Data Engineer

Recruiter:

Network Contracting

Job Ref:

NCM003608/Glad

Date posted:

Friday, November 13, 2026

Location:

Durban, South Africa

Salary:

45 000 Monthly

SUMMARY:
Are you skilled at building robust data pipelines and platforms that make high-quality data accessible across an organisation?

POSITION INFO:
We are growing our data and analytics talent network and are looking to connect with experienced Data Engineers for current and future opportunities. We are interested in professionals who can design, build and optimise scalable data pipelines, integrate multiple data sources and support modern cloud data platforms. If you enjoy solving complex data challenges and enabling analytics and AI initiatives, we would like to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines.
Build and optimise data ingestion, transformation and integration processes.
Develop and maintain data models, warehouses, lakes and lakehouse solutions.
Implement data quality, monitoring, performance and governance practices.

Job Experience & Skills Required / Ideal Candidate Profile:
Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering or a related field.
Relevant cloud data engineering certifications advantageous.
Training in database technologies, big data or analytics beneficial.
Postgraduate qualifications in Data Science or a related discipline advantageous.

Experience

5+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development or data platform roles.
Strong hands-on experience with SQL and Python.
Experience with Azure Data Factory, Databricks, AWS Glue or equivalent tools.
Exposure to Spark, Kafka, cloud data warehouses and data modelling.

Skills

SQL, Python and ETL/ELT development.
Azure, AWS or other cloud data platforms.
Spark, Kafka, Databricks and data orchestration tools.
Data modelling, data quality, performance tuning and governance.

Location: Gauteng / South Africa

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