AWS Data Engineer (Senior) 1221 / 1154 TT

Job Description

Our client in Pretoria is recruiting for an AWS Data Engineer (Senior) to join their team. Data Engineers are responsible for building and maintaining Big Data Pipelines using our client’s Data Platforms. They are custodians of data and must ensure that data is shared in line with the information classification requirements on a need-to-know basis.

Qualifications/Experience:

1. Relevant IT / Business / Engineering Degree
2. Candidates with one or more of the following certifications are preferred:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• AWS Certified SysOps Associate
• AWS Certified Developer Associate
• AWS Certified Architect Associate
• AWS Certified Architect Professional
• Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate

Technical Skills:

• Terraform
• Python 3.x
• Py Spark
• Boto3
• ETL
• Docker
• Powershell / Bash

Advantageous Skills Requirements:

• Exceptional analytical skills analyzing large and complex data sets
• Perform thorough testing and data validation to ensure the accuracy of data transformations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with precise documentation
• Self-driven team player with the ability to work independently and multi-task
• Experience in working with Enterprise Collaboration tools such as Confluence, JIRA, etc.
• Experience developing technical documentation and artifacts
• Knowledge of data formats such as Parquet, AVRO, JSON, XML, CSV, etc.
• Experience working with Data Quality Tools such as Great Expectations
• Experience developing and working with REST APIs is a bonus
• Experience building data pipelines using AWS Glue or Data Pipeline, or similar platforms
• Familiar with data stores such as AWS S3, AWS RDS, or DynamoDB
• Experience and solid understanding of various software design patterns
• Experience preparing specifications from which programs will be written, designed, coded, tested, and debugged
• Strong organizational skills

Basic experience/understanding of AWS Components (in order of importance):

• Glue
• CloudWatch
• SNS
• S3
• Lambda
• DynamoDB
• Step Function
• Param Store
• Secrets Manager
• CloudFormation
• Business Intelligence (BI) Experience
• Technical data modeling and schema design (“not drag and drop”)
• Kafka
• AWS EMR
• Redshift
• Basic experience in Networking and troubleshooting network issues
• Knowledge of the Agile Working Model

Package & Remuneration

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