Junior Data Engineer

Old Mutual Limited; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Limited in Cape Town is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain the data infrastructure that powers our data storage and processing. You will work on large datasets and develop data pipelines moving data from source systems to data warehouses and other storage and processing systems.

You will be part of the Mass Foundation Cluster, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure data quality, security, and accessibility while supporting ongoing data architecture

Qualifications

• Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure to support storage, processing, and retrieval.
• Develop data pipelines moving data from source systems to data warehouses and other storage/processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee data collection mechanisms and how they fit into data architecture, partnering with internal and external stakeholders to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Contribute to the approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved.
• Collect business requirements using interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis to express requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
• Install and test complex databases and associated products to ensure they are suitable for use and meet customer requirements.
• Design and select storage, data center, network, and client/server environments to design solutions in line with industry best practices and provide a third-line escalation for global infrastructure solutions.
• Implement required security measures, such as firewalls or encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of problems.
• Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.
• Research and suggest technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.
• Support and contribute to the documentation of 'as is' and 'to be' processes and changes required for migration to the 'to be' capability.

Job description

Hybrid - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Aug 28, 2026

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Job Description

You will form part of the Mass Foundation Cluster which is one of the largest customer-facing business segments in Old Mutual. Our vision is to be our customers' most trusted financial partner, passionate about helping them achieve their lifetime goals. Our mission is to enable positive futures for our customers, by bridging the gap between their resources and their financial service’s needs. Our primary goal is to facilitate access to financial solutions for our customers and to keep pace with their changing needs. Our target market is the low and emerging-middle income segment.

The Junior Data Engineer is accountable for designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure that supports data storage, processing, and retrieval. Works with large data sets and develops data pipelines that move data from source systems to data warehouses and other data storage and processing systems.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee data collection mechanisms and how they fit into data architecture, partnering with internal and external stakeholders to ensure quality and accuracy.

Database Specifications

• Contribute to the approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved.

Business Requirements Identification

• Collect business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
• Install and test complex databases and associated products to ensure they are suitable for use and meet customer requirements.

Infrastructure and Network Development and Maintenance

• Design and select medium-complexity storage, data center, network, and client/server environments to design solutions in line with industry best practice and provide a third-line point of escalation for appropriate global infrastructure solutions.

Information Security

• Implement required security measures, such as firewalls or message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.

Documentation and Backup

• Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.

Technical Developments Recommendation

• Research and suggest technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.

Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be"

• Support and contribute to the documentation of "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required