Data Analyst / Architect at PathCare

About the job

• PathCare is a dynamic, purpose driven and values based Pathology and Diagnostic laboratory, caring for the health of patients, while offering expertise to medical professionals.
• An opportunity exists for a data specialist to join the team in our IT department at the N1 City HQ. We seek a professional with a high level of ethics and integrity who displays a proven track record of alignment with the PathCare values.

Responsibilities:

• Analyse the data architecture for new and existing software application platforms
• Define data standards and/or reference architectures for use by project teams in developing technical designs
• Define and implement data governance across multiple project teams or systems
• Assess industry standards for information models and translate them into improvements in the company’s software development framework
• Deliver well-defined data design documentation and data models that guide, inform and assist project software development and implementation teams
• Leverage proven experience to deliver innovative, scalable and reliable solutions
• Work closely with business and technical teams to establish and validate data requirements
• Work collaboratively with and across development and implementation teams to align and document data architecture and management
• Define and develop a data migration or bridging strategy, plan and algorithms for existing systems that need to migrate to next generation application software platforms
• Data quality improvement initiatives
• Map information flows
• Implement data governance to comply with the POPI Act

Required Qualifications, Skillsets and Abilities:

• An applicable tertiary qualification, preferably degree(s) and relevant certifications
• Solid experience working in technical data specialist role(s)
• Analytical thinker, able to understand how data relates to operations and the effect of process changes on data quality and requirements
• Ability to translate business needs into data architecture requirements
• Ability to maximise data assets by reducing redundancy, enabling accessibility within security and confidentiality boundaries, fostering corporate understanding of the meaning of the data (meta data management)
• Ability to serve as the liaison between business users and different IT teams
• Ability to develop and implement standards for naming, describing, governing, managing, modelling, storing, cleansing, transforming, searching and delivering data
• Experience in data integration, migration and data conversions
• Excellent skills in data management, data manipulation, data modelling, data services, reporting and analytics as well as the tools used to support these areas
• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Attention to detail and appreciation for consistency
• Recommended experience in the healthcare environment

If you are a close fit to our requirements and are passionate about making a difference through what you do, please apply online with a resume.

PathCare is committed to the pursuit of excellence and diversity in achieving our equity targets and the organisation’s approved Employment Equity plan will be considered as part of the talent acquisition process. Please assume your application to be unsuccessful if we do not contact you within two weeks of the closing date below.

Closing date for applications is Monday, 19 July 2021.