Data Engineer

Blue Pearl PTY

Johannesburg

On-site

ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Blue Pearl is seeking two experienced Data Engineers to join a high-profile Financial Services programme. You will analyse, document and manage complex data requirements, translating them into solutions that align with business objectives.

You will work closely with stakeholders, technology teams, architects and delivery teams in an Agile setting, performing data analysis, profiling, mapping and governance to ensure quality data and robust data models.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/IS or data discipline is required.
AWS Cloud Practitioner certification is required.
Plus certifications in Data/Agile/Business Analysis are advantageous.
Minimum 8 years professional experience, 5+ years in FS sector.
Experience in BA, data analysis, and agile environments.

Responsibilities

Elicit, analyse, document, and manage data requirements.
Develop user stories and acceptance criteria for backlogs.
Facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders and teams.
Perform data profiling, mapping, and governance activities.
Collaborate with architects and development teams on designs.
Support testing and validate delivered solutions against requirements.

Skills

Data analysis

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

User story development

Workshop facilitation

Requirements elicitation

Process analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT, CS, IS, Data Management, Eng, Math

Tools

Jira

SQL

Data profiling

Data warehousing concepts

Metadata management

Reporting & analytics

API integration

Job description

Blue Pearl is seeking 2 experienced Data Engineers to join a high-profile Financial Services programme. The successful candidates will be responsible for analysing, documenting, and managing complex business and data requirements while supporting enterprise data initiatives. They will work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, architects, and delivery teams to ensure data requirements are accurately translated into solutions that support business objectives.

The role requires strong data analysis, business analysis, and stakeholder engagement capabilities within an Agile delivery environment.

Key Responsibilities

Elicit, analyse, document, and manage business and data requirements.
Conduct feature analysis and develop detailed user stories.
Define acceptance criteria and support backlog refinement activities.
Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions.
Perform process analysis and identify optimisation opportunities.
Conduct data analysis, data profiling, and data mapping activities.
Develop and validate target-state data models.
Support data governance, data lineage, and metadata management initiatives.
Identify and assess data quality issues and recommend remediation actions.
Collaborate with architects and development teams on solution design.
Support testing activities and validate delivered solutions against requirements.
Manage cross-functional dependencies across multiple workstreams.
Support Agile delivery processes and programme milestones.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (minimum requirement).
Additional Data, Agile, Business Analysis, or related certifications will be advantageous.

Experience

Minimum 8 years of professional experience.
Minimum 5 years' experience within the Financial Services sector.
Minimum 5 years' experience in Business Analysis and/or Feature Analysis.
Minimum 5 years' experience in Data Analysis.
Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
Experience engaging and influencing senior business and technology stakeholders.

Functional Skills