Data & Analytics Engineer (12-Months Contract) at DeARX Services (Pty) Ltd

• Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is seeking an experienced Data & Analytics Engineer to join their team on a 12-month contract.
• The successful candidate will design, build and maintain data models and data pipelines, translate business requirements into effective data solutions, ensure data quality and governance, optimise performance, and support self-service data capabilities. The role will also involve collaborating with Data Engineers, Data Architects, Data Modelers and business stakeholders, while mentoring junior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable data models, schemas and data architectures.
• Translate business requirements into data products, data flows, contracts and acceptance criteria.
• Build, automate, monitor and optimise data pipelines across multiple data sources.
• Perform data testing, profiling, validation and reconciliation to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Develop and maintain APIs in collaboration with Data and Software Engineers.
• Implement data lineage, metadata and governance across the data lifecycle.
• Support self-service data and improve user access to trusted, governed data.
• Ensure solutions align with Data Management frameworks, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Apply Relational, Dimensional, Data Vault and Object-Oriented modelling principles.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to deliver effective data solutions.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior Analytics Engineers.

Essential Requirements

• 3–6 years' experience in Data Analytics, Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering or a related field.
• Experience supervising, mentoring or guiding junior team members.

Technical Skills

• Data Modelling & Business Data Modelling
• Data Architecture
• Data Pipelines & Data Products
• Data Governance & Data Quality
• Data Visualisation
• Database Technologies
• APIs
• Cloud Technologies
• Data Profiling, Testing & Validation
• Data Lineage & Metadata