Data Engineer/Modeler

SUMMARY:

A renowned investment and financial planning solutions company based in Cape Town, is looking for an innovative, forward-thinking, and passionate Data Engineer/Modeler to join their team!

POSITION INFO:

As the data engineer/ modeler, you will be responsible for sourcing, loading, and transforming a wide range of data across the business to be used by analysts and developers to develop data solutions.  

Ideal candidates will have:

• National Diploma in an Information Technology related discipline or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or any other quantitative field 
• 5+ experience as a Data Engineer in a BI environment
• Ability to comply with and manage data assets under a strict governance framework
• Excellent SQL skills and development using SQL and procedural extensions is required.
• Experience in ETL and data modeling toolsets (e.g. SAP Hana or SAP Data Services) is required
• Strong Data Engineering background with a specific focus on staging high-quality data
• A solid background in SQL, Information Architecture, and ETL procedures is required
• Experience in Database design and technologies (e.g. SAP Hana, Cloudera, or similar) or Hadoop components including HDFS, Hive, Spark, Oozie, and Impala preferred and highly advantageous.  
• Experience with object-oriented/functional/scripting languages (e.g. Python, R, Unix Shell scripting, Java, Scala, etc.) is preferred but not essential.
• Understanding of data warehousing principles (e.g. Kimball and Vault) desired.
• Experience in Agile development mythologies desired
• Experience with Power BI functionality desired

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