AWS Senior Data Engineer

Salt South Africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Full-time
Posted 1 day ago
Full-time IT & Software
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Job Description

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline.
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification as a minimum.
  • Relevant Business Analysis, Agile and Data certifications will be advantageous.

Experience

Mandatory

  • Minimum 8 years professional experience.
  • Minimum 5 years experience within Financial Services.
  • Minimum 5 years Business Analysis or Feature Analysis experience.
  • Minimum 5 years Data Analysis experience.
  • Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
  • Experience engaging senior business and technology stakeholders.

Functional Skills

  • Requirements Elicitation and Management.
  • Business Analysis.
  • Feature Analysis.
  • User Story Development.
  • Acceptance Criteria Definition.
  • Workshop Facilitation.
  • Process Analysis.
  • Data Analysis.
  • Data Mapping.
  • Data Modelling.
  • Data Governance.
  • Data Lineage.
  • Data Quality Analysis.
  • Stakeholder Management.
  • Backlog Management.
  • Agile Delivery Support.
  • Testing Support and Validation.

Technical Skills

  • SQL.
  • Data Profiling.
  • Data Warehousing Concepts.
  • Data Architecture Concepts.
  • Metadata Management.
  • Data Lineage Tooling.
  • Reporting and Analytics Concepts.
  • API and System Integration Understanding.
  • Jira and Agile Tooling.

Highly Advantageous Experience

  • Foreign Exchange (FX) domain knowledge.
  • Capital Markets experience.
  • Treasury systems exposure.
  • Front Office Trading environments.
  • Regulatory Reporting.
  • AWS Cloud Data Platforms.
  • Data Migration Programmes.
  • Enterprise Data Management frameworks.
  • Financial Product Data Models.

Key Success Criteria

The resources shall be deemed successful when:

  • Business and data requirements are documented and approved.
  • User stories and acceptance criteria are production-ready.
  • Target-state data models are documented and validated.
  • Data lineage and ownership artefacts are completed.
  • Critical data elements are identified and catalogued.
  • Cross-stream dependencies are analysed and managed.
  • Data quality issues are identified with remediation recommendations.
  • Architecture and implementation decisions are supported through evidence-based analysis.
  • Programme delivery milestones are supported without delays attributable to analysis activities.

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Job details
Job TypeFull-time
LocationJohannesburg, Gauteng
CategoryIT & Software
Experience8+ years
Posted26 October 2026
Closing Date9 November 2026
Salt South Africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng

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