Job Description

Job Specification - Data Engineer
Job Title
Data Engineer
Job Family
Information Technology
Career Stream
Data
Leadership Pipeline
Manager of Self (Professional)
Engagement

• 12 to 18 month Contract with Fourier IT
• Working Model:

• Hybrid: 3 days a week onsite @ Nedbank, 2 days a week offsite (but can change)

Job Purpose
To contribute towards Loyalty and Rewards business success by profiling, analysing, extracting, transforming, and loading data.
The Data Engineer leverages data expertise and technologies, aligned with the Nedbank Data Architecture Roadmap, to deliver fit-for-purpose data products, support enterprise data initiatives, and enhance data infrastructure to enable advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain, clean, and optimise operational and analytics databases.
Build and manage secure, scalable data infrastructure (on?premise and cloud).
Develop and maintain data pipelines (ingestion, provisioning, streaming, APIs).
Transform data into common data models for reporting and analytics.
Support big data and streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka).
Collaborate with cross?functional teams in agile squads.
Ensure data quality, governance, performance, and optimisation.
Develop APIs to support a data?driven organisation.
Essential Qualifications
Matric / Grade 12
NQF Level 6 qualification in Computer Science or Information Technology
Preferred Certifications
Cloud (AWS)
DevOps or Data Engineering
Data Science certifications (Coursera, Udemy, SAS, Microsoft)
Experience Required
7-10 years total experience
5+ years development experience
3-5 years focused on data
Technical Skills
Advanced SQL and data analysis
Data warehousing and ETL tools
Cloud data engineering (AWS)
Programming: Python, Java, SQL
Databases: PostgreSQL, MS SQL, DB2, MongoDB
Agile delivery
Behavioural Competencies
Decision making
Influencing
Communication
Innovation
Continuous learning
Building partnerships

Skills Required