Data Engineer

Data Engineer - 12 Month Contract 

Minimum Requirements:

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Minimum: B.Comm, B.Eng, BSC Eng, BSC Informatics or
  related degree.
• 8+ yrs experience in data engineering.
• Familiar with one or more programming languages as appropriate for the specific requirements of the department related to the field.
• System Design experience advantageous.
• Min of 5-8 years experience in data engineering
• Strong back end and front-end development skills
• Strong SQL skills, especially on MSSQL
  Experience in:
  o Terradata
  o PowerBI
  o Hive
  o Ab Initio (a bonus)
  o Data APIs
• Will be required to build data warehouse components on Terradata warehouse (3NF).
• Will be required to present data on dashboards and visualisations on PowerBI.
• Will have to comply with all data governance, like documenting data definitions and business glossaries.
• Getting data models approved before use.
• Experience with workflow tools like TIBCO AMX / Camundo an advantage

Responsibilities:

• Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost effectiveness.
• Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers expectations through proactive, innovative, and appropriate solutions by resolving queries fast end effectively.
• Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SMEs, project managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements and being able to present and sell concepts to clients.
• Produce program specifications and implement system enhancements by addressing specific business needs and resolving queries.
• Code, compile, test and implement applications in compliance with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). 
• Support development environments. 
• Responsible for coding standards and peer reviews.
  Comply, understand, and implement all steps within IT development and meet governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements during programming execution.
• Assess, identify, and mitigate potential risks within the IT programming environment by complying with technology business policy and process requirements (SDLC and change / release management process definition) to ensure operational performance.
• Produce technical specifications and architecture that is in accordance to agreed standards. 
• Design, code, test and debug to obtain a robust solution with supporting documentation.
• Minimize system downtime through pro-active identification of potential issues and ensure minimization of recurring problems by managing defects and performing code reviews.
• Monitor systems post change and pro-actively do performance analysis to ensure there is no system failure due to capacity.
• Maintain maximum system availability by ensuring that incidents are recorded for future reference and adequate root cause analysis is done to eliminate the risk of a recurrence.
• Manage own development to increase own competencies and develop technical and business skills.
• Proactively engage with business units and colleagues to understand underlying needs and opportunities and identify
• Information Technology (IT) innovative solutions in a timely manner.
• Supervises the work of other developers. Provides technical assistance to fellow developers and other Information Technology (IT) team members.