Senior Analytics Engineer - Gold Layer Data Architect

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to design the silver and gold data layers that power business reporting. You will certify metrics, establish modelling standards, and lead the SAP BW to Databricks migration.

You will design scalable dimensional models, implement complex transformations, own metric certification, and set quality standards while coaching junior engineers throughout the migration process.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in analytics or data engineering with production ownership of models.
• Expert SQL and dimensional modelling at scale.
• Hands-on Databricks experience (or Data bricks Certified Data Engineer Professional).
• Production experience with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines or dbt.
• Strong SAP BW knowledge to lead source interpretation during the migration.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable dimensional models using Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines.
• Build the most complex transformations yourself so business rules land correctly.
• Own metric certification and Databricks–SAP BW reconciliation.
• Set quality standards and coach junior and intermediate engineers.

Skills

SQL

Dimensional modelling

Analytics engineering

Production ownership

Databricks

Lakeflow Pipelines

dbt

SAP BW

Tools

Databricks

Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines

dbt

SAP BW

Job description

Sabenza IT & Recruitment is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to design the silver and gold data layers that power business reporting. You will certify metrics, establish modelling standards, and lead the SAP BW to Databricks migration.

You will design scalable dimensional models, implement complex transformations, own metric certification, and set quality standards while coaching junior engineers throughout the migration process.