Data Engineer (2 Positions) – Financial Services, 6-Month Contract

About the role

Sabenza IT & Recruitment is recruiting two experienced Data Engineers for a high-profile financial services engagement in Johannesburg. You will work with senior business and technology stakeholders to turn business needs into clean, reliable data ready for production. The contract is 6 months, with a possible 6-month extension, full-time and hybrid, with on-site days in Rosebank and the rest remote.

Key responsibilities

• Gather and document business and data requirements with senior stakeholders
• Carry out business and feature analysis that turns complex needs into clear, actionable outputs
• Write production-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Design, review and validate data models and data mappings
• Find and fix data quality issues through data profiling and analysis
• Support data governance, data lineage and data quality across the programme
• Help the programme hit its delivery milestones in an Agile environment

Required profile

• At least 8 years of professional experience
• At least 5 years in financial services
• At least 5 years in business analysis or feature analysis
• At least 5 years in data analysis
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
• AWS Cloud Practitioner certification (minimum)

Required skills

• Requirements gathering, business and feature analysis, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Data modelling, data mapping, data governance, data lineage and data quality
• SQL, data profiling and data warehousing concepts
• Jira and Agile delivery
• Bonus points for FX, capital markets or treasury systems, front-office trading environments, regulatory reporting and AWS cloud data platforms

To apply, send your CV quoting Data Engineer, together with your hourly rate, availability and notice period.