Platform Data Engineer - Stellenbosch at Capitec Bank

Purpose Statement

• To contribute to the design and development of new applications / systems to meet the business requirements of the data platform environment. 
• To analyse business or system requirements and build and enhance the data platforms.
• To participate in and provide input to the Architect during the compilation of solution design documentation for new and existing data platforms.        

Education (Minimum)

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Data Analysis

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

• A relevant degree in Data Engineering

Knowledge and Experience

Minimum:
Experience:

• At least 4 years’ proven experience within management information systems (MIS) | data warehousing |  data transformation/ systems analysis together with a relevant 3 year tertiary qualification 

OR

• At least 4-6 years’ proven experience within management information systems / system analysis

Proven experience in:

• Working in a cloud environment.
• Data storage and access technologies
• Testing methodologies

Knowledge:

• IT systems development processes (SDLC)
• Data pipelines
• Rational database system and / or cloud data warehousing and / or big data frameworks 
• Dimensional modelling
• Standards and governance
• Testing practices 
• SQL or other data querying technologies

Ideal:

Experience:

• Experience working in an AWS environment as well as with AWS Technologies and Azure
• Orchestration technologies

Knowledge:

• Data architecture (technical design and implementation processes)
• Dimensional modelling
• Banking systems environment
• Banking business model
• Best practices for Quality Assurance (QA) 

Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Communications Skills
• Computer Literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook)
• Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
• Problem solving skills