Sr Data Engineer

Job Title: Sr. Data Engineer

Job Type: 12 Months FTC

Job Location: Johannesburg South Africa (Onsite)

Description:

Data Engineering

• Knowledge of MS SQL Stored Procs SSIS Azure cloud and version controlling (Git) is mandatory. Python knowledge is added advantage.
• Provision and manage Azure resources (VMs storage networking integration runtimes)
• Maintain availability performance and security of the data platform
• Monitor infrastructure health (compute storage networking access)
• Manage Identity & Access (RBAC managed identities key vault integration)
• Ensure platform compliance (security encryption audit requirements)
• Support hybrid setups (on-prem cloud connectivity where applicable)
• Manage patching upgrades and platform maintenance
• Monitor logs and alerts (Azure Monitor Log Analytics)
• Work with infra/security teams on incidents and escalations
• License to operate activities that includes DR backup security controls
• Maintain documentation for assumptions logic and version control.

Service Catalogue Management Production Run the Bank or Production support

• This must include troubleshooting bug fixes monitoring and corrective maintenance following the Banks Incident and Problem Management Process.
• The production incidents requests or maintenance must be tested documented and implemented as per Standard Banks Change and Release Management process.
• Run the Bank support examples are correcting software errors; modifying reports and ensuring accurate report runs; making modifications to the Application and documentation; writing ad hoc queries; loading and applying changes to the software language and/or database in which the Application is written;
• Provide support & knowledge sharing to other resources and transfer skills to Standard Bank where applicable.
• Participate in the disaster recovery testing planning and documentation as prescribed by the Bank.
• Adhere and mitigate Audit compliance

Engineering Activities

• Evaluate user requirements and advise on design and content of software engineering required to deliver required features.
• Ensure Architectural design Alignment
• Provide effort estimation and sequence for delivering designed features.
• Develop and configure designed features
• Code optimization
• Perform component integration testing on engineered software.
• Assist with system integration testing on engineered software.
• Plan cutover or migration activities required to implement required features
• Deploy software to production and perform planned cutover activities.
• Provide technical thought leadership around how new concepts should be architected and designed
• Provide quality assurance on deployment of new solutions

Support Activities

• Participate in the SAFE Agile Ceremonies as per SBG Group Adopted Operating Model e.g. Pre PI-Planning PI Planning Scrum of Scrums Stand-ups Inspect and Adapt workshops System Demos and Solution Demos (whichever is applicable)
• Provide regular update to the scrum master/engineering lead/RTE on the progress risks and blockers where applicable
• Effective owning and execution of allocated story items