Junior Data Engineer: SW COE

What will you do?

Main Responsibilities:

The performance of the Junior Data Engineer can be described and measured by:

• Define a structured approach to problem solving and delivery against it. 
• Load large, complex data sets to and make data available for other data engineers
• Working with other data engineers and data modelers, you will design, implement, and manage data vaults and data transformations and the data pipeline
• Monitor and fine-tune data vaults and data transformations on the Cloudera Hadoop stack
• Use modern development and modelling techniques and tools to implement BI and data management solutions, including data quality, meta data, and reference data
• Engage with a wide range of technical stakeholders including data scientists, data analysts, business analysts, other data engineers and solutions architects

What will make you successful in this role?

Role Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, Engineering or another quantitative field / National Diploma in an Information Technology related discipline preferred

Work Experience:

• The Junior Data Engineer must have <= 2 years relevant experience in a similar environment 

Technical Knowledge and Experience:

The Data Engineer is someone with a strong understanding of data, data structures and data sources. Required skills include:

• Application and data engineering background with a solid background in SQL is required 
• Knowledge of database management system (DBMS) physical implementation, including tables, joins and SQL querying..   
• Knowledge and experience of structured data, such as entities, classes, hierarchies, relationships, and metadata.
• Data Engineering background with a specific focus on staging high quality data
• Understanding of data warehousing principles (e.g. Kimball or Data Vault).
• Experience in agile development

Desirable/ preferred skills include:

• A solid background in SQL and ETL procedures 
• Experience in developing data pipelines using ETL tools (e.g. SAP Data Services) 
• Data warehousing (Kimball or Data Vault patterns) and dimensional data modelling (e.g. OLAP and MDX experience) 
• Automation (e.g. Wherescape), scheduling and test automation (e.g. Robot) will be advantageous
• Data Management technologies (e.g. Informatica Data Quality (IDQ), Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC), Axon, EBX) will be advantageous

Competencies:

• Strong analytical & numerical ability
• Problem solving skills
• Conceptual thinker
• Good communication / interpersonal skills
• Action / results orientation
• Quality orientation
• Knowledge seeking / learning orientation
• IT Data Analysis 
• Database Knowledge and Monitoring 
• Data Security 
• Risk Management 
• Strong analytical-thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information 
• Strong technical and operational ability 
• Deadline-driven, even in pressurised and fast-paced environments

Personal Attributes

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Closing date: 20 October 2025

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