Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Data Engineer x2

Sabenza IT & Recruitment City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

IT Services and IT Consulting · 11-50 employees

Oct 16
data-engineer Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Contractor South Africa
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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 Gathering Business Analysis Feature Analysis User Stories Acceptance Criteria Data Modelling Data Mapping Data Governance Data Lineage Data Quality SQL Data Profiling Data Warehousing Jira Agile Delivery Stakeholder Management

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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