Data Engineer x2
Sabenza IT & Recruitment City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
IT Services and IT Consulting · 11-50 employees
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About the role
Gather and document business and data requirements, analyze complex needs, and produce actionable outputs and production-ready user stories. Design and validate data models and mappings, address data quality issues, support governance and lineage, and help deliver programme milestones in an Agile environment.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires at least 8 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years each in financial services, business or feature analysis, and data analysis. Candidates must have a relevant bachelor's degree, AWS Cloud Practitioner certification at minimum, and experience with Agile delivery and senior business and technology stakeholders.
Full description
Data Engineer (2 positions) | 6-month contract | Hybrid, Rosebank
Turn complex financial data into real business impact
Do you like working where finance, data and delivery meet? We're looking for two experienced Data Engineers for a high-profile financial services engagement. You'll work with senior business and technology stakeholders to turn business needs into clean, reliable data that's ready for production.
This is a hands-on role on an important programme. Your analysis and data skills will shape the delivery of the programme.
The opportunity
- Contract: 6 months, with a possible 6-month extension
- Allocation: Full-time
- Work arrangement: Hybrid, with on-site days in Rosebank and the rest remote
What you'll do
- Gather and document business and data requirements with senior stakeholders
- Do business and feature analysis that turns complex needs into clear, actionable outputs
- Write production-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria
- Design, review and validate data models and data mappings
- Find and fix data quality issues through data profiling and analysis
- Support data governance, data lineage and data quality across the programme
- Help the programme hit its delivery milestones in an Agile environment
Requirements
What you'll bring
- At least 8 years of professional experience
- At least 5 years in financial services
- At least 5 years in business analysis or feature analysis
- At least 5 years in data analysis
- Experience in Agile delivery and working with senior business and technology stakeholders
- A bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
- AWS Cloud Practitioner certification (minimum)
Your toolkit
Requirements gathering, business and feature analysis, user stories, acceptance criteria, data modelling, data mapping, data governance, data lineage, data quality, SQL, data profiling, data warehousing concepts, Jira and Agile delivery.
Bonus points for
- Foreign exchange (FX), capital markets or treasury systems
- Front-office trading environments
- Regulatory reporting
- AWS cloud data platforms
- Data migration programmes
Why you should apply
You'll join an important financial services programme where your work is visible and your input counts. You'll use your analysis and data skills on a modern AWS-focused platform, alongside experienced teams in a flexible hybrid setup.
Ready to apply?
We're hiring urgently, so send your CV, quoting Data Engineer, together with your hourly rate, availability and notice period.
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