What will make you successful in this role?<\/p>\n
What success will look like for you 12 months into the role.<\/p>\n
\t(Ingestions Squad) Built configurable data ingestion platforms to collect and protect data from any source within two weeks or less.
\n\tThe team has bought and built to assemble a tool soup of persistent and secure ingestion tools, optimized for cost efficiency, with reliability as a non-negotiable standard.
\n\tSuccess will be measured by the consistent achievement of the two-week ingestion target while maintaining high reliability and security.
\n\t(Data products empowerment squad) Simplified data transformation and product development for the platforms SQL only users: Developed solutions that allow SQL-only users to easily schedule and orchestrate complex data transformation processes, such as through Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs). Success will be measured by the 100% adoption of your tools by platform users, the full deprecation of custom solutions and stored procedures, and the reliable orchestration of multi-stage transformation processes underlying our company wide data products.\u00a0
\n\t(Insights & ML tooling squad) Accelerated the development of insights and ML models by analysts and data scientists across the company: Built systems that empower analysts and data scientists to produce the insights and ML models needed to drive customer and commercial success with minimal engineering skills and platform friction.
\n\tSuccess will be measured by the number of successful deployments of insights and models per month that directly contribute to improving our business success metrics.
\n\tEngineered the platform for observability and performance.
\n\tMade your systems observable from the outside, taking ownership of their performance.
\n\tFacilitated real-time tracking of the system\u2019s internal state through logs, metrics, and traces.
\n\tDefined clear and measurable Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and integrate these into team OKRs to drive excellence.
\n\tSuccess will be measured by meeting or exceeding defined performance and reliability benchmarks, and the quick identification and resolution of issues.
\n\tEngineer the platform with privacy and security by design.
\n\tSecured the platform through compliance engineering initiatives that reduced the time and cognitive load related to compliance.
\n\tImplemented our Data Governance and Privacy policies effectively, leveraging encryption, firewalls, VPCs, Role Based Access Control and IAM integrations such as Active Directory.
\n\tSuccess will be measured by the platform\u2019s adherence to security and privacy standards, with minimal compliance overhead for users.
\n\tLeveraged containerization and infrastructure as code.
\n\tImplemented containerization strategies and infrastructure as code (IaC) practices to ensure scalable, repeatable, and efficient deployment of data services. Utilized tools like Docker and Terraform to automate infrastructure management and streamline the development pipeline.
\n\tSuccess will be measured by the consistency and reliability of deployments, reduced deployment times, and increased system scalability.
\n\tWhat will make your successful in this role (continue)<\/p>\n
What success will look like for you 12 months into the role.<\/p>\n
\tContributed to technology decisions.
\n\tEngaged in technology spikes to clarify needs and articulate solution criteria.
\n\tEvaluated different options through hands-on experimentation, leading to documented evaluations and recommendations that were understood by technology leaders or users across the company.
\n\tSuccess will be measured by the quality and clarity of your contributions to technology decisions and the adoption of your recommendations.
\n\tInvested in your own development.
\n\tExecuted on a culture of excellence and continuous improvement for both your part of the platform and your own abilities.
\n\tLived our culture of ownership, curiosity, and continuous learning.
\n\tParticipated in pre and post-mortems, sharing lessons learned across the organization along with how you are improving based on those lessons.
\n\tSuccess is measured by your active participation in continuous learning initiatives and the tangible improvements in platform performance and personal growth.
\n\tTechnical leadership and coaching.
\n\tEnable a culture of continuous learning and assist other engineers in their development journey.<\/p>\n
Qualification<\/p>\n
\tMatric
\n\tNational Diploma in an Information Technology related discipline or a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, or a quantitative field will be recommended.<\/p>\n
Experience<\/p>\n
\t5+ years’ experience as a data engineer in data platform or service engineering team with at least 2 in a modern context with cloud technologies
\n\tTrack record of high impact and investing in your own development<\/p>\n
Skills and Thinking Preference<\/p>\n
\tAbility to act independently and to deal with high levels of ambiguity.
\n\tYou look for ways to do, instead of reasons not to. You are high agency, high ownership in everything you do. You know we own our future, only we can make it happen. \u00a0If you find something that keeps us from our mission, you own it or work collaboratively with others until you find the right owner of it.
\n\tWhere some see impossible, you see a way. You have the strong conviction in our ability to innovate and bring financial services, and financial confidence to everyone across the continent. You turn obstacles into opportunity, chance into change.
\n\t\u00a0You move fast and fix things.
\n\tYou publish early and often, when you fail you learn and go again.
\n\tYou know that speed gives you the licence to fail, because you\u2019re moving fast enough to correct course.
\n\tYou love creating more with less. Knowing that the biggest impact is born of the smallest acts, scale is built into your thinking from day 1. This is not about meeting the needs of thousands; it\u2019s about exceeding the needs of millions. And working through small and mighty teams is way we\u2019ll do it.
\n\tYou seek out and value different perspectives. Believing that when we change how we look at things, how things look for us also changes. Making tomorrow not just different, but better.<\/p>\n
Personal Attributes<\/p>\n
\tPlans and aligns – Contributing through others
\n\tOptimises work processes – Contributing through others
\n\tCollaborates – Contributing strategically
\n\tResourcefulness – Contributing strategically
\n\tTech savvy – Contributing strategically<\/p>\n
Build a successful career with us<\/p>\n
\tWe\u2019re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees.
\n\tWe know that you have hopes for your future \u2013 your career, your personal development and of achieving great things.
\n\tWe pride ourselves in helping \u00a0our employees to realise their worth.
\n\tThrough its five business clusters \u2013 Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office \u2013 the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.<\/p>\n
Core Competencies<\/p>\n
\tCultivates innovation – Contributing through others
\n\tCustomer focus – Contributing through others
\n\tDrives results – Contributing through others
\n\tCollaborates – Contributing through others
\n\tBeing resilient – Contributing through others<\/p>\n
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