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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

Specialist Data Scientist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Specialist position
  • Cape Town
  • Posted 13 Oct 2025 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2624593 - Ref 878000011873469
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About the position

  • Develop and implement comprehensive data management strategies aligned with organisational goals.
  • Define and maintain data policies, standards, and best practices for effective data governance.
  • Establish frameworks for data quality, integrity, and compliance across the enterprise.
  • Identify opportunities to improve data utilisation for analytics, AI, and business intelligence.
  • Evaluate and select optimal data storage technologies, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, data lakes, and data warehouses.
  • Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance data storage architectures.
  • Ensure efficient data access, retrieval, and integration across platforms and environments.
  • Optimise data infrastructure for advanced analytics, reporting, and AI workloads.
  • Partner with business stakeholders, data analysts, and IT teams to understand organisational data needs and translate them into actionable solutions.
  • Ensure alignment of data initiatives with business strategies and priorities.
  • Communicate complex data concepts, architectures, and solutions clearly to non-technical audiences.
  • Foster collaboration between data science, engineering, and governance teams to ensure seamless data operations.

Requirements



  • Education: NQF Level 6 or higher tertiary qualification in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or a related field (including Information Systems).
  • Cloud certification (e.g., Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud).
  • Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a Data Scientist role with strong focus on data strategy, architecture, and management.
  • Expertise in data strategy, governance, and master data management.
  • Strong understanding of database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, cloud-based data platforms).
  • Experience designing and managing large-scale data storage and integration architectures.
  • Proficiency in data modelling, ETL processes, and cloud data services (Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, etc.).



Desired Skills:

  • Architecture Implementation
  • Azure Data Lakes
  • Data Warehouse
  • Data Policies
  • Solution Evaluation

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Diploma

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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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