Data Engineer - SQL DBA

Location:	Cape Town
Remote work:	Some remote work allowed
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#NG59331
Company:	E-Merge IT Recruitment

A Fintech department, delivering financial information to the company that is timely, accurate, reliable, and relevant data originating from a multitude of external sources and is then processed into meaningful information seek a Data Engineer to design and develop robust data frameworks and create data services that deliver actionable insights to their global customer base.

Join a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, while collaborating with a diverse team of experts, embrace technical challenges, and unleash your creativity!

Responsibilities:

• Improve the processes and practices the team follow
• Pro-active in seeking out issues to improve code quality  
• Ability to pay attention to both functional and non-functional requirements  
• Keeping up to date with new technologies within the data landscape  
• Ensuring data quality, performance, and reliability through automated testing, monitoring, and proactive issue resolution
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, deliver data solutions, and optimize processes

Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree in Statistics/Computer Science/ Engineering/ Mathematics (or combination of)
• Eight-plus years relevant experience
• Excellent understanding of relational databases, SSIS/SSAS/SSRS and the features available within SQL Server, proficiency using SQL Server in a highly transactional environment
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of TSQL, query plans and the RDBMS Engine which enables you to identify and resolve complex performance and concurrency issues
• Can model data given requirements and is able to give recommendations on how systems can be designed to allow for future development  
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and experience with relevant tools e.g. Azure DevOps for CI/CD, automation, GIT and infrastructure management  
• Considers non-functional requirements when developing or reviewing code (Security, Archiving, etc.)  
• Knowledge of other programming languages e.g. Python, PowerShell or C#
• Experience with cloud technologies, particularly Azure, services such as Databricks, Event Hubs.

The Reference Number for this position is NG59331 which is a Permanent Hybrid position in Cape Town offering a salary of R600k up to R800,000 cost-to-company salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on az.oc.egrem-e@galuhtukon or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 04 Sep 16:46, Closing date 3 Nov