OMF Junior Data Engineer

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Job Description

Old Mutual is looking for a Data Engineer who will assist in designing and also implement scalable and robust processes to support the data engineering capability in Old Mutual Finance(OMF). This role will be responsible for implementing and supporting large-scale data ecosystems across OMF. This incumbent will use best practices in cloud engineering data management and data storage to continue our drive to optimize the way that data is stored consumed and ultimately democratized. The incumbent will also engage with stakeholders across OMF with use of the Data Engineering practices to facilitate the improvement in the way that data is stored and consumed.

• Assist in designing and implementing scalable and robust processes for ingesting and transforming datasets.

• Design implement and support the creation and maintenance of data pipelines from a multitude of sources.

• Ingest large complex data sets that meet functional and non-functional requirements.

• Enable the business to solve the problem of working with large volumes of data in diverse formats and in doing so enable innovative solutions.

• Design and build bulk and delta data lift patterns for optimal extraction transformation and loading of data.

• Supports the organisations cloud strategy and aligns to the data architecture and governance including the implementation of these data governance practices.

• Engineer data in the appropriate formats for downstream customers risk and product analytics or enterprise applications.

• Development of APIs for returning data to Enterprise Applications.

• Assist in identifying designing and implementing robust process improvement activities to drive efficiency and automation for greater scalability. This includes looking at new solutions and new ways of working and being on the forefront of emerging technologies.

• Work with various stakeholders across the organisation to understand data requirements and apply technical knowledge of data management to solve key business problems.

• Provide support in the operational environment with all relevant support teams for data services.

• Create and maintain functional requirements and system specifications in support of data architecture and detailed design specifications for current and future designs.

• Support test and deployment of new services and features.

Minimum Requirements

• Matric with a degree in Computer Science Business Informatics Mathematics Statistics Physics or Engineering.

• 1 to 3 years of data engineering experience

• At least 2 years of experience with any data warehouse technical architectures ETL/ELT and reporting/analytics tools including but not limited to any of the following combinations (1) SSIS and SSRS(2) SAS ETL Framework (3) SAP ETL Framework (4) MongoDB ETL deployments (5) Apache Spark and Apache Hive deployments will be beneficial.

• Deep and Extensive AWS knowledge and skills: Glue S3 Lambda IAM Cloudformation

• The candidate having DBA ability and knowledge across at least 2 platforms (example: TSQL SAS PSQL IBM VSAM and DB2 etc.) will also be beneficial.

• Some experience with the Python programming language.

• Experience with designing and implementing Cloud(AWS) solutions including use of APIs available.

• Some experience with Dev/OPS architecture implementation and operation would be advantageous.

• Knowledge of Engineering and Operational Excellence using standard practices in software engineering data management data storage data computing and distributed systems to solve business problems with data.

• Some experience in applying SAFe/Scrum/Kanban methodologies would be advantageous.

• Knowledge and understanding of business process management lifecycle which covers the design modelling execution monitoring and optimization as well as business process re-engineering.

• Good problem solving skills: The ability to exercise judgment in solving technical operational and organizational challenges to identify issues proactively to present solutions and options leading to resolution

• Good programming performance tuning and troubleshooting skills using the latest popular programming languages such as python scala java and suite of Microsoft languages C# and F# preferable.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE (PREFERRED NOT A REQUIREMENT)

• Some experience with Dev/OPS architecture implementation and operation would be advantageous.

• Some experience in applying SAFe/Scrum/Kanban methodologies would be advantageous

Skills

Action Planning Application Development Cloud Computing Cloud Infrastructure Management Computer Network Security Current State Assessment Database Queries Data Classification Data Compilation Data Compression Data Modeling Data Recovery IT Architecture IT Network Security Test Case Management

Competencies

Action Oriented

Communicates Effectively

Cultivates Innovation

Ensures Accountability

Manages Complexity

Optimizes Work Processes

Plans and Aligns

Tech Savvy

Education

NQF Level 7 - Degree Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Closing Date

08 July 2025 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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