AWS Data Engineer - Midrand, South Africa - iSanqa

    iSanqa
    iSanqa Midrand, South Africa

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    Our client requires the services of a Data Engineer/Scientist (Entry) - Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation.

    • Amazing brand with cutting-edge technology
    • Excellent teams in Global team collaboration
    • High work-life balance with Flexible hours
    • Agile working environment

    POSITION: Contract until December 2026

    EXPERIENCE: 2-4 Years related working experience.

    COMMENCEMENT: As soon as possible

    QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

    • Relevant IT / Business / Engineering Degree
    • Candidates with one or more of the certifications are preferred:
    • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
    • AWS Certified SysOps Associate
    • AWS Certified Developer Associate
    • AWS Certified Architect Associate
    • AWS Certified Architect Professional
    • Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate

    ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

    • Terraform
    • Python 3x
    • SQL - Oracle/PostgreSQL
    • Py Spark
    • Boto3
    • ETL
    • Docker
    • Linux / Unix
    • Big Data
    • Powershell / Bash
    • GROUP Cloud Data Hub (CDH)
    • GROUP CDEC Blueprint
    • Experience in working with Enterprise Collaboration tools such as Confluence, JIRA.
    • Experience developing technical documentation and artefacts.
    • Knowledge of data formats such as Parquet, AVRO, JSON, XML, CSV etc.
    • Experience working with Data Quality Tools such as Great Expectations.
    • Experience developing and working with REST API's is a bonus.
    • Basic experience in Networking and troubleshooting network issues.
    • Knowledge of the Agile Working Model.
    • Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

    ADVANTAGEOUS TECHNICAL SKILLS

    • Demonstrate expertise in data modelling Oracle SQL.
    • Exceptional analytical skills analysing large and complex data sets.
    • Perform thorough testing and data validation to ensure the accuracy of data transformations.
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with precise documentation.
    • Self-driven team player with ability to work independently and multi-task.
    • Experience building data pipeline using AWS Glue or Data Pipeline, or similar platforms.
    • Familiar with data store such as AWS S3, and AWS RDS or DynamoDB.
    • Experience and solid understanding of various software design patterns.
    • Experience preparing specifications from which programs will be written, designed, coded, tested and debugged.
    • Strong organizational skills.

    Basicexperience/understanding of AWS Components (in order of importance):

    • Glue
    • CloudWatch
    • SNS
    • Athena
    • S3
    • Kinesis Streams (Kinesis, Kinesis Firehose)
    • Lambda
    • DynamoDB
    • Step Function
    • Param Store
    • Secrets Manager
    • Code Build/Pipeline
    • CloudFormation
    • Business Intelligence (BI) Experience
    • Technical data modelling and schema design (not drag and drop)
    • Kafka
    • AWS EMR
    • Redshift

    ROLE:

    • Data Engineers are responsible for building and maintaining Big Data Pipelines using GROUP Data Platforms.
    • Data Engineers are custodians of data and must ensure that data is shared in line with the information classification requirements on a need-to-know basis.

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