Job Description: The successful candidate will play a key role in the maintenance, enhancement, and management of data pipelines that turn raw data into assets that can be used to extract insights and have an efficiency mindset. [the_ad id="21943"] Job Responsibilities: Future-proof data sources in a way that is closely aligned to the business's evolving reporting and analytics needs. Ensure compliance with data governance standards. Ensure maximum uptime for data assets. Review databases and other assets on an ongoing basis to eliminate inefficiencies. Understand business and analytics requirements to build efficient and effective data pipelines that optimise data retrieval. Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reliability and efficiency and automate data processes and flow. Ensure that Life Healthcare can drive business value through analytics by laying the data foundation securely. Build, maintain and test data architecture that best serves the organisation's needs. Job Requirements: Good communication skills. Fundamental knowledge of computer hardware and software Solid knowledge of data security requirements and protocols 5+ years experience in a data engineering or similar role, including exposure to modernisation of SQL Server and Data Warehouses and SSIS, SSAS and SSRS development Advanced SQL and TSQL expertise Healthcare experience will be a strong advantage Specific software or environment exposure (Hadoop/Scala/Spark) would be an advantage Experience in architecting solutions in the Cloud (Microsoft Azure would be an advantage) Ability to work to deadlines. Ability to engage with stakeholders in business and the analytics team to clearly understand requirements and be able to communicate opportunities and constraints in an accessible and non-technical way Experience in working with complex data environments and ETL processes Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent qualification. Job Details: Company: Life Healthcare Vacancy Type: Full Time Job Location: Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa Application Deadline: N/A [the_ad id="21944"] Apply Here jobsrican.com