Senior Cloud Data Engineer - Big Data & Analytics

ATS Client; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS Client in Pretoria seeks a Data Engineer to design and operate enterprise-grade data provisioning pipelines across governance domains on cloud platforms. You will ensure secure data sharing, enforce protection and compliance requirements, and support high-priority Data & Analytics use cases.

The role emphasizes automation, ongoing improvement of data engineering processes, evaluating new tools, mentoring teammates, and maintaining thorough technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building data pipelines on cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of data governance and security requirements.
• Experience with ETL development and big data technologies.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain large-scale Big Data pipelines on cloud platforms.
• Ensure secure and compliant data sharing aligned with information classification standards.
• Support enterprise Data & Analytics initiatives and high-priority use cases.
• Continuously improve and automate data engineering processes.
• Evaluate emerging tools and technologies to drive innovation.
• Mentor and upskill team members.
• Maintain high-quality technical documentation.

Skills

Terraform

Docker

Linux/Unix

CloudFormation

CodeBuild/CodePipeline

CloudWatch

SNS

S3

Kinesis Streams

Lambda

DynamoDB

Step Functions

Parameter Store

Secrets Manager

Education

Relevant IT, Business, or Engineering Degree

Tools

Glue

Athena

Kafka

AWS EMR

Redshift

Job description

ATS Client in Pretoria seeks a Data Engineer to design and operate enterprise-grade data provisioning pipelines across governance domains on cloud platforms. You will ensure secure data sharing, enforce protection and compliance requirements, and support high-priority Data & Analytics use cases.

The role emphasizes automation, ongoing improvement of data engineering processes, evaluating new tools, mentoring teammates, and maintaining thorough technical documentation.