# Senior Data Engineer

Introduction We aim to build one of the strongest Engineering capabilities within Africa. Our Data Engineers are key to help us achieve this. Data Engineers at cloudandthings.io are responsible for building and operating data platforms anddata pipelines, primarily using the AWS, Microsoft Fabric, or Databricks. We are seeking highly skilled and experienced Data Engineers to join our team. This role involves designing, building, and optimising data architecture and data pipelines. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data processing technologies and experience in cloud environments. While this list is long, an ideal candidate should have working knowledge and experience covering many of the tools and services. The requirements for each project differ over time, and these skills provide an overview of what may typically be required of a Data Engineer. Duties & Responsibilities The following outlines the primary responsibilities for an Data Engineer, but the role will require flexibility and adaptation as the business expands. Software Engineering - Fundamentals A fundamental software engineering skill set underpins all engineering work at cloudandthings.io. E

- **Id**: 4016750
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cloudandthings-senior-data-engineer>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T11:51:55Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T11:51:55Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7916
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Predictive Analytics, Loyalty Programs, Industrial Real Estate

## Company

- **Id**: 3881362
- **Name**: cloudandthings
- **Domain**: cloudandthings.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cloudandthings>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Airflow** — Optional: no
- **Amazon Aurora** — Optional: no
- **Amazon Kinesis** — Optional: no
- **Amazon Redshift** — Optional: no
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: no
- **Apache HTTP Server** — Optional: no
- **Apache Hudi** — Optional: no
- **Apache Iceberg** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **AWS Glue** — Optional: no
- **AWS Lambda** — Optional: no
- **AWS Step Functions** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CloudFormation** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **Delta Lake** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **DynamoDB** — Optional: no
- **ElasticSearch** — Optional: no
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Hadoop** — Optional: no
- **IAM** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Memcached** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Fabric** — Optional: no
- **MySQL** — Optional: no
- **OpenSearch** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **pySpark** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Redis** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T12:57:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T15:20:05Z

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