Johannesburg: Senior Data Engineer posted by Hire Resolve
Posted on 2025-06-18 00:00:00
| Employer | Hire Resolve |
|---|---|
| Category | Development |
| Location | Gauteng / Johannesburg |
Job Summary
Job Title: Senior Data Engineer/Developer
Location: Remote
Industry : IT
Salary: R 780 000 – R1200 000
Hire Resolves Client is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Data Engineer/Developer. The successful candidate will build and optimize the Microsoft-based data infrastructure powering real-time financial analytics, fraud detection, and business intelligence systems. You will also design scalable data pipelines using Azure Data Platform, implement cutting-edge solutions with Microsoft Fabric, and ensure data quality and governance across our fintech ecosystem – all with uncompromising security, performance, and reliability.
Responsibilities:
- Maintaining an understanding of the latest SQL features and programming practices through education, study, and participation in conferences, workshops, and groups.
- Back up files from local directories to share and VSTS.
- Identifying problems uncovered by customer feedback and testing and correcting or referring problems to appropriate personnel for correction.
- Evaluating code to ensure it meets industry standards, is valid, is properly structured, and is compatible with various Azure SQL versions.
- Determining user needs by analysing technical requirements.
- Managing data analysis and integration of disparate systems
- Ensuring high quality and optimum performance of code delivered
- Following internal standard guidelines
- Understanding database operations and optimization for Microsoft SQL Server
- Developing reporting systems that provide accessible information for decision-making.
- Test and prove that the software meets major architectural requirements.
- Prove for scalability and performance of a software.
- Ensuring the quality of the system as a whole
- Staying up to date with the latest Microsoft data technologies, Azure services, and data engineering best practices
- Troubleshooting and optimizing Azure data pipelines, SQL Server performance, and resolving data quality issues.
- Continuously improving data infrastructure to reduce latency, increase throughput, and optimize Azure costs using FinOps principles.
- Evaluating and integrating new Microsoft data tools and Azure services to enhance our data platform capabilities.
- Mentoring and guiding junior data engineers on the team.
- Participating in architecture reviews and ensuring all data solutions adhere to high-quality standards and best practices.
- Communicating with stakeholders to understand data requirements and provide technical solutions.
- Working independently and delivering high-quality work within tight deadlines
Requirements:
- BSc/BEng in Computer Science, Data Science, or comparable experience.
- 7+ years professional data engineering experience, 3+ years in a senior/lead capacity.
- Data Processing: 7+ years T-SQL/SQL Server expertise, deep Azure Synapse Analytics skills, C#/.NET for data processing applications.
- Microsoft Data Stack: Strong Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Azure Stream Analytics, Event Hubs.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure Synapse Analytics, Power Designer for data modelling, Azure DevOps for CI/CD.
- Data Modelling: Dimensional modelling with Power Designer, SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), schema design for OLAP/OLTP, performance optimization.
- Business Intelligence: Power BI integration, SSAS/SSRS experience, DAX/MDX knowledge, semantic layer design.
- DevOps & Orchestration: Azure DevOps pipelines, ARM templates/Bicep, Azure Monitor, Application Insights.
- Testing: Unit testing for T-SQL and data pipelines, data quality frameworks, integration testing with Azure Data Factory.
- Strong in basic DB concepts, joins, aggregate functions and commands (DDL, DML, TCL DCL) and help write and optimize in-application SQL statements.
- Proficiency in advance SQL concepts like CTE, Recursive queries, Pivots, Self joins, Temporary functions, UDF, etc.,
- Deep understanding of relational database concepts with a solid knowledge of MS-SQL
- Proficiency with version control systems such as Git and Azure Repos.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in Microsoft environments.
- Experience with ETL tools.
- Expertise in SQL Server performance tuning and optimization of large-scale data systems.
- Good communication and leadership skills.
How To Apply :
Contact Hire Resolve today for your next career-changing move
Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
Send your CV to: *****@*****.co.za or connect with Sonique Beetge via LinkedIn.
Alternatively, you can also contact me directly at Hire Resolve *****@*****.co.za
We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.
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