South Africa: AWS Data Engineer – Centurion/ Hybrid – R1.2m PA posted by E-Merge

We’re a team of curious minds and caffeine-fueled builders on a mission to turn raw data into real-world impact. We believe in pipelines that don’t leak, schemas that actually make sense, and dashboards that don’t make your eyes bleed.

Our company is scaling fast, and guess what? So is our data. That’s where you come in.

Currently in search for a Data Engineer!!! to be part of our growing!!

Requirements:

• Preferable a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 7 to 10 years of experience in data engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, including: S3, Glue, Spark, Athena, Redshift, RDS, Lambda, Lake Formation
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, RDS)
• Proficiency in Python or Scala for data processing
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance in cloud environments
• Exposure to AI/ML platforms (e.g., AWS AI, SageMaker, OpenAI) is an advantage

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with analysts, developers, architects, and business stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver technical solutions
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and integrations using AWS services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, and Redshift
• Develop and manage data lakes and data warehouses on AWS
• Support and maintain production and non-production data environments
• Optimize data storage and query performance through schema design and efficient data processing
• Implement CI/CD practices for data infrastructure, including monitoring, logging, and alerting

Reference Number for this position is GZ60695 which is a permanent position based in Centurion offering a cost to company salary of R1.2 per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on *****@*****.co.za or call him on (***)***-**** to discuss this and other opportunities.

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