BI Manager
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
17 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact
Requisition nr:143796
Talent Acquisition Specialist:Tshego Semenya
Location:135 Rivonia Road Sandown
Cluster
Personal and Private Banking
Career Stream
Data
Leadership Pipeline
Manager of Others
Position
Why join the team!
This role is an excellent opportunity for a highly capable Ab Initio professional who thrives in a space where technical leadership independence and handson expertise truly matter. You will be valued for your ability to remain calm and solutionfocused during highpressure production scenarios applying strong analytical thinking and problemsolving skills to guide the team toward stable highquality outcomes.
We are looking for someone who leads by example someone who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves diving into complex challenges and uplifting the technical capability around them. The environment is dynamic and collaborative making adaptability and openness essential especially when engaging with diverse engineering backgrounds and a variety of delivery environments.
Clear transparent communication is highly valued here. You will work with individuals who appreciate thoughtful dialogue asynchronous feedback cycles and a culture of shared responsibility. If youre looking for a role where your practical expertise steady leadership and commitment to excellence will be recognised and relied on this is a place where you can make a meaningful impact.
Job Purpose
The BI Manager is a deeply technical leader responsible for building configuring and optimising Ab Initiobased data integration environments. This role goes beyond ETL development it requires handson infrastructure interaction environment configuration troubleshooting and enabling the BI ecosystem to run independently without external dependency. The BI Manager will drive the evolution from basic Ab Initio usage into fullyfledged mature ETL processes shaping the teams technical capability.
This is a senior highresponsibility role that supports urgent operational issues ensures platform stability and builds a sustainable Ab Initio practice within the team.
Job Responsibilities
HandsOn Ab Initio Engineering & Infrastructure
- Lead advanced development of Ab Initio ETL processes including complex graphs and continuous flows.
- Configure maintain and troubleshoot Ab Initio infrastructure components environments and servers.
- Set up and manage configurations typically handled by administrators reducing reliance on external support teams.
- Drive the rollout of full Ab Initiobased ETL processes (a capability the team has not yet fully implemented).
- Ensure stability and rapid response for platform outages server issues or urgent production incidents.
- Build frameworks patterns and reusable components for enterprisescale Ab Initio workloads.
Data Engineering & Technical Ownership
- Oversee integration across data pipelines warehousing processes and cloud/onprem platforms.
- Work handson in SQL where required but maintain Ab Initio as the primary engineering tool.
- Ensure highquality accurate and consistent data delivery across BI outputs.
- Lead performance optimisation across pipelines and data flows.
- Build endtoend data engineering solutions with minimal reliance on external teams.
Solution Architecture & Technical Direction
- Shape the technical strategy for Ab Initio usage within the BI environment.
- Translate business needs into scalable highperformance technical designs.
- Provide leadership on ETL patterns data flow modelling error handling and operational best practices.
- Introduce new design approaches modernisation opportunities and process efficiencies.
Team Leadership & Capability Uplift
- Guide and mentor BI engineers upskilling them in Ab Initio fundamentals configuration and advanced techniques.
- Build team maturity in understanding environments metadata workflow orchestration and troubleshooting.
- Support technical tests during recruitment and assist in evaluating candidate competence.
- Promote a culture of ownership accountability and continuous improvement.
Job Responsibilities Continue
Operational Excellence & Independence
- Reduce reliance on external Ab Initio teams by owning more aspects internally.
- Handle critical issues such as server failures configuration gaps and emergency fixes.
- Establish operational processes for deployments version control scheduling and monitoring.
- Document and maintain operational runbooks configuration guidelines and troubleshooting playbooks.
Stakeholder & Vendor Collaboration
- Work closely with architects business users quality teams DevOps and platform owners.
- Engage external Ab Initio product houses or contractors where necessary.
- Support proactive communication and provide regular updates during recruitment and project cycles.
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
- Diploma
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
Preferred Qualification
- Advanced Diploma or Degree in IT Computer Science Engineering Applied Mathematics or related field.
Minimum Experience Level
- 5 years of strong handson Ab Initio development but competence and depth of experience matter more than exact years.
- Must have real configuration experience not just training.
- Experience in Ab Initio infrastructure environments and troubleshooting.
- Strong experience in ETL design data pipelines and data warehouse environments.
- Good SQL skills (but Ab Initio expertise takes priority).
- Exposure to supporting urgent operational issues platform maintenance and environment fixes.
- Experience in guiding or mentoring technical team members.
Technical / Professional Knowledge
- Ab Initio: GDE Conduct>It EME BRE Metadata Hub Continuous Flows
- Ab Initio configuration & environment setup
- ETL design optimisation and scheduling
- SQL (PostgreSQL MS SQL DB2)
- Unix/Linux scripting
- Job scheduling tools (e.g. Autosys ControlM)
- CI/CD version control (Git)
- Data warehousing practices
- Troubleshooting and rootcause analysis
Disclaimer
Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups
Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at
Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Accounts Receivable
- Brand Management
- Apache Web Server
- High School
- HSSE
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