Job Description
Are you an Intermediate Data Engineer capable in shaping and scaling their AWS-based data environment? You will endure data flows smoothly from source to insight – powering dashboards, AI models, and data-driven decision-making across the business.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain data ingestion pipelines (Glue, DataSync, Lambda, APIs).
- Develop data transformation and enrichment workflows using Athena, Step Functions, and Lambda.
- Build and manage ETL processes that keep our data fresh, reliable, and analytics-ready.
- Partner with analysts and data scientists to surface datasets for Quicksight dashboards and ML models.
- Automate data validation, monitoring, and alerts to keep everything running smoothly.
- Manage metadata, schema evolution, and the data catalogue for easy discovery and governance.
- Use Python (boto3) and AWS SDKs to automate pipeline orchestration and monitoring.
- Continuously tune performance, storage, and costs across our data platform.
Qualifications and Experience:
- A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience as a Data Engineer or Data Platform Developer.
- Solid AWS data stack knowledge: Glue, Athena, Lambda, Step Functions, S3, DataSync.
- Strong Python skills and experience automating with boto3 or AWS SDKs.
- Experience building ETL pipelines and integrating APIs.
- Familiarity with data architecture principles (batch/streaming, schema evolution).
- Bonus: experience with AWS monitoring tools like CloudWatch or CloudTrail.
The Reference Number for this position is NG60861 which is a Permanent Hybrid position based in Century City, Cape Town offering a cost to company of R750k up to R950k per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at .za or call her on (***)***-**** to discuss this and other opportunities.
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