Senior Fraud & Forensics Data Engineer (Hybrid)

Ovations Talent Sourcing; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Part time

Job summary

Ovations Talent Sourcing is seeking a senior Fraud & Forensics Data Engineer in Johannesburg for a 6-month hybrid engagement. You will design and implement data solutions that support fraud detection, forensics investigations and financial crime analytics across multiple markets.

The role requires 5–7+ years of data engineering experience, strong SQL and Python skills, and hands-on work with cloud platforms like Azure Synapse and Databricks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required across CS/IS/Data Engineering or related field.
• 5–7+ years in Data Engineering, Data Modelling or Data Architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy and support fraud and financial crime data solutions.
• Translate fraud problem statements and investigation requirements into technical solutions.
• Design and develop ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, datasets and data products.
• Implement batch, streaming and event-driven data ingestion solutions.
• Develop fraud-specific data marts, dimensional models, star schemas and analytical views.
• Build reusable data products supporting monitoring, suspicious activity, customer behaviour and forensic investigations.
• Develop datasets and reporting layers for fraud dashboards, alerts, and trend analysis.
• Implement data quality checks, validation rules and reconciliation logic.
• Troubleshoot data pipeline failures, latency and data-quality issues.
• Support fraud investigation teams with data extracts and analysis datasets.
• Automate recurring data preparation, monitoring and reporting processes.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, privacy, audit and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Fraud & Forensics, Data, Technology, Risk, Compliance and Info Security teams.
• Provide technical documentation, knowledge transfer and post-deployment support.

Skills

Data engineering

SQL

Python

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Dimensional modelling

Star schema

Batch/Streaming pipelines

Data governance

Security/compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Snowflake

BigQuery

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Job description

Ovations Talent Sourcing is seeking a senior Fraud & Forensics Data Engineer in Johannesburg for a 6-month hybrid engagement. You will design and implement data solutions that support fraud detection, forensics investigations and financial crime analytics across multiple markets.

The role requires 5–7+ years of data engineering experience, strong SQL and Python skills, and hands-on work with cloud platforms like Azure Synapse and Databricks.