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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Senior Analytics Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 12 Aug 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2643696 - Ref 878000022890416
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About the position

We’re looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to lead the design and development of scalable analytics data platforms powering BI, Advanced Analytics and AI.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead scalable analytics data modelling and architecture.
  • Define data modelling standards, governance and best practices.
  • Build reliable, high-performing data models and pipelines.
  • Drive data quality, testing, observability and performance.
  • Enable self-service analytics and advanced BI/AI use cases.
  • Partner with Data Scientists, BI teams and business stakeholders.
  • Mentor Analytics Engineers and provide technical leadership


RequirementsQualifications
  • Matric Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
  • 6+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or advanced analytics roles.
  • Expert-level proficiency in SQL and extensive experience designing scalable analytical data models.
  • Strong experience with data transformation tools (e.g., dbt) and modern data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift).
  • Deep understanding of data modelling concepts (star schema, dimensional modelling, data vault, fact/dimension design).
  • Proven experience working with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker etc.) and enabling self-service analytics.
  • Strong experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD practices in data workflows.

Advantageous
  • Postgraduate qualification in a related field.
  • Experience in retail, healthcare, or financial services data environments.
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Exposure to machine learning pipelines and feature engineering.
  • Experience mentoring or leading analytics/data teams.


Desired Skills:

  • SQL
  • Analytical Data models
  • DBT
  • BigQuery
  • Data modelling concepts
  • BI Tools
  • Cloud Platforms

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


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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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