Data Engineer (Remote)

at  Datafin IT Recruitment

QUALIFICATIONS –

• Tertiary degree in BSc Computer Science, B.IT or Informatics related Degrees, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Actuarial Science or an Engineering Degree.

EXPERIENCE/SKILLS –

• Understanding and working experience in data integration and transformation.
• Information and Technology services industry experience.
• Data Analysis, modelling and surfacing.
• Data Cleaning / Integrity Checking.
• SQL, SSIS, database scripting (stored procedures, user defined functions, queries, triggers).
• Present information using data visualization techniques (such as QlikView, Power BI and Tableau).
• Experience of creating reports using Excel or equivalent.
• Iterative Testing including debugging and refactoring.
• Constructing data queries by combining multiple data sources.

• The configuration and implementation at various clients.
• Understand the business requirements of clients, the focus being the research and investment process of these Asset Managers.
• Construct end to end data service solutions.
• Liaise and interface with clients in a support role, providing 2nd Tier support and enhancement services.
• Understand and manage the client’s data requirements, the data being specific to the financial markets.
• Contribute towards a team that develops, constructs, tests and maintains architectures (such as databases and large-scale processing systems).
• Ensure data architecture will support the requirements of the client’s business.
• Employ a variety of languages and tools (e.g. scripting languages) to marry systems together.
• Recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency and quality.
• Automate work by using process flow tools.
• Provide feedback to the Development team regarding new functionality and issue logging.
• Creation of user interfaces allowing users to upload their own data.