BI Manager

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

Requisition nr: 143796
Talent Acquisition Specialist: Tshego Semenya
Location: 135 Rivonia Road, Sandown

Cluster

Personal and Private Banking

Career Stream

Data

Leadership Pipeline

Manager of Others

Position

Why join the team!

Job Purpose

Job Responsibilities

Hands‑On Ab Initio Engineering & Infrastructure

• Lead advanced development of Ab Initio ETL processes, including complex graphs and continuous flows.


• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Ab Initio infrastructure components, environments, and servers.


• Set up and manage configurations typically handled by administrators, reducing reliance on external support teams.


• Drive the rollout of full Ab Initio‑based ETL processes (a capability the team has not yet fully implemented).


• Ensure stability and rapid response for platform outages, server issues, or urgent production incidents.


• Build frameworks, patterns, and reusable components for enterprise‑scale Ab Initio workloads.

Data Engineering & Technical Ownership

• Oversee integration across data pipelines, warehousing processes, and cloud/on‑prem platforms.


• Work hands‑on in SQL where required, but maintain Ab Initio as the primary engineering tool.


• Ensure high‑quality, accurate, and consistent data delivery across BI outputs.


• Lead performance optimisation across pipelines and data flows.


• Build end‑to‑end data engineering solutions with minimal reliance on external teams.

Solution Architecture & Technical Direction

• Shape the technical strategy for Ab Initio usage within the BI environment.


• Translate business needs into scalable, high‑performance technical designs.


• Provide leadership on ETL patterns, data flow modelling, error handling, and operational best practices.


• Introduce new design approaches, modernisation opportunities, and process efficiencies.

Team Leadership & Capability Uplift

• Guide and mentor BI engineers, upskilling them in Ab Initio fundamentals, configuration, and advanced techniques.


• Build team maturity in understanding environments, metadata, workflow orchestration, and troubleshooting.


• Support technical tests during recruitment and assist in evaluating candidate competence.


• Promote a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities Continue

Operational Excellence & Independence

• Reduce reliance on external Ab Initio teams by owning more aspects internally.


• Handle critical issues such as server failures, configuration gaps, and emergency fixes.


• Establish operational processes for deployments, version control, scheduling, and monitoring.


• Document and maintain operational runbooks, configuration guidelines, and troubleshooting playbooks.

Stakeholder & Vendor Collaboration

• Work closely with architects, business users, quality teams, DevOps, and platform owners.


• Engage external Ab Initio product houses or contractors where necessary.


• Support proactive communication and provide regular updates during recruitment and project cycles.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

Minimum Experience Level

• 5+ years of strong hands‑on Ab Initio development — but competence and depth of experience matter more than exact years.


• Must have real configuration experience, not just training.


• Experience in Ab Initio infrastructure, environments, and troubleshooting.


• Strong experience in ETL design, data pipelines, and data warehouse environments.


• Good SQL skills (but Ab Initio expertise takes priority).


• Exposure to supporting urgent operational issues, platform maintenance, and environment fixes.


• Experience in guiding or mentoring technical team members.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Ab Initio: GDE, Conduct>It, EME, BRE, Metadata Hub, Continuous Flows


• Ab Initio configuration & environment setup


• ETL design, optimisation, and scheduling


• SQL (PostgreSQL, MS SQL, DB2)


• Unix/Linux scripting


• Job scheduling tools (e.g., Autosys, Control‑M)


• CI/CD, version control (Git)


• Data warehousing practices


• Troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566