Data Engineer

Job DescriptionTo plan, design and implement scalable and robust data models and physical data models and ensure effective movement, collection, integration, storage and provisioning of data to meet business objectives through sound understanding of business unit requirements and frequent collaboration with relevant stakeholders (such as Enterprise Architecture, Database and Solution Architects, Business Intelligence Developers, Data Scientists and Product Owners, etc.)

Hello future Senior Data Engineer   

FirstRand believes that its people are its single most important resource and will not operate in a sector unless it has people who are right for that market and who share FirstRand’s business values. We recruit self-starters who have a passion for what they do. We empower them, hold them accountable and reward them appropriately. We value diversity in our people, particularly for the way that this contributes to innovative thinking. If you think you will flourish in our environment, and you believe you have the necessary skills and competencies for the position advertised, then we are looking for you!

Role Purpose

To ensure effective movement, collection, integration, storage, and provisioning of data to meet business objectives through sound understanding of business unit requirements and frequent collaboration with relevant stakeholders (such as Enterprise Architecture, Database and Solution Architects, Business Intelligence Developers, Data Scientists, Data Consumers and Product Owners, etc.)

Are you someone who can:

• Control data processing efficiency and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs and processing time.
• 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 ALMA application, Reservoir and Enterprise Data warehouse, adhering to the appropriate data platform standards.
• Integrate data from multiple sources through the ALMA application and 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 and maintain 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 other Engineers 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 Experts 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 specialization and outside it within the business unit and the wider group.
• Data engineering experience from within the group with exposure to business products would be a great advantage.

You will have access to:

• Challenging work in a complex and exciting environment
• Opportunities to innovate and create efficiencies.
• Opportunity to engage with Treasury functions and depending on your career ambitions, craft yourself a niche career path in a specialized area of finance.

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now!

 

Job Details

Application Closing Date

21/09/24

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