Ab Initio Data Engineer

2 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa PBT Group Full time R600 000 - R1 200 000 per year
Employment Type

Contract

Experience

4 to 10 years

Salary

Negotiable

Job Published

12 November 2025

Job Reference No.

Job Description

PBT Group, leading Data Specialists, has an opening for an experienced Ab Initio ETL Developer in Johannesburg.

DUTIES:

  • Plan and analyse complex business requirements and implement technology enabled solutions to address multi-discipline business opportunities/problems.
  • Conduct planning, analysis and design activities in conjunction with other development specialists.
  • Participate in analysis of complex business opportunities/problems to deliver designs meeting requirements.
  • Participate in estimation of tasks and assist in the development of project plans.
  • Code or makes modifications to programs of high complexity, according to specifications.
  • Conduct medium to high complexity evaluations for product releases, stand-alone products, etc.
  • Conduct walkthroughs and quality review of deliverables.
  • Knowledge of design and developing end-to-end data acquisition processes to be used in population of data warehouse/data marts and/or in the creation of interfaces.
  • Provide guidance and mentoring on business intelligence technology and systems in general, especially in the area of ETL processes.
  • Participate in the formulation of standards to support the data acquisition development process.
  • Design, develop and execute complex data acquisition or interface routines using ETL tool, ensuring that business and technical requirements are met.
  • Ensure compliance with established policies, standards and methodologies.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

  • A sound knowledge of Ab Initio (2+ years' experience).
  • ExpressIT experience would be highly beneficial
  • Strong ETL experience
  • Strong SQL experience
  • Banking Industry experience

  • Intimate knowledge of source systems as well as a basic understanding of dimensional models.

  • Conventional database- and data warehouse modelling skills, in order to understand the data warehouse data models.

  • A sound knowledge of the capabilities of the ETL tools, to know what their capabilities and shortcomings are – in order to exploit or avoid those aspects in the data staging programs.

  • Pride of work, thoroughness and attention to detail.
  • Relevant data warehouse and BI solution training is preferred.
  • B.Sc. or related degree is advantageous.

Qualifications/ Certification:

  • A degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Business Administration / Commerce or equivalent
Skills

Ab InitioData EngineeringExtract Transform Load (ETL)SQL

Industries

BankingFinancial Services

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