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The ideal candidate is technically strong in Netezza, SAS, and SQL, understands the banking data environment, and can balance data engineering precision with business understanding. We are searching for a candidate that will act as a bridge between technical teams, finance and business stakeholders, ensuring data flows are efficient, transparent and of high standard.\n\nJob Responsibilities\n\rData Engineering & Modelling\n• Develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for reporting and analytics.\n• Build data marts and data models supporting business and advanced analytics.\n• Optimize SQL queries and Netezza performance for large financial datasets.\n• Maintain documented, reusable transformation logic.\nData Quality & Controls\n• Design and implement data validation checks for completeness and accuracy.\n• Support data lineage and audit requirements for regulatory reporting.\n• Apply strong version control and testing practices.\nCollaboration & Stakeholder Engagement\n• Work closely with Finance, Risk, and Modelling teams.\n• Translate technical outputs into business insights.\n• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for Netezza and analytics best practices.\n• Provide mentorship on SQL and data modelling.\nTechnology & Process Improvement\n• Drive best practices in ELT/ETL development within Netezza, SAS and other tools within the bank.\n• Collaborate with IT and infrastructure to ensure optimal data performance.\n• Automate manual data preparation tasks.\nEssential Qualifications - NQF Level\n\rMatric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate\r\nAdvanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees\r\nPreferred Qualification\n\n3-year qualification in a Mathematical related BSc, Engineering, CFA, FRM, CQF\nMinimum Experience Level\n\n2–5 years of experience in banking or financial data environments.\n\nAdvanced SQL (Netezza or similar MPP platforms).\n\nStrong SAS for data extraction and transformation.\n\nKnowledge of ETL/ELT and data visualization tools (Power BI).\n\nTechnical / Professional Knowledge\n\rDemonstrates foundational understanding of quantitative methods and apply them to defined tasks; 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