Manager, Data Engineering

Standard Bank Group; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Manager for Data Engineering to develop and maintain their data architecture across various platforms. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building database solutions and optimizing data processes. This role also involves securing and monitoring data pipelines. Educational qualifications include a First Degree in relevant fields such as Business Commerce or Information Technology. Competitive salary and benefits await the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in data pipeline and database solutions.
• Deep understanding of data principles and integration.
• Experience with SQL, PL/SQL, SPARK and data management tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data architecture across platforms.
• Design, build, secure and monitor data pipelines.
• Optimize data storage solutions as per governance requirements.

Skills

Building databases and reporting solutions

Big data pipelining

Root cause analysis

SQL programming

Working with data integration APIs

Education

First Degree in Business Commerce

First Degree in Information Studies

First Degree in Information Technology

Job description

Job title : Manager, Data Engineering

Job Location : Gauteng, Roodepoort

Deadline : November 06, 2025

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Job Description

• To develop and maintain complete data architecture across several application platforms, provide capability across application platforms.
• To design, build, operationalise, secure and monitor data pipelines and data stores to applicable architecture, solution designs, standards, policies and governance requirements thus making data accessible for the evaluation and optimisation for downstream use case consumption. To execute data engineering duties according to standards, frameworks, and roadmaps

Qualifications

• Type of Qualification : First Degree
• Field of Study : Business Commerce
• Type of Qualification : First Degree
• Field of Study : Information Studies
• Type of Qualification : First Degree
• Field of Study : Information Technology

Experience Required

Software Engineering

• Technology

5-7 years

• Experience in building databases, warehouses, reporting and data integration solutions. Experience building and optimising big data data-pipelines, architectures and data sets. Experience in creating and integrating APIs. Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement

8-10 years

• Deep understanding of data pipelining and performance optimisation, data principles, how data fits in an organisation, including customers, products and transactional information. Knowledge of integration patterns, styles, protocols and systems theory

8-10 years

• Experience in database programming languages including SQL, PL / SQL, SPARK and or appropriate data tooling. Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools

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