Data Engineer - VKB I&T, Head Office Reitz at VKB Group

About the Role

• As a data engineer, you will collaborate with different departments and industries within our company to identify business intelligence, reporting, and data analysis needs.
• This role requires extensive knowledge and experience related to data analysis, design, manipulation, developmental and operational insights.
• The right person will have a background in data and business analysis and be self-motivated and passionate about problem solving.

About the person

• If you are willing to join us on our data journey, are a team player that copes well in a challenging environment, are self-motivated and passionate about data, if you are eager to learn and bring a positive attitude, then you will fit in well with our diverse team. 

This position qualifies for VKBs' Hybrid/ Remote work policy.

Qualifications/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems / National Diploma in an Information Technology related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years' formal experience in data engineering.
• Application and data engineering background with a solid background in SQL is required.
• Knowledge of database management system (DBMS) physical implementation, including tables, joins and SQL querying.
• Knowledge and experience of structured data, such as entities, classes, hierarchies, relationships, and metadata.
• Experience in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 or Microsoft Dynamics Business Central ERP systems will be beneficial.
• Experience in agile development. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assisting in the design, development, and support of a group wide data warehouse, using SQL Server Integration Services through an ETL process to combine various data sources in an Analysis Services Cube.
• Attending and accurate reporting on projects and tickets at weekly team meetings
• Ensure that the I&T department remains the preferred I&T service provider of business.
• Continuous identification, reporting and handling of risks in the I&T department.
• Comply with all VKB policies as well as adhering to all I&T principals.
• Attending of and participation in daily scrum meetings.

Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of SQL queries, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), data warehouse design, online analytical processing (OLAP) and ETL (Extract, transform, load) framework.
• Data Engineering background with a specific focus on staging high quality data.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work on multiple projects at any given time.
• Ability to work to deadlines and manage expectations.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Strong technical documentation skills.
• Understanding of data warehousing principles.

Added advantages would be:

• ability to develop reports and dashboards using reporting technologies such as Power BI and/or SSRS.
• Knowledge of cloud-based deployments of database systems (Azure Synapse).
• Knowledge of and exposure to Dev/ops.

Seniority Level

• Technical

Industry:

• Information & Technology Services
• Agriculture & associated Industries

Closing Date 23 May 2023