AWS Data Engineer

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology recruitment firm in South Africa is seeking an experienced AWS Data Engineer. The successful candidate will manage data architecture and ETL processes, ensuring data quality across systems. You should have a Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience, particularly in financial services. Expertise in Snowflake, SQL, and AWS technology is essential. This position offers full-time employment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in data engineering or similar roles.
• Experience in financial services or insurance is advantageous.
• Matric required.

Responsibilities

• Data Management and API integration.
• Automate repetitive data tasks and optimize performance.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows and infrastructure.

Skills

Senior Snowflake

SQL (advanced)

Python

Java

AWS Snowflake

NoSQL

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

DBT

Apache Hive

S3

Hadoop

Redshift

Spark

Kafka

Scala

Job description

Requirements

We are looking for an experience AWS Data Engineer to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Data Management and API integration.
• Experience in handling data management requirements integration platforms and have expertise with APIs.
• Design and implement e data pipelines.
• Develop and maintain data architectures and ETL processes.
• Ensure data accuracy consistency and quality across systems.
• Collaborate with data scientists analysts and business stakeholders.
• Migrate data systems to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Snowflake).
• Support financial reconciliations and regulatory reporting.
• Automate repetitive data tasks and optimize performance.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Matric and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field.
• 3 -5 years of experience in data engineering or similar roles.
• Experience in financial services or insurance is advantageous.

Skills

• Must have Senior Snowflake / Matillion experience / skill.
• SQL (advanced) Python Java.
• AWS Snowflake (Azure or GCP is a plus).
• SQL (MySQL PostgreSQL) NoSQL
• E xperience with dimensional modeling and tools like DBT

Key Skills

• Apache Hive
• S3
• Hadoop
• Redshift
• Spark
• AWS
• Apache Pig
• NoSQL
• Big Data
• Data Warehouse
• Kafka
• Scala

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1