Analytics Engineer

Network Contracting Solutions -a division of ADvTECH Resourcing

Wes-Kaap

On-site

ZAR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

A leading company in the mining sector is seeking an experienced Analytics Engineer to join their team on a 6-month contract. The role involves designing and maintaining data pipelines, ensuring data quality, and collaborating with business stakeholders to deliver analytics solutions. Ideal candidates will have a master's degree and at least five years of relevant experience, along with strong skills in SQL and data modeling.

Qualifications

  • At least five years of experience in data analytics or engineering.
  • Expertise in data modeling, ETL development, and data analysis.
  • Strong ability in SQL for data extraction and manipulation.

Responsibilities

  • Designs, implements, and maintains data pipelines for analytics.
  • Collaborates with stakeholders to deliver comprehensive reports and dashboards.
  • Identifies and implements optimizations for data processing.

Skills

SQL
Data modeling
ETL development
Data governance
Data visualization
Big data technologies

Education

Master’s degree in computer science, data science, software engineering

Tools

AWS
GCP
Azure
Redshift
Snowflake
Tableau
Power BI
Looker

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Are you an experienced and skilled Analytics Engineer looking for a new opportunity?

Job & Company Description:

Seeking an Analytics Engineer for a mining concern in the northern suburbs on a contractual basis of 6 months. The analytics engineer makes sure data is ingested, transformed, scheduled, and ready to be used for analytics. They are responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining data pipelines, analytics systems, and reporting solutions. The analytics engineer also models raw data into clean, tested, and reusable datasets to allow business stakeholders to view and understand data in a warehouse or database.

Key performance areas include:

  • Delivers well-defined, transformed, tested, documented, and code-reviewed datasets for analysis
  • Builds data aggregation pipelines using Python, Apache Airflow, Spark, SQL, or ClickHouse
  • Creates robust data models and architectures to support analytics initiatives
  • Collaborates with business stakeholders to understand their analytics needs and deliver comprehensive reports, dashboards, and models
  • Identifies and implements optimizations to continually enhance query performance, reduce processing time, and increase overall productivity
  • Designs, develops and maintains data pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable ETL processes
  • Implements and maintains analytics systems, data warehouses, or data lakes to store and manage structured and unstructured data

Education:

  • A master’s degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, or related field

Job Experience:

  • At least five years of experience in data analytics, data engineering, software engineering, or a similar role
  • Expertise in data modelling, ETL development, and data analysis

Skills Required:

  • Strong ability in SQL for data extraction and manipulation, and proficiency in data warehousing concepts/tools such as Redshift and Snowflake
  • Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure for data storage and processing
  • Solid understanding of relevant data governance, data quality, and data security best practices
  • Knowledge of ETL processes, data integration, and data warehousing concepts
  • Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Looker
  • Knowledge of big data technologies and distributed computing frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark

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Employment type
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  • Industries
    Mining

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