Cloud Data Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 850,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Cloud Data Engineer to join the AWS infrastructure team. The role involves developing and maintaining essential data services that enhance client operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud data engineering, particularly with AWS Data Pipeline and AWS Storage Gateway, and must hold a relevant degree. This position requires a proactive engineer who can deliver solutions quickly while ensuring reliability and scalability.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in cloud data engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8 years of experience specifically as a Cloud Data Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain information extraction and management systems.
• Provide support for urgent analytic needs.
• Translate loosely defined requirements into actionable solutions.

Skills

Cloud data engineering

Problem-solving coding skills

Experience with data services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS Data Pipeline

AWS Storage Gateway

Job description

The Cloud Data Engineer, AWS Data Pipeline, AWS Storage Gateway and Digital Assets will work on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure team. The engineer's primary focus is to provide data services that enhance our clients' businesses. You'll be a key member of the data pipeline team helping us deliver these solutions quickly and efficiently while ensuring they're reliable and scalable

Duties and responsibilities

• Develops and maintains mission-critical information extraction, analysis, and management systems
• Provides direct and responsive support for urgent analytic needs
• Translates loosely defined requirements into solutions.
• Uses open source technologies and tools to accomplish specific use cases encountered within the project
• Uses coding languages or scripting methodologies to solve a problem with a custom workflow
• Performs incremental testing actions on code, processes, and deployments to identify ways to streamline execution and minimize errors encountered

Qualifications and experience

• Must have at least 10 years of cloud data engineering experience
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field required
• 8 years of experience as a Cloud Data Engineer