Data Specialist - Sandton, South Africa - Dimension Data

Dimension Data Sandton, South Africa

22 hours ago

Description

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Under the guidance of more senior IT Data Architects, the IT Data Specialist applies data analysis, data modelling and quality assurance techniques based on a detailed understanding of business processes to establish, modify or maintain internal data structures and associated components (entity, relationship and attribute descriptions). They develop and maintain of a formal description of the internal data and data structures of the business and this can include data definitions, data models, data flow diagrams referred to as metadata.

The IT Data Specialist is a technologist who has a good background in application and IT Data Architectures within the context of IT Enterprise Architecture. He or she has cross domain level knowledge and attends to data needs of internal clients and may work across domains and/or functions. The critical skills required from an IT Data Specialist is the conversion and migration of medium-sized amounts of data from one database to another whether implementing an entirely new enterprise application or consolidating, upgrading, or modernizing an existing one, virtualizing or moving to another service, a strong focus on data migration is essential to overall project success. The IT Data specialist will focus on the following core areas

Automation Enablement

Drive and support Digital First strategy

Target state definition

Design planning Build models

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Optimise Data Management processes through identifying Automation opportunities Ensure that all enhancements adhere to

Data Governance Framework Drive service improvement initiatives to implementation Work closely with your business to identify issues and use data to propose solutions for effective decision making Create clear reports that tell compelling stories about how customers or clients work with the business

Drive implementation and adoption of Digital Strategy Attend to requests received from the business within the agreed timeframes

Requirements

High School Certification

ITIL V3/4 Foundation Certification

A candidate for this position must have had at least 3 years of working experience working with business analysis/informatics and business outcomes research within a fast-paced and complex business setting.

Experience working in probability and statistics, time-series analysis as well as experience in the use of machine learning methods, for example, linear regression, correlation, statistical significance.

A minimum of 1 years' experience in a similar role working on data warehouse projects with dimensional models required

Understanding of SAFe methodology Experience with Power BI for building dashboards for Data Visualisation & Reporting Skills and knowledge

Good planning skills

Effective communication skills

Excellent Presentation Skills

Time Management

Autonomy

Problem solving and logical thinking skills

Data Visualisation

Data Analytics

Basic Coding

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