Data Engineer (Azure Data Factory)

You'll turn messy data into reports managers actually use, for a short-term insurer in Umhlanga. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll be based at a short-term insurer in Umhlanga. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Present findings to managers in plain language with clear charts
• Automate weekly reports that used to take hours in Excel
• Mask or remove personal information in data sets under POPIA
• Check data quality and trace odd numbers back to the source
• Meet business users to turn their questions into report requirements

• Degree in statistics, maths, computer science, economics or a related field
• Able to explain what the numbers mean, not just show them
• Advanced Excel
• Strong SQL, including joins, window functions and CTEs
• Careful with sensitive customer data

• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake or Fabric
• Python with pandas for data wrangling

• Hybrid work with two office days
• Annual bonus tied to company performance
• Paid cloud and BI certifications
• Latest laptop with extra screen

• Put SQL and your BI tool in the first line of your CV; these are the keywords every data recruiter searches.
• Show a before-and-after, like "replaced a 6-hour manual report with an automatic daily dashboard".