Clement Masilela

Clement Masilela

Data Engineer
South Africa
Ndebele, Sesotho (Southern Sotho), Zulu, Xhosa, English

About Me

I’m a junior data engineer with practical experience designing and delivering end-to-end data engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure. My work spans data ingestion, transformation, storage, and analytics, with a strong …

Experience

Data Engineer

Just SA, Cape Town
Oct 2024 - Present · 2 years

<p>Built and maintained an Enterprise Data Catalog, boosting discoverability and governance compliance.<br>
Optimized ETL pipelines and SQL scripts, reducing processing time by 40%.<br>
Created and deployed Power BI dashboards, improving reporting efficiency across departments.<br>
Developed a Finance Data Mart, cutting reporting time by 30% across multiple business units.<br>
Automated workflows with Power Automate, reducing manual intervention.</p>

Data Engineer

Just SA, Cape Town
Oct 2024 - Present · 2 years 1 month

Built and maintained an Enterprise Data Catalog, Optimized ETL pipelines and SQL scripts, Created and deployed Power BI dashboards, Developed a Finance Data Mart, Automated workflows with Power Automate

Graduate Data Engineer

PBT Group
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024 · 9 months

<p>Developed enterprise data pipelines for transformation, loading, and reporting.<br>
Leveraged SQL, Python, and Power BI to extract insights from large datasets.<br>
Delivered 5 stakeholder presentations, driving adoption of data-driven decision-making.<br>
Improved pipeline performance, reducing processing time by 20%.</p>

Graduate Data Engineer

PBT Group
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024 · 8 months

Developed enterprise data pipelines for transformation, loading, and reporting, Leveraged SQL, Python, and Power BI, Delivered stakeholder presentations, Improved pipeline performance

Vacation work

Sanlam
Jul 2023 - Jul 2023

<p>Contributed to a team use-case project and executive-style presentation.<br>
Gained exposure to Agile delivery and enterprise cloud concepts.<br>
Shadowed a Data Engineer to observe development workflows.</p>

Vacation work

Sanlam
Jul 2023 - Jul 2023

Contributed to a team use-case project and executive-style presentation, Gained exposure to Agile delivery and enterprise cloud concepts, Shadowed a Data Engineer

PROJECTS

Netflix data platform (Azure)

Duration : 12-Jan-2026 - 26-Jan-2026

<ul><li>Designed and implemented a production-grade, end-to-end data engineering pipeline on Azure using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Delta Lake to process Netflix data at scale</li><li>Built dynamic, parameterized ADF pipelines with data validation, error handling, and reusable components to support multiple ingestion scenarios</li><li>Implemented Databricks Autoloader for incremental ingestion of Netflix source files, ensuring scalable, fault-tolerant, and efficient data processing</li><li>Developed parameterized Databricks notebooks for transformation and enrichment of Netflix datasets, orchestrated using Databricks Workflows</li><li>Modeled data using Delta Lake and Delta Live Tables, applying the medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) to improve data quality, lineage, and reliability</li><li>Optimized the data layer for analytics and downstream consumption, enabling efficient querying and insights on Netflix content, ratings, and trends</li></ul>

Skills

Business Intelligence (BI) ETL Data Integration and Transformation (ETL) Excel Java Python Scrum Structured Query Language (SQL) Agile Data Governance Data Modeling Version Control Amazon Web Services (AWS) CI/CD Power BI SDLC DAX Azure Data Factory ADLS Synapse Databricks Power Automate SSMS Azure SQL Data Warehousing
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