Data Wizard

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

Requisition nr: 143798
Talent Acquisition Specialist: Tshego Semenya
Location: 135 Rivonia Road, Sandown
Closing date: 10 June 2026

Cluster

Personal and Private Banking

Career Stream

Data

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Technical (MST)

Position

Data Wizard

Why join the team!

Job Purpose

Job Responsibilities

Data Engineering & Pipeline Management

• Design, develop and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines for ingestion, real-time streaming, transformation and delivery.


• Engineer data flows that support both structured and unstructured datasets, including blockchain event streams, API feeds and Big Data sources like Kafka.


• Build and maintain SSIS packages, SQL stored procedures and high‑performance transformations.


• Optimise existing SQL scripts, structures and processes for speed, stability, and minimal latency.


• Rapidly identify breakages, troubleshoot issues, and implement corrective actions to ensure uninterrupted data flow.

Building Data Structures for a New Business

• Create data models, tables, platforms and integration points required to support Ned Defi as a newly established business unit, ensuring alignment with Nedbank’s data governance


• standards.


• Set up data environments in partnership with Infrastructure, Group Technology (GT) and vendors to ensure correct landing zones, processing pathways and system accessibility.


• Ensure Chinese-wall compliance and proper data segregation between Nedbank and Ned Defi environments.

Data Preparation, Analysis & Insights

• Convert raw blockchain and crypto transaction data into clean, structured, readable datasets suitable for analytics, reporting and operational decision-making.


• Develop insights that support AML, Risk, Compliance, Conduct and Transaction Monitoring teams.


• Support daily reconciliations, settlements to vendors, audit requirements and regulatory reporting using reliable and validated data.


• Automate recurring operational processes and identify opportunities for pipeline enhancement.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with internal teams (GT, CIA, Product, Risk, Web Development, Infrastructure) to align development strategies and ensure smooth integration of data solutions.


• Liaise with vendors and external partners for data ingestion, tooling and solution design.


• Participate in requirements discussions, validate specifications and deliver fit‑for‑purpose data solutions within agreed timelines.


• Understand front-end systems, operational workflows and product platforms to ensure data engineering supports business processes end‑to‑end.

Governance, Security & Quality

• Ensure adherence to data governance standards, metadata requirements, lineage rules and Nedbank architectural guidelines.


• Partner with Information Security, CISO and Data Governance teams to ensure secure handling of sensitive information.


• Ensure data delivered for reporting, AI/ML enablement, auditing, and operational consumption is complete, accurate and reliable.

Visualisation & Output

• Create insights using Tableau, Power BI or similar tools for consumption by leadership and operational stakeholders.


• Build clear dashboards, reports and data stories that simplify complex datasets into actionable outputs.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

• BSc, BEng

Preferred Certifications

•  DEVOPS or Data engineering certification

Minimum Experience Level

• A highly skilled SQL engineer with strong experience in writing, reading and optimising complex SQL scripts (some Nedbank stored procedures exceed 2,000 lines).


• 3+ years experience in data engineering, including SSIS, stored procedures, ETL, and working with large datasets.


• Comfortable with Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Postgres, Kafka, or other large-scale processing environments.


• Curious and adaptable, able to research tools and propose fit-for-purpose technologies that align with Group Technology guidelines.


• Able to work independently, quickly understand existing environments, and deliver quick turnaround times under pressure.


• Strong in problem-solving, optimisation and automation, able to replace reliance on existing web developers performing SQL work.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

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