Senior Data Engineer — BI & SQL Specialist

Boardroom Appointments

Cape Town

On-site

ZAR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Data Engineer with strong SQL and BI skills to manage and optimize database systems. You will implement ETL processes, ensure security, monitor performance, and collaborate with developers and BI teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of data engineering experience, solid PowerBI/MS SQL/SSIS expertise, and excellent communication. This role demands proactive data management and adherence to data governance.

Qualifications

Tertiary qualification in Computer Science and/or Software Engineering and/or Information Systems and/or Information technology/or related technical certification in an IT field.
Minimum of 5 years experience as Data Engineer.
Experience with PowerBI, MS SQL, SSIS.
Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Modifying the database structure as necessary, from information given by application developers.
Enrolling users and maintaining system security.
Controlling and monitoring user access to the database.
Monitoring and optimizing the performance of the database.
Maintaining archived data.
Contacting database vendor for technical support.
Perform database monitoring, tuning and capacity planning.
Optimize database access and allocates /re-allocates database resources for optimum configuration, database performance and cost.
Manage schema changes and implementations.
Implement advanced database security features.
Audit user activity to ensure integrity and performance of all the database.
Establish standards, policies and procedures for data managements.
Define and implement alerts on data.
Develop reports and ETL packages in line with Business Intelligence best practices and procedures.