We are looking for an individual who will elevate the quality of data across the business.
The successful candidate will have a strong knowledge of our product, process, and production system, and will understand the data and its meaning very well.
Duties & Responsibilities
Key Job Outputs:
Data Management
- Maintaining our data dictionary in conjunction with our data stewards.
- Providing necessary insights to improve the quality of our data.
- Ensuring that necessary data is provided in the agreed format to reporting and analytics teams.
- Agreeing with the analytics teams on necessary data elements.
- Maintaining a Data Dictionary and Business Glossary.
- Translating data meaning and context for reporting and analysis teams, emphasizing Credit and Sales.
- Deep understanding of the Production system mechanics of each of our product flows.
- Understanding how Salesforce is implemented.
- Managing database objects, fields, and their relationships.
- Providing detailed information on database changes.
Stakeholder Communication and Change Management
- Ensuring that the requirements of the data consumers are clearly understood by the technology teams.
- Communicating any changes to production data clearly to data consumers.
- Communicating across all departments, especially Credit and Technology Teams.
Data Lake/Warehousing Management
- Understanding how system enhancements impact the data warehouse.
- Implementing new solutions and flows.
- Extracting and transforming data from different systems.
- Qualifying and scoring data, providing quality and accuracy reports.
- Monitoring the data warehouse to ensure all data flows are running as scheduled.
Data Quality Management
- Moving data for updates on the system.
- Updating records with external data.
- Providing data stewards with agreed quality metrics.
- Cleaning bad data when identified.
Data Lake Maintenance
- Ensuring necessary data elements are consistently updated from production.
Core Competencies:
- Technical skills in Java-script, ETL experience, and SQL.
- Knowledge of the business analysis process.
Communication:
- Clear, structured written communication.
- Ability to communicate effectively across different levels of the business.
Problem Solving Ability:
- A structured approach to problem-solving and delivery.
Planning and Organising:
- Organizing activities to ensure timely completion.
Service Delivery and Excellence:
- Completing work appropriately to meet the needs of internal colleagues and external clients.
Self-Management:
- A high degree of self-management and initiative is expected.
Desired Experience & Qualification
Qualifications:
- Post-matric technology qualification.
Experience:
- 3 - 6 years of Data engineering and BI experience, including data extraction, transformation, and loading.
- 2 years of data dictionary development and maintenance.
Package & Remuneration
Salary: Market related.
Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful.
All personal information received will be processed in accordance with The Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 OF 2013.
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