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Aadil Patel, Nadeem Mahomed, Leila Moosa and Sashin Naidoo

Data Engineer
| Location: | Johannesburg |
| Remote work: | Some remote work allowed |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #NG60512 |
| Company: | e-Merge IT Recruitment |
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable data pipelines using Azure (Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Data Lake, Databricks) and AWS (Glue, Redshift, S3, Lambda, EMR, Athena).
- Develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes to transform and integrate data from diverse on-premises and cloud sources.
- Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into high-quality data solutions.
- Optimize and tune pipeline performance, queries, and workflows for efficiency and scalability.
- Ensure data quality, integrity, and reliability through robust testing, monitoring, and validation.
- Implement and maintain data security, governance, and compliance best practices across environments.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience; financial services industry experience is an advantage.
- Proven experience in data engineering with Azure and AWS ecosystems.
- Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and Spark (PySpark/Scala).
- Hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, Data Lake and/or AWS Glue, Redshift, EMR, Athena, S3.
- Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices for data pipelines (e.g., Git, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline).
- Cloud certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate, AWS Certified Data Analytics) are a plus.
The Reference Number for this position is NG60512 which is a Permanent Hybrid position based in Johannesburg offering a contract rate of up to R800 per hour negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
Are you ready for a change of scenery? E-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.
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Posted on 04 Dec 09:54, Closing date 2 Feb
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