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines in the cloud using modern technologies.
• Integrate, manage, and optimize cloud-based data solutions (AWS and Azure).
• Build and automate data workflows for data ingestion, processing, and transformation.
• Ensure data quality and consistency across different data sources.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to provide reliable and accessible data for analytics and reporting.
• Monitor and optimize data infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency in the cloud.
• Manage data storage, including databases, data lakes, and other data repositories.
• Assist in the migration of on-premise data solutions to the cloud.
• Ensure data security and compliance with best practices and regulations.
• Troubleshoot data pipeline issues and implement solutions to improve system reliability.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer (3+ years).
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS.
• Proficiency in data engineering tools and technologies (e.g., SQL, Python, ETL frameworks).
• Experience with cloud-native data services like AWS Redshift.
• Knowledge of data modeling, data warehousing, and cloud data storage solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with large datasets.
• Knowledge of data security and governance practices.
• Familiarity with version control (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with machine learning workflows and data science tools.
• Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Data Analytics, Data Engineer).

• Flexible working hours and remote work options.
• Professional development opportunities and career growth.
• A collaborative, inclusive, and innovative team culture.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology/Computer Science

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

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