Senior data solutions engineer

Exciting Opportunity for a Senior Data Solutions Engineer at Entelect

Elevate your career at Entelect, where we prioritise people and nurture a culture of growth, collaboration, and innovation.

Join a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment that encourages versatility, and provides individual attention to career development, including intentional and regular one-on-ones with leadership.

Tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact alongside passionate professionals who inspire and support each other.

What You'll Be Doing: Delivery We like to play to your individual strengths, but having a solid understanding of the entire data analytics value chain, from source data and medallion architectures, through to reporting, dashboarding, advanced analytics, and AI solutions, is advantageous. Wrangling data from multiple sources into a reliable, evolving data asset. Collaborating with Solution Architects to design and implement cloud, hybrid, and on-prem solutions. Designing and implementing optimal data engineering pipelines and, if this is within your wheelhouse, delivering impactful advanced analytics using AI and ML/data science. Working across descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, prescriptive, and cognitive analytics. Understanding Data Ops and MLOps to ensure continuous deployment in short cycles with maximum impact and high quality. Maintaining data lineage and metadata effectively. Using technical and data analytics expertise to improve business innovations. People Demonstrating maturity, motivation, and leadership in the workplace. Championing change within the team and fostering a collaborative culture. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to tackle complex business challenges, driving continuous improvement. Mentoring and nurturing colleagues to uphold standards of excellence and accountability. Customer Building strong relationships and understanding customer needs to deliver impactful solutions. Managing customer expectations and identifying opportunities for service improvements. Ensuring compliance with data security and industry regulations. What We Need from You: A bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, or related fields. Minimum 6 years' experience as a data solutions engineer in an enterprise environment. Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals and commitment to clean code and best practices. Experience working in a delivery team together with other disciplines to deliver a product. Strong ability to model and analyse data. Solid understanding of data engineering methodologies. Good understanding of visualisation best practices. A desire to design and implement modern advanced analytics solutions and modern data solutions like Lakehouse, data mesh, and data fabric. Strong collaboration and communication skills with a drive for continual improvement. Pro hybrid working model working from the office on average 2-3 times per week. A strong customer-facing ability. Flexibility to work across a variety of different environments and tooling. What You'll Get from Us: A competitive compensation package with twice-yearly salary increases and guaranteed bonuses. Tenure-based loyalty leave. Access to employee wellness programs and rewards for professional development. Commission incentives for successful business development leads and employee referrals. Hands-on support from leadership through regular one on ones and quarterly reviews. Continuous development programs offering training in leadership and technical skills. Exposure to enterprise projects across multiple domains and problem spaces for South Africa's most esteemed organisations. Popular but not limited to: Front-end tech: Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Amazon Quicksight, Google Data Studio, Grafana Languages: SQL, Python What To Expect from the Recruitment Process:

Our aim is to make the recruitment process as efficient as possible, keeping you informed every step of the way.

The first step is an initial conversation with our talent team to get to know you better and introduce you to Entelect and all that we have to offer. The next step will be a 1.5-hour in-person technical interview at one of our offices where you will meet some of our leadership team. Finally, if we are both aligned, we wrap up the process with salary discussions and present you with an offer of employment.