Data Scientist (Senior)
Pretoria - South Africa
Job Summary
Reference: JHB001381-SN-1
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
- Develop maintain and optimize data pipelines and workflows using AWS services including Python coding
- and data ingestion (ETL Spark) from various data sources including APIs Databases Files Streams etc
- Utilize Amazon Quicksight for data visualization reporting and interpretation to support business
- decisionmaking.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform for managing AWS infrastructure
- Develop compelling and insightful dashboards that tell a clear story from complex data to support business
- decisions and drive actionable insights.
- Support exploratory data analysis and provide insights to drive business objectives.
- Strong experience with AWS services including but not limited to S3 Glue Athena RDS Lambda
- DynamoDB EC2 VPC Step Functions and other related services.
- Familiarity with Git and GitHub Actions for version control and CI/CD.
- Proven ability to collaborate with business stakeholders to understand and analyse business requirements
- including the underlying business context and translate business requirements into well-defined technical
- specifications.
- Excellent communication skills to convey technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- and the ability to engage effectively in a multicultural business environment.
- Experience in defining acceptance criteria and managing scope for technical deliverables.
- Adaptability to perform additional tasks under the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter
ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:
- A genuine interest in data storytelling and visualization with enthusiasm for creating impactful dashboards
- that communicate insights effectively to diverse audiences.
- Problem solving capabilities
- Driven and willing to learn new technologies to be able to solve different problems
- Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project
- Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work interdependently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality
- Ability to work within a multi-national organisational structure and to work with colleagues from all over the
- world
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally
- and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users
- Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move
- concepts through to proposal and successful implementation
- Strong presentation skills
- Above-board work ethics
- Willing and able to travel internationally
- Strong interest in Artificial Intelligence and specifically LLM-based applications
Duties & Responsibilities
RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:
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- Work with stakeholders to gather and translate requirements into actionable technical tasks.
- Define project scope and align business and technical teams.
- Design data pipelines propose data and dashboard solutions and support development cycles. Be able to
- facilitate collaboration between business and the Fit4Cloud team Develop and maintain high-quality
- efficient software/Custom solutions.
- Build deploy and scale cloud applications using AWS with a focus on performance and security.
- Document system designs and key technical details.
- Resolve operational issues and support new use case onboarding.
- Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and project goals.
- Mentor and train junior team members.
- Take ownership and deliver impactful meaningful solutions.
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:
- Relevant IT / Business / Engineering Degree
- Candidates with one or more of these certifications are preferred:
- AWS Certified Data Engineer AWS Certified Developer Associate AWS Certified Data Analytics AWS
- Certified Architect Associate AWS Certified Architect Professional Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate
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Required Experience:
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