Data Integration Engineer at Virgin Active South Africa

Your Purpose...

• Is to “change people’s lives for the better through wellness”;
• We deliver social wellness experiences that enable people to meet their personal wellness goals, through holistic physical, mental nutritional and social wellbeing.
• This role is focused on building scalable, secure, and resilient real-time and API-driven architectures that enable seamless data exchange across enterprise systems.
• You will play a key role in shaping integration standards, streaming platforms, and API strategies while collaborating closely with engineering, platform, and data teams.

Your Duties and Responsibilities...

Event-driven and Streaming Architecture

• Design and implement event-driven architectures using Azure Event Hubs and Kafka.
• Build and maintain scalable real-time streaming data pipelines.
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization of streaming platforms.
• Define messaging standards, schemas, and integration best practices.

API and Serverless Integration

• Develop and manage APIs using Azure API Management (APIM).
• Build serverless integration services using Azure Functions.
• Design RESTful APIs and microservices-based integration solutions.
• Manage API lifecycle, versioning, and security policies.

Data Platform Enablement

• Integrate data into downstream platforms such as Azure Databricks and SQL-based systems.
• Support real-time ingestion into analytics and operational reporting systems.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams on ingestion frameworks.

Governance, Security and Monitoring

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for integration services.
• Apply authentication and authorization standards (OAuth, managed identities, RBAC).
• Ensure secure and compliant data movement across environments.
• Maintain architecture documentation and integration blueprints.

Collaboration and Delivery

• Partner with enterprise architects and engineering teams to define integration strategy.
• Drive integration initiatives from design to production deployment.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.

Our Minimum Requirements...

We can’t live without…

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 6–7 years of experience in integration engineering or middleware development.

Strong hands-on expertise in:

• Azure Event Hubs
• Kafka
• Azure API Management (APIM)
• Azure Functions
• SQL
• Azure Databricks
• Experience designing event-driven and microservices architectures.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and messaging patterns.
• Experience working in cloud-native Azure environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform).
• Knowledge of DevOps and monitoring tools.
• Strong performance tuning and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Core Interpersonal Skills:

• Emotional Intelligence- proven ability to anticipate the needs of others before they are voiced
• Active Listening- Able to genuinely hear concerns with the ability to defuse tense situations and ensuring members and staff feel heard and valued
• Cultural Awareness and Fluency- understand international norms, etiquette and diverse backgrounds to provide a welcoming environment for our international and VIP members
• Empathy – be able to understand, or and be aware of, someone else’s feelings especially during stressful situations, such as travel delays or billing disputes

Operational & leadership Skills Required:

• Attention to Detail, noticing the small things
• Resilience and Composure, be able to remain calm and optimistic under extreme pressure, during peak or periods or system failures
• Problem solving and conflict resolution – be able to turn challenges into opportunities by thinking and acting quickly to resolve issues before they impact a member’s experience
• Adaptability: be flexible to handle unpredictable shifts in processers, resource changes, last minute VIP guest arrivals, or sudden changes in event plans.
• Relatability – the capacity to connect with diverse stakeholders across all backgrounds
• Situational Awareness – constantly monitoring the environment to identify members who need support or help
• Curiosity- the ability to seek out and transform standard transactions into personalised stories and memorable experiences
• Time Management – the ability to efficiently meet stringent deadlines while maintaining a relaxed and unhurried demeanor for guests.
• Digital Fluency – must be proficient in new age technology and systems

Closing Date 09 March 2026