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Creating and evolving data models, schemas and repositories to efficiently store and process data, accomplishing this through well designed, implemented and maintained ETL pipelines.\nBe responsible for the detailed cataloguing of all data assets within Columbus (from his/her area of responsibility), not only for own use, but also to assist data professionals as they analyze available data.\nData quality and governance will be ensured and enforced by designing and implementing data quality standards, as well as governance policies, holding him/her accountable for architectures and/or data systems that promote data reliability, scalability and quality.\nWill ensure data security and compliance to privacy regulations by developing and implementing the required security protocols and access controls. Throughout all this he/she will continually optimize the data repository’s query and processing performance, ensuring quick and efficiently processed data.\nInternally the engineer has direct interfaces and interaction with the Production and Distribution departments (client oriented), the Engineering department (Control and measuring interfaces, both client and provider oriented), Technical department (process optimization, client oriented), OPS Planning (scheduling aspects, client oriented), and other IT Teams (L2, L3 and L4 teams, main providers).\nExternally the engineer would liaise with external system suppliers, process/data technology consultants, and application software suppliers. Cooperation with external stakeholders like customers and/or suppliers are also frequent, in order to integrate external data systems with Columbus Stainless systems\nQUALIFICATION\nA Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related domain of study\nEXPERIENCE\nMinumum of 2 years, to 6 years experince (years of experince will determine the appointment Grade)\nRELEVANT SKILLS/COMPETENCIES\nMinimum of 4 years Data modelling, Data integration (ETL), System architecture design and System optimization experience.\nMinimum of 3 years Software design and engineering principles experience.\nMinimum of 2 years Project management experience.\nCLOSING DATE\n06th April 2025\nRequirements\nKEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS\nDesign and implement a scalable and efficient data engineering platform\nThe integration of data from multiple sources: organized, disorganized, structured and/or unstructured, into a centralized data repository. 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