Master Data Management (MDM) Specialist - Amplify Health at Discovery Limited

What you will do?

The Master Data Management (MDM) Specialist is responsible for building, implementing and supporting a master data repository. The right individual will build and grow the master data strategy and possess experience in all stages of BI project work (requirements and logical design, physical design, implementation, testing and deployment). The MDM specialist should have a firm grasp of BI implementation methodologies and will have had in-depth experience with the Microsoft Azure Stack.  To qualify for the position, the candidate should possess the following:

• Strong business acumen in understanding business processes and the data that each produces
• Deep change management expertise in the implementation of new data and information management strategies
• Relationship builder cultivating strong business relationships with operational and systems users mapping data to each business operation
• Hands on experience with data tools include integration, data quality, etc

The role is based in Sandton, South Africa.

Core responsibilities include:

• Strategically implementing Master Data architecture and understand it’s integration with organization data
• Define data quality rules with business users to fix bad data
• Embedding master data principles in the data management process
• Work with business users understanding the business processes that generate different data and the downstream analytic, predictive, and reporting dependencies
• Assisting in the definition of data taxonomies and ontologies and implementing production versions of the data
• Handling change management processes that introduce new data into the data platform
• Identifying tools and technologies that management the creation, maintenance, approval, and auditability of newly generated data outside system processes
• Lead MDM projects and implement through a reusable architecture
• Drive engagement of solutions with Business Analysts, Data Engineers, Data Architects, and business users
• Training of business users in the usage of MDM tools for different business processes
• Be able to profile data and report on the data anomalies when it comes to completeness, consistency, accuracy, reliability, timeliness
• Document solutions and architecture

 What you need to be successful

Technical skills:

• Expert SQL
• Master Data Services
• Azure Purview
• Azure Synapse
• Azure Data Factory
• Lakehouse architecture
• Relational database SQL Server, Synapse experience plus Data Lake Gen2
• Dimensional modelling skills and Data Architecture
• Data taxonomies and Ontologies
• DevOps/DataOps and CI/CD experience

Technical skills additional:

• Profisee

Behavioural skills:

• Strong leader
• A passion for data
• Attention to detail
• Highly analytical and critical thinker
• Self-starter
• Willingness to learn and grow exponentially
• A restless curiosity in learning new technology
• Ability to work cohesively in a team environment and balance multiple priorities
• A team player who can work alone when required and without supervision
• High level of attention to detail, resilience, enthusiasm, energy and drive
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Ethical and able to maintain confidentiality and manage boundaries
• Aligned to Amplify values and core purpose

Qualifications:

• A BSc in Computer Science or Btech In IT
• An honours or master's degree in a related field preferred.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in data management