Posted 08 February 2024 - Closing Date 31 August 2024 Job DescriptionAre you passionate about using data to solve problems?Who we are:We are a specialist team within the Solutions and Insights Business Group of IQbusiness. We exist to grow individuals within our team to achieve their professional goals. In doing so, we assist our clients in their growth journey with our sustained energy and enthusiasm derived from our dynamic and cohesive team. We provide efficient and novel Data Solutions to our clients uplifting their business and enriching our team.What we want:We are looking for Data Engineering Professionals to join our dynamic and diverse team of Data Specialists. If you meet some or all the below requirements, then you may have a certain set of skills which we require.Personal competencies that we are looking for: The ability to solve problems.The ability to rotate around a problem, to see if solutions can be gained in different ways.The ability to work in an ever changing, unstructured environment.The ability to work as part of a team, with vastly differing skill sets and opinions.The ability to contribute ideas to the quorum.The ability to mentor and provide guidance for other team members.A systems approach to thinking, as opposed to a siloed approach. You need to understand how your work affects the greater system.The ability to work without supervision and take accountability for the work you deliver.The ability to liaise with clients, the ability to ignore extraneous data and extracting the core requirements. Are you passionate about using data to solve problems?Who we are:We are a specialist team within the Solutions and Insights Business Group of IQbusiness. We exist to grow individuals within our team to achieve their professional goals. In doing so, we assist our clients in their growth journey with our sustained energy and enthusiasm derived from our dynamic and cohesive team. We provide efficient and novel Data Solutions to our clients uplifting their business and enriching our team.What we want:We are looking for Data Engineering Professionals to join our dynamic and diverse team of Data Specialists. If you meet some or all the below requirements, then you may have a certain set of skills which we require.Personal competencies that we are looking for: The ability to solve problems.The ability to rotate around a problem, to see if solutions can be gained in different ways.The ability to work in an ever changing, unstructured environment.The ability to work as part of a team, with vastly differing skill sets and opinions.The ability to contribute ideas to the quorum.The ability to mentor and provide guidance for other team members.A systems approach to thinking, as opposed to a siloed approach. You need to understand how your work affects the greater system.The ability to work without supervision and take accountability for the work you deliver.The ability to liaise with clients, the ability to ignore extraneous data and extracting the core requirements.RESPONSIBILITIES:(As the field of data engineering is very broad, you may be required to develop API endpoints for the consumption of data, data pipelines, highly distributed, high availability data processing pipelines in an effort to satisfy the need of the Client, Data Analysts or Quantitative Analysts.)Providing a superior customer experience by building and maintaining relationships, working at customer offices, keeping data confidentialDesign and develop data solutionsProduce solutions for both real-time and batch environmentsTest your work to ensure complianceSolve problems, and do root cause analysisPrioritize your workloadAssist in other areas relating to your data function, such as data modelling, data and business analysisInteract with a variety of individuals: senior, junior and technical business representativesProvide guidance to colleagues or manage a teamUphold the IQbusiness values, which are to care, learn & share; innovate; deliver as well as to build, enhance and maintain relationships.REQUIREMENTS:4 - 10 years experience in Data Engineering environments and technologiesCloud exposure and/or project experience – Microsoft Azure, AWS, etcExtensive experience in Microsoft Azure technologiesExtensive experience in reporting and dashboarding technologies such as Power BI and QlikViewExperience using Azure DevOps and CI/CD frameworksExposure to logical and physical data modellingAgile and waterfall project managementRelevant Qualifications Information TechnologyAdditional MS, Data and/or Cloud certifications are beneficial.Your knowledge about the following concepts, is valuable to the team:Data modellingRelational data modelling in traditional database management systemsCoercing unstructured and semi-structured data into structured formData pipeline knowledge (extracting and transformation)Data transformation knowledge for reporting and analytics purposesSome technical competencies that we are looking for:Writing SQL queries, that can relate, transform and aggregate data from many different sourcesExperience with writing data pipelines that move and transform dataWorking knowledge of a general purpose programming language like Python would be advantageousWorking knowledge of Microsoft Azure technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Databricks, Synapse Analytics.Working knowledge of Storage Repositories and Data LakesPlease note: As all IQbusiness roles require honesty in the handling of or access to cash, finances, financial systems, or confidential information; our recruitment process requires that the following background checks be completed: credit, criminal, ID and qualification verificationIQbusiness is committed to sustainable growth and transformation, we embrace diversity and employ previously disadvantaged individuals#J-18808-Ljbffr
