Data Engineer

Opportunity Available!! Our leading client in the Automotive Manufacturing Sector is looking to employ X4 Data Engineer's to join their dynamic team in East London.

Job Description

• Demonstrated ability to foster an environment for ideation, prototyping and production
• Demonstrated business acumen to take a design to implementation and have experience scaling a concept
• Must have IT Development and Systems Knowledge
• Experience with software development methodologies and practices (Agile, Scrum, etc.)
• Experience in Data Analysis and Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Strong Leadership Behaviours with good People Management skills and Problem Solving Skills
• Strong Interpersonal skills to manage relationships with a variety of partners and stakeholders
• Must have an excellent ability to multi-task effectively working on several projects synchronously
• Experience in rolling out initiatives that leverage multiplatform technologies
  

Outputs

• Manage and coordinate system upgrades/bug fixes and support with product testing.
• Design and model solutions for customer innovation and experience.
• Design, research, develop, analyse and suggest new concepts as well as strategies.
• Lead and direct different cross-functional programs and projects of varied sizes and types concurrently.
• Coordinate all cross-functional activities, represent customers internally and collaborate with leaders in varied areas on allocation across projects and resource planning.
• Ensure to exercise decision-making and independent judgment while being aligned with customers and management.
• Promote innovations to support business requirements through activities that test, pilot and implement innovative concepts
• Roll out and analyse the effectiveness of initiatives that leverage multiplatform technologies
  

Job Requirements

• Minimum NQF 7 – BSC/BCom/BTech in Information Technology or B. Eng. (Industrial Engineering) or relevant equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in IT/Manufacturing
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence (BI) and self-service data visualization tools such as Qlik Sense, Qlik View, and Power BI
• Good knowledge of Database technologies like Postgres, NoSQL, MySQL etc
• Technical understanding of databases and enthusiasm for business intelligence and the associated tools
• Knowledge of Visual .Net, Databricks and Python
• Advanced knowledge of Data Engineering
• Knowledge and application of AZURE DevOps
• Containerisation (Kubernetes/Docker) Advantageous
• Experience with Monitoring management
• Knowledge of Middleware Integration
• Knowledge of Data Ingestion
• API orientated approach and knowledge
• Understanding of object-oriented programming
• Experience in Test Driven Software Development
• Knowledge of software and business process modelling techniques and tools (e.g. UML)
  

Desired Skills

• Data Engineer
• Information Technology
• Computer Science
• Data Engineering
• Automotive Sector