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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Senior Data Engineer

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R450.00 - R550.00 per hour
  • Contract Senior position
  • Sandton
  • Posted 19 Aug 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 34 days
  • Job 2644002
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About the position

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join the Channel & Data Insights team of a leading organization in South Africa.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building and optimizing scalable data platforms and pipelines that support critical business and channel insights.
Working primarily across the Microsoft Azure data estate, including Microsoft Fabric, you will develop robust ETL/ELT solutions, modern data models and reliable data products that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and maintain scalable data platforms and data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, ADLS Gen2, Azure Synapse Analytics, Event Hubs and Stream Analytics.
  • Build and optimise solutions across Fabric Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Pipelines, notebooks and semantic models.
  • Develop robust ETL/ELT processes and implement modern data modelling approaches, including Kimball and/or Data Vault 2.0.
  • Develop and optimize data transformations and processing using T-SQL, Python and Apache Spark.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Bicep, ARM, PowerShell/CLI and Azure DevOps.
  • Apply data governance, security, quality and lineage practices using tools such as Databricks Unity Catalog and/or Microsoft Purview.
  • Work closely with data analysts, product owners and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize platform performance, reliability and cost efficiency.
  • Contribute to data engineering standards, documentation, best practices and knowledge sharing within an Agile environment.

Desired Skills:

  • 7-8 years' hands-on experience in platform and data engineering
  • at intermediate to senior level. Strong experience across the Azure data platform
  • particularly: Microsoft Fabric Azure Data Factory Databricks ADLS Gen2 Azure Synapse Analytics Event Hubs Stream Analytics Strong experience in ETL/ELT
  • data warehousing and data modelling
  • including Kimball and/or Data Vault 2.0. Strong proficiency in T-SQL
  • Python and Apache Spark. Practical experience with Azure DevOps
  • CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code
  • including Bicep
  • ARM and PowerShell/CLI. Exposure to Databricks Unity Catalog and/or Microsoft Purview. Experience working in Agile environments. Strong communication
  • problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desired Work Experience:

  • 5 to 10 years

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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

About the agency

Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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