Specialist Data Engineer

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

Job Description

Job Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong SQL expertise, experience with AWS cloud services, and the ability to integrate multiple data sources into a cohesive data ecosystem. You will play a key role in transforming business requirements into actionable data solutions and supporting data visualization through Power BI.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Integrate data from various sources including APIs, databases, and third-party platforms.
• Translate business requirements into efficient and optimized SQL queries.
• Collaborate with data analysts and business stakeholders to deliver actionable insights.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports using Power BI.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data systems.
• Work with cloud infrastructure, primarily AWS, to deploy and manage data solutions.
• Automate data workflows using scripting languages and cloud-native tools.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong SQL skills – ability to write complex queries and optimize performance.
• AWS experience – familiarity with services such as S3, Lambda, RDS, Glue, and Redshift.
• Data Integration – proven experience integrating multiple data sources.
• Power BI – ability to create and manage dashboards and reports.
• Programming Languages:
  • Python – for data manipulation and automation.
  • JavaScript / TypeScript – for data-related web applications or integrations.
  • Bash scripting – for automation and system-level tasks.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – certification is a strong advantage.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree or Related Diploma in IT
• Experience with data warehousing and big data technologies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of data governance and compliance standard

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised