Data Engineer; Specialist

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DLK Group | Contract

Data Engineer (Specialist)

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 18/10/2025

• Date Opened: 18/10/2025
• Job Type: Contract
• Industry: IT Services
• Work Experience:
  
  5-7 years
• Salary:
  Market Related
• City:
  Cape Town
• Province:
  Western Cape
• Country:
  South Africa
• Postal Code: 7400

The role of the Data Engineer encompasses many activities, including (but not limited to):

• Data Modeling:
  Designing logical and physical data models to support the data requirements of applications and analytics; ensuring data models meet business requirements and are optimized for performance and scalability.
• Data Integration:
  Designing and implementing data integration processes, including ETL (extract, transform, load) and ELT (extract, load, transform) workflows; ensuring seamless integration of data from various sources, both internal and external.
• Data Security and Compliance:
  Ensuring data architectures comply with relevant data privacy and security regulations; implementing data security measures, including encryption, access controls, and monitoring.

Minimum Qualification:

• NQF 6 or higher tertiary qualification in Information Communication Technology (ICT) field incorporating (but not limited to) Information Systems;
  Cloud certification.

Minimum Experience

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a Data Engineer role.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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