Job Description

ELIGIBILITY



Suitably Qualified



Candidates



CLOSING DATE



09.11.2025



REFERENCE NUMBER



FPR 46/25 Ext



SALARY



R1 071 429-R1 504 720 p a



DEPARTMENT



Policy and Strategy



DIRECTORATE



FUTURE PLANNING AND



RESILIENCE



Senior Professional Officer - Data Engineer



Requirements



As part of the Future Planning & Resilience directorate and Policy &



Strategy department, the Data Analytics Hub plays a crucial central



role within the City of Cape Town. We are a collaborative team,



working closely with colleagues across various departments on a



wide range of initiatives. Our mission is to harness the power of data



to provide clarity, reduce uncertainty, and guide the organisation



towards effective actions that improve the lives of Cape Town

residents As the SPO:

Data Engineer, you will design, develop and



implement data infrastructures, pipelines, platforms and products to



enable data and AI functions for the organisation and ultimately



provide benefit to all residents of Cape Town.



A relevant tertiary qualification (honours or four-year degree),

preferably in Computer Science, Computer Engineering,



Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Information Technology or



Information Systems.



At least 5 years' relevant experience Our ideal candidate has:

o Proven experience building and managing large-scale



data Systems.



o Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL



o Deep, hands-on experience with the open-source data ecosystem



o Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and containerization



o A desire for data quality, observability, and writing clean, testable



code.



Key Performance Areas



Translate data into valuable insights that inform decisions. Integrate and separate data feeds in order to map,

produce, transform and test new data products.



Develop fit-for-purpose, resilient, scalable, and future-

proof data services to meet user needs.



Produce data models and understand where to use different

types of data models.



Design and maintain the appropriate metadata repositories to

enable the organisation to understand its data assets.



Design, write, and iterate code from prototype to production

ready.