Data Engineer People & Culture - Johannesburg, Gauteng (Hybrid) at Harambee

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Harambee Software Development team is looking for an exceptional Data Engineer to join their dynamic team based in Johannesburg. The Data Engineering role's objective is collecting, storing and processing large sets of data, with the primary goal of providing optimal solutions to use and of course the implementation, improvement, and monitoring thereof. The Data Engineer is also responsible to partner with the Head of Data on database design and strategy to enable Harambee’s future strategy and technology roadmap. Furthermore, the Data Engineer will be doing all that in an organisation that changes lives and has a culture of teamwork, openness and collaboration. If this prospect excites you, then you may be the person we are looking for.

The Technical Challenge

Harambee is building a ground-breaking, scalable, future-fit technology platform that changes lives by helping young first-time work-seekers find jobs and work experiences. Our technology needs to cater for the unique, personalised employment journey of each workseeker – ultimately using the power of big data to help them find their first job. We run an Agile Development Programme in a DevOps infrastructure and culture. Our cloud-native technology stack is predominantly hosted in Google Cloud Platform with services written in .Net Core and Python. The data landscape includes MYSQL, Big Query and Composer. This technology stack is currently being revised to drive a strategy of simplification, business user enablement and data integrity. Google did a case study on us. READ IT (https://cloud.google.com/customers/harambee/)

You will work as a technical specialist, aiding your colleagues in the creation, maintenance and use of the data stack. 

1.       Planning and strategy:

          a.       Engage with various stakeholders to understand the business and data goals in 

                    context of Harambee’s strategy and vision.

          b.       Design data solutions for real-time and batch environments.

          c.       Document the planning, implementation and operation of the data platform.

          d.       Select and integrate any big data tools and frameworks required to enable the 

                   business and data analysis goals.

          e.       Work closely with the data analyst, testers, developers and business analysts to 

                    design and ensure delivery of data requirements.

2.       Execution:

          a.       Assist with and advise on the data platform and it’s use, including data analysis,

                    security, architecture and modelling.

          b.       Ensure effective infrastructure for processing large volumes of transactional data.

          c.       Implement data retention policies.

          d.       Monitor performance and advise on necessary infrastructure changes.

          e.       Work with platform developers to ensure seamless and optimal data ingestion.

          f.        Build data structures and pipelines that ensure the storage and transformation of 

                    data.

          g.       Work with the data analysts to ensure necessary and accurate data is available for

                    downstream use.

3.       Support

          a.       Support other teams with ad hoc data analysis to derive business insights.

          b.       Support the Data analysis and Business Intelligence team on data validation and 

                    quality assurance to ensure accurate dashboards and reports.

Application link:https://harambee.bamboohr.com/careers/34