Junior Data Engineer

About

Description

We are expanding our Data & Analytics capability and looking for aspiring Junior Data Engineers who are passionate about building, maintaining and optimising data pipelines that empower decision‑making across the bank.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain enterprise‑grade data pipelines Perform day‑to‑day data operations including profiling, cleaning, validation, configuration, and QA Assist with ingestion, provisioning, streaming, and API‑based data solutions
• Support secure, reliable data infrastructure
• Create virtual databases and support business data extracts
• Collaborate with analysts on documentation, profiling, and validation
• Monitor the Data Warehouse to meet SLAs
• Manage cloud compute and storage processes
• Run daily operational reports and batch jobs
• Partner with business stakeholders to improve data queries

Qualifications

• ETL & Pipelines (Ab Initio, SAS ETL)
• SQL Databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2)
• Cloud Data Engineering (Azure, AWS, Google)
• Data Warehousing
• 1–2 years of Data Engineering or related experience
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in fast‑paced environments
• Collaborative, calm, and proactive
• Matric + Advanced Diploma or National First Degree

Application instructions:

• Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566