Senior Analytics Engineer at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
- R1.00 - R2.00 per hour
- Contract Senior position
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Johannesburg
- Posted 02 Nov 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
- Expires in 30 days
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Job 2646830 - Ref 878000028008651
About the position
Make the Gold Layer the Source of Truth
We’re looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to design the silver and gold layers the entire business reports on. You’ll certify every metric, set the modelling and testing standards the chapter follows, and lead the analytics side of our SAP BW to Databricks migration.
In this role you’ll:
- Design scalable dimensional models using Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
- Build the most complex transformations yourself so business rules land correctly
- Own metric certification and Databricks–SAP BW reconciliation
- Set quality standards and coach junior and intermediate engineers
RequirementsYou’ll need:
- 6+ years in analytics or data engineering with production ownership of models
- Expert SQL and dimensional modelling at scale
- Hands-on Databricks experience (or Data bricks Certified Data Engineer Professional)
- Production experience with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines or dbt
- Strong SAP BW knowledge to lead source interpretation during the migration
Advantageous
- Unity Catalog: governance grants, masking, row filters and lineage, and semantic-layer curation through metric views.
- Coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex, run in parallel and verified by tests and reconciliation.
- Retail data, ideally pharmacy retail. Healthcare or financial services also count.
- A completed migration off a legacy warehouse.
Apply now — help us keep the gold layer trustworthy.
Desired Skills:
- Sap BW
- s4Hana
- Python
- SQL
- Databricks
- Git
- CICD
Desired Qualification Level:
About The Employer:
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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