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Data Engineer (Senior) 1053

Menlyn, Pretoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-06 → 2026-08-10

Core

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL workflows on cloud platforms.

Role type

Senior Data Engineer

Builds

Scalable data pipelines, ETL workflows, data lakes, and data warehouses

Domain

Cloud data engineering (AWS/OCI)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, PySpark, AWS services (Athena, Glue, Lambda, S3, ECS), NoSQL (DynamoDB), relational databases (Oracle/PostgreSQL), OCI services, data formats (Parquet, AVRO, JSON, XML, CSV), Docker, Kubernetes, Bash, PowerShell, Linux/Unix, data quality frameworks, Terraform, CloudFormation, Git, Jenkins

Preferred skills

Kafka, AWS Kinesis, AWS Redshift, EMR, enterprise cloud data frameworks, Java/JEE, monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Grafana), REST APIs, MongoDB, BI schema design

Technologies

AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), PySpark, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, Git, Jenkins, Kafka, AWS Kinesis, AWS Redshift, EMR, MongoDB

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable data pipelines and ETL workflows; Develop Python and PySpark applications for data transformation; Implement and optimise data lakes and data warehouses on cloud platforms; Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency through testing and validation; Translate business requirements into technical data models and specifications; Review and propose solution architectures and design alternatives; Manage and support cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines; Produce and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and artefacts; Support production environments, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident management; Collaborate with BI teams to optimise data for tools such as Tableau and Business Objects; Mentor and support team members, contributing to knowledge sharing and capability building

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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