Job Openings Data Engineer

About the job Data Engineer

Red Alpha Cybersecurity is looking for aspiring Data Engineers who are passionate about building robust data pipelines and enabling data-driven solutions. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and software engineers. To deliver high-performance, production-grade data infrastructure.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines to support diverse business and AI applications

  • Take ownership of pipeline health. Proactively monitor performance, debug issues, and improve data quality

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate data needs into technical solutions

  • Implement data pipeline orchestration using tools such as Apache Airflow or AWS Step Functions

  • Optimise data storage and retrieval across RDBMS (Postgres, MSSQL), object stores (MinIO/S3), and graph databases (Neo4j)

  • Design data schemas (normalized, denormalized, star-schema) and enforce proper access and backup protocols

  • Support analytics, product development, and AI POCs with clean, well-managed data structures

  • Apply scripting (Python) and open-source tools to automate data workflows and ETL processes

What You Should Know or Be Eager to Learn

Preferred Technical Skills (not mandatory)

  • Python for scripting and data manipulation

  • Database technologies: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j

  • Cloud and storage systems: MinIO, AWS S3, AWS tech stack (preferred)

  • Data orchestration tools: Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions

  • Familiarity with BI tools like Tableau

  • Comfort working in both Windows and Linux environments

  • Basic understanding of networks, OS commands, and system-level data operations

Mindset We Look For

  • Strong problem-solving mindset with attention to detail

  • Customer-first attitude. Designing with real users and business needs in mind

  • Flexibility to adapt tools and approaches based on the use case

  • Eagerness to learn and grow in a high-performance tech environment

All selected candidates will undergo a 11-week, fully sponsored on-job-training with allowance, before being deployed full-time for 3 years.