Data & Analytics Engineer (12-months contract)

DeARX; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

DeARX seeks an experienced Data & Analytics Engineer to design, build and maintain scalable data models and pipelines for a leading financial services organisation on a 12-month contract in Sandton, Gauteng.

You will translate business requirements into data products, ensure data quality and governance, optimize performance and support self-service data capabilities, while mentoring junior analytics engineers and collaborating with data architects and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years' experience in Data Analytics, Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering or a related field.
• Experience supervising, mentoring or guiding junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable data models, schemas and data architectures.
• Translate business requirements into data products, data flows, contracts and acceptance criteria.
• Build, automate, monitor and optimise data pipelines across multiple data sources.
• Perform data testing, profiling, validation and reconciliation to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Develop and maintain APIs in collaboration with Data and Software Engineers.
• Implement data lineage, metadata and governance across the data lifecycle.
• Support self-service data and improve user access to trusted, governed data.
• Ensure solutions align with Data Management frameworks, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Apply Relational, Dimensional, Data Vault and Object-Oriented modelling principles.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to deliver effective data solutions.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior Analytics Engineers.

Skills

Data modelling

Data architecture

Data pipelines

Data governance

Data quality

Data visualization

APIs

Cloud technologies

Data profiling

Data lineage

Job description

Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is seeking an experienced Data & Analytics Engineer to join their team on a 12-month contract.

The successful candidate will design, build and maintain data models and data pipelines, translate business requirements into effective data solutions, ensure data quality and governance, optimise performance, and support self-service data capabilities. The role will also involve collaborating with Data Engineers, Data Architects, Data Modelers and business stakeholders, while mentoring junior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable data models, schemas and data architectures.
• Translate business requirements into data products, data flows, contracts and acceptance criteria.
• Build, automate, monitor and optimise data pipelines across multiple data sources.
• Perform data testing, profiling, validation and reconciliation to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Develop and maintain APIs in collaboration with Data and Software Engineers.
• Implement data lineage, metadata and governance across the data lifecycle.
• Support self-service data and improve user access to trusted, governed data.
• Ensure solutions align with Data Management frameworks, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Apply Relational, Dimensional, Data Vault and Object-Oriented modelling principles.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to deliver effective data solutions.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior Analytics Engineers.

Essential Requirements

• 3–6 years' experience in Data Analytics, Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering or a related field.
• Experience supervising, mentoring or guiding junior team members.

Technical Skills

• Data Modelling & Business Data Modelling
• Data Architecture
• Data Pipelines & Data Products
• Data Governance & Data Quality
• Data Visualisation
• Database Technologies
• APIs
• Cloud Technologies
• Data Profiling, Testing & Validation
• Data Lineage & Metadata