Data Engineer Sandton, Johannesburg
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Our client a highly respected global legal practice with offices in Johannesburg Cape Town and Durban is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join their Johannesburg office based in Sandton. This role is ideal for a technical specialist who thrives in a professional services environment and is passionate about developing scalable secure and high-performing data infrastructure.
Role Summary / Objective
The Data Engineer will be responsible for designing maintaining and optimizing the firm’s data architecture and pipelines. This role ensures seamless data flow from ingestion through storage to processing enabling the Data & Analytics function to drive actionable insights across the firm. You will work closely with the Head of Data & Analytics technical teams and business stakeholders to support firm-wide data strategy governance and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
Core Engineering Duties
- Build maintain and optimize data pipelines for efficient data ingestion transformation and integration.
- Design and manage scalable relational and NoSQL databases ensuring performance and accessibility.
- Ensure compliance with data governance frameworks and privacy regulations including GDPR and POPIA.
- Support Data Analytics teams with data infrastructure troubleshooting and optimization.
- Automate workflows using AI/ML-based techniques for anomaly detection and predictive tasks.
- Implement robust testing frameworks and perform end-to-end data quality assessments.
Collaboration & Communication
- Work with cross-functional teams—developers analysts operations and business stakeholders—to understand data requirements and deliver integrated solutions.
- Document workflows configurations and processes to support consistency and institutional knowledge.
Continuous Improvement & Innovation
- Stay abreast of evolving technologies proposing enhancements to improve data engineering practices.
- Contribute to internal data engineering standards ensuring code quality documentation excellence and security best practices.
Growth & Team Contribution
- Participate in code reviews architecture discussions and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Take ownership of assigned projects and support delivery alongside senior team members.
Qualifications & Skills
- 5 years’ experience in Data Engineering ETL development or SQL-based data solutions.
- Degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related technical field.
- Strong proficiency in SQL NoSQL and cloud platforms (AWS Azure).
- Experience with data pipeline frameworks such as Apache Kafka Airflow or similar.
- Familiarity with Azure Data Factory Azure Synapse or equivalent tools.
- Advantageous: Python scripting Aderant iManage or experience in legal/finance/professional services environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
Remuneration
Competitive Market Related Salary
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Join a global legal practice where innovation collaboration and technical excellence drive meaningful impact across the firm.
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Required Skills:
Data Engineer SQL Developer NoSQL Engineer ETL Developer Data Pipeline Engineer Cloud Data Engineer Azure Data Engineer AWS Data Engineer Apache Kafka Azure Synapse Data Architecture iManage Professional Services Legal Industry Sandton Jobs Johannesburg Data Jobs Data Strategy Data Analytics Support
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Hadoop
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Apache Pig
- NoSQL
- Big Data
- Data Warehouse
- Kafka
- Scala
