Job Mission / Objective:
The Data Engineer will oversee the department's data integration work, including developing a data model, maintaining a data warehouse and analytics environment, and writing scripts for data integration and analysis. You will also collaborate with other technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure our data management practices align with business goals and industry standards. This position involves working effectively with the business units with the primary mandate of enabling them with insights and decision support capabilities to drive good quality business decisions. As a Data Engineer, you will also be responsible for researching and implementing new technologies and methodologies to improve our data infrastructure and processes. You will also be expected to mentor and coach junior team members and contribute to the development of our data engineering strategy and roadmap.
Requirements
Operational Delivery:
- Gathers business requirements, executes projects and derives business insights.
- Collects data and builds fit for purpose dashboards and reports based on requirements.
- Troubleshooting of data issues and providing fit for purpose solutions with data engineering best practices
- Complete projects/tasks assigned or working with other staff (internal /external) and following up on assigned projects/tasks. Partnering with business stakeholders to unpack data management requirements and design for future requirements based on future needs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to ensure data quality, accuracy, and security
- Lead and manage a team of data engineers responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust data infrastructure and systems.
Data Engineering:
- Design and implement robust Extract Transform Load (ETL) frameworks and processes.
- Design and implement robust data integration strategies and processes.
- Develop and implement data management (architecture and 1 / 3 o integration) policies, procedures, and best practices Manage data engineering projects and ensure timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Develop and implement databases, data collection systems and enable data analytics.
- Acquire and integrate data from different sources and enable integrated reporting.
- Recruit, train, and mentor data engineering team members to promote growth and professional development Requirements
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- A Degree, or Higher National Diploma, or equivalent certification in an analytical field, e.g. Informatics, Data Science, Commerce Certification advantageous (SQL, Data Engineering, Architecture, Ab Initio etc.)
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
- 4-7 years of experience in data engineering or a related field
- Data warehousing and integration experience
- Ability to perform complex data analysis and data deep dives Experience in building large data repositories.
SKILLS:
- Excellent visualization skills and data storytelling capability
- Ab Initio experience of the ETL (GDE), Express>IT, Metadatahub Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (GCP, AZURE, AWS)
- Strong knowledge of data management concepts and technologies, including data modelling, ETL, data warehousing, and data visualization
- Knowledge of business processes, IT processes, data, and associated applications
- Experience analyzing and breaking down problems and information using structured frameworks and methodologies.
- Robust skills in documentation creation with a high attention to detail including planning and organization.
- Ability to think analytically and conduct customer-facing communications
All appointments will be made in line with Access Bank’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals living with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.
Employees who apply and do not hear from HR within 30 days of the closing date may assume that their application was not successful, and we thank you for applying.
Benefits
- Medical Aid
- Provident Fund
- Group Life Cover
- Income Disability Cover
- Funeral Cover
- Training & Development
Top Skills
What We Do
Access Bank Plc is a full service commercial Bank operating through a network of over 600 branches and service outlets located in major centres across Nigeria, Sub Saharan Africa and the United Kingdom. Listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1998, the Bank serves its various markets through 5 business segments: Institutional, Commercial, Retail Banking, Transaction Services and Financial Markets.
The Bank has over 800,000 shareholders including several Nigerian and International Institutional Investors and has enjoyed what is arguably Africa’s most successful banking growth trajectory in the last ten years ranking amongst Africa’s top 15 banks by total assets and capital.
As part of its continued growth strategy, Access Bank is focused on mainstreaming sustainable business practices into its operations. The Bank strives to deliver sustainable economic growth that is profitable, environmentally responsible and socially relevant.
