Senior Specialist: Systems Development

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Senior Specialist: Systems Development to lead the design, development and deployment of production-grade services, APIs and web applications, with strong SQL and Python capabilities.

You will collaborate with data curators, developers, scientists and technicians to automate data streams from environmental monitoring instruments and ensure scalable data workflows across platforms.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in the design, development, testing and deployment of production-grade services, APIs and web applications.
• Proficiency in relational database design and SQL.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Understanding of object-oriented design principles and patterns.
• Experience in the use of version control software.
• An aptitude for solving complex problems.
• Attention to detail and a passion for systems development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop data- and metadata-automation pipelines for continuous data streams.
• Collaborate with data curators, developers, scientists and technicians to automate data harvesting.

Skills

API & Web Apps

Relational DB design

Python

OOP concepts

Version control

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Data Ops

R programming

Geospatial data

JSON/JSON Schema

OAuth2

Linux CLI

Windows server administration

Job description

About the job Senior Specialist: Systems Development

• Proficiency in the design, development, testing and deployment of production-grade services, APIs and web applications
• Proficiency in relational database design and SQL
• Proficiency in Python
• Understanding of object-oriented design principles and patterns
• Experience in the use of version control software
• An aptitude for solving complex problems
• Attention to detail and a passion for systems development

Nice to have:

• Experience in Data Ops / Data Engineering
• Experience working with large volumes of data and continuous data streams
• Proficiency in the R programming language
• Experience working with geospatial data
• Familiarity with JSON and JSON Schema
• Experience in the use of authorization protocols such as OAuth2
• Familiarity with Linux command line and Linux server administration
• Familiarity with Microsoft systems and Windows server administration

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the design and development of data- and metadata-automation pipelines in support of the management and publication of continuous data streams originating from a variety of land- and marine-based environmental monitoring instrumentation.
• Work closely with data curators, developers, scientists and technicians to understand and capture system requirements, and to establish a framework for automating the harvesting and processing of data streams so as to integrate with existing systems and workflows.