Data Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026.
SUMMARY:
Background:
Excellent career opportunity for a Data Engineer to join a leading retail group
POSITION INFO:
Minimum Requirements: 3 Year IT related degree Post graduate qualification (advantageous) 5-10 Years' experience and understanding in designing and developing data warehouses according to the Kimball methodology Adept at design and development of ETL processes SQL development experience, preferably SAS data studio and AWS experience Ability to ingest\/output CSV, JSON and other flat file types and any related data sources Proficient in Python or R Experience within Retail, Financial Services and Logistics environments Responsibilities: Ensure highest data quality assurance, data accuracy, and data completeness through regular and in-depth review and testing of work Create easily understandable technical documentation that are kept up to date Conduct data design, database architecture, metadata and repository creation activities and tasks as required by business Stakeholder Translate business needs into long-term architecture solutions Define, design, and build dimensional databases Design the ETL pipelines Develop data warehousing blueprints, evaluating hardware and software platforms, and integrating systems Evaluate reusability of current data for additional analysis Translate Meta data into explanatory reports and visuals for easy understanding to end user Perform data pre-processing which includes data manipulation, transformation, normalisation, standardisation, visualisation, and derivation of new variables\/features, as applicable to developing specific algorithms or models Build data quality metrics and conduct data validation testing Follow the IT governance process when implementing a change to ensure governance standards and protocols are followed Provide feedback to business owners on identified problems to ensure quality of data is rectified Conduct training and upskilling on new reports and or self-service analytics platforms to relevant Stakeholders Communicate with Stakeholders to keep them abreast of current developments within the function and to manage expectations Deal effectively and timeously with Customer complaints and ensure that complaints are resolved or escalated in line with agreed standards Deliver services and products to the customer within the parameters of the agreed SLA TO APPLY: Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV. Please Apply Online and complete your registration via our website to enable and protect you as a candidate and to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions. This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL. However, you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market. Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the minimum requirements will not be considered for the respective position. Note our clients may expire jobs at their own discretion. AJ PERSONNEL will only respond to shortlisted candidates. If you have not received a response within two (2) weeks from applying, your application was then unsuccessful for that specific position, however your profile remains on our system for future opportunities.