Azure Data Engineer JB

Azure Data Engineer

Department:                          Sales and Delivery Team - Empower

Industry:                                 Information Technology & Services, Computer Software, Management Consulting

Location:                               South Africa (Johannesburg)

Experience Range:               2+ years

Basic Qualification:             Master/Bachelor of Engineering or Equivalent

Travel Requirements:         Local to Johannesburg, South Africa preferred

Website:                                www.exusia.com

Exusia, a cutting-edge digital transformation and analytics consultancy, seeks Azure Data Engineers to join our global delivery team's digital practice in South Africa.

What’s the Role?

The Data Engineer role will be part of our digital practice and will be focused on delivering best of breed technology solutions based on Azure Cloud, Ab Initio and open source technology stack for Exusia’ s clients. The candidate will also be part of the practice team and contribute to Competency development & driving innovation through various internal initiatives within the company. Candidate should have more than 2 years of experience with broad exposure to Microsoft and Data Engineering technologies (Unix, SQL, Ab Initio).

Key Responsibilities: 

• Work on client projects to deliver Microsoft Cloud (Azure) based Data engineering & Analytics solutions
• Provide hands on technical leadership for relevant technical skills on multiple projects if required
• Engineer and implement scalable analytics solutions both on premise & Cloud platforms
• Design data pipelines to ingest & integrate structured/unstructured data from heterogeneous sources
• Collaborate with delivery leadership to deliver projects on time adhering to the quality standards
• Contribute to the growth of the Microsoft Cloud (Azure) practice by helping with solution design for prospects and internal training for Exusia employees and clients
• Contribute to talent recruitment, competency building and providing mentor-ship to junior resources

Criteria for the Role!

The successful candidate would need to have 2+ yrs of experience and should possess a broad set of capabilities, depth of knowledge and variety of experiences. The competency needs for this role are as follows.

Mandatory Skills:

• Should have solid experience for ETL processing
• Experience on Azure Synapse Analytics with demonstrated hands on experience on at least 1 project
• Strong knowledge of Azure Data pipeline tools Azure Data Factory and /or Azure Databricks
• Problem-solving skills along with good interpersonal & communication skills
• Self-starter who can work on any Azure Services in the Analytics space 
• Experience working with data from DataVerse and Azure SQL Database

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Working knowledge of Power BI & Embedded Analytics using Power BI Embedded and .NET
• Working knowledge of SSRS and SSAS
• Experience building operational/interactive Model-driven & Canvas based applications using Power Apps
• Exposure to Analytics services available on Azure
• Automating workflows and business processes with Power Apps & Power Automate
• Integrate Power Platform components with Azure based services and Azure security layer
• Installation & Configuration of Microsoft tools both On Premise & Azure
• Understanding of Data Modeling & Other ETL tools is desirable
• Exposure to Other BI / Visual Analysis tools like Tableau, Looker is desirable
• Experience with Excel Macros and VBScript
• Exposure to any other low code / No code platforms for building data centric apps will be a plus 

Exusia, Inc. is committed to maintaining a dynamic work culture. We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package to all employees. 

About Exusia

Exusia (http://exusia.com/) is a global technology consulting company that empowers its clients to gain a competitive edge by accelerating business objectives and providing strategy and solutions in data management and analytics. The company has established its leadership position by solving some of the world's largest and most complex data problems in the financial, healthcare, telecommunications and high technology industries.

Exusia’s mission is to transform the world through the innovative use of information.

Exusia was recognized by Inc. 5000 and by Crain’s publications as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the world.

Since the company’s founding in 2012, Exusia has experienced an impressive seven years of revenue growth and has expanded its operations in Africa, Americas, Asia, and UK.

Exusia has recently also been recognized by publications such as the CIO Review, Industry Era, Insight Success and the CIO Bulletin for the company’s innovation in IT Services, the Telecommunications and Healthcare industries and its entrepreneurship. The Exusia Africa is headquartered in Miami city of Florida, United States with development teams and centers across India in Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Gurugram.

Interested applicants should apply by forwarding their CV to: elevate@exusia.com