The Data Engineer is responsible for overseeing the collection, management, and analysis of organizational data to ensure accuracy, consistency, and security. This role bridges technical data management and business strategy — ensuring that data assets are properly maintained, integrated, and leveraged to drive insights and informed decision-making. The Data Engineer collaborates closely with IT, finance, operations, and analytics teams to implement data governance standards, maintain data pipelines, and support strategic reporting initiatives.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Data Governance & Quality
- Establish and maintain data management policies, standards, and procedures.
- Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems.
- Implement and monitor data quality frameworks, validation rules, and audits.
- Define and maintain metadata and data dictionaries.
Data Integration & Infrastructure
- Oversee ETL/ELT processes between internal and external data sources.
- Manage data pipelines and data warehouses.
- Collaborate with IT to ensure data infrastructure supports analytics and scalability needs.
- Optimize data storage and retrieval performance.
Reporting & Analytics Enablement
- Support business intelligence teams in developing dashboards and performance reports.
- Partner with finance, operations, and commercial teams to align on reporting requirements.
- Ensure consistent data definitions and metrics across reporting tools.
- Facilitate data-driven decision-making across departments.
Data Security & Compliance
- Maintain compliance with data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, POPIA, or other local data laws).
- Manage user access controls and data privacy policies.
- Coordinate with IT security teams on data breach prevention and response.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead and mentor a small data management or data analyst team.
- Act as the primary liaison between business users and technical teams.
- Drive a data-first culture through training and awareness initiatives.
YOUR EXPERIENCE:
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in data management, analytics, or database administration.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with ETL/ELT tools (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Talend, Airflow, Prefect, Fivetran).
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
- Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Understanding of data governance frameworks and master data management principles
Preferred
- Experience with financial or operational data systems (e.g., SAP, Xero, or ERP data).
- Knowledge of Python, R, or other data scripting languages.
- Project management or stakeholder management experience.
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Effective communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to translate data insights into business actions.
- Leadership and team development skills.
Performance Indicators
- Data quality improvement (accuracy, completeness, timeliness).
- Reduction in data discrepancies or reporting errors.
- Timely delivery of data-driven insights and reports.
- Compliance with data governance and security standards.
- Stakeholder satisfaction and engagement with data systems.
With us, you will work towards the future of HPC: From new, sustainable building methods for data centers to cooling concepts to software solutions for accelerated compute.
Your approaches count: In official exchange formats or spontaneously at the coffee machine. At Northern Data, it's the best idea that counts - not the hierarchy. We’re looking forward to getting your inputs!
You make the difference in the company: Unlike in established corporations, at Northern Data you will really help shape things. From implementing new departments, to optimizing processes and culture.
Best-in-class partners: The best work with Northern Data. This means a knowledge and time advantage from which your career and our customers benefit equally.
Green by heart: Sustainability is at the core of Northern Data. With us, you actively work on the carbon neutrality of datacenters worldwide. Beginning with our infrastructure and continuing with the solutions for our clients, we work towards a green future.
Home Office facts: Work with our international and virtual team flexible from home. And of course, your hardware wishes will be fulfilled to make your ideas for next level HPC come true.
Your wellness matters: At Northern Data we have regular wellbeing initiatives that are designed to promote wellness, diversity, inclusion, and much more, ensuring a supportive and enriching environment for our global team.
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What We Do
At Northern Data Group, we believe unlimited High Performance Computing (HPC) will unlock unprecedented opportunities for research and development, business, and ultimately human progress.
We power innovation through market-leading HPC infrastructure, operating across our three business divisions: Taiga Cloud, Ardent Data Centers and Peak Mining.
Our global organization is rapidly becoming a world leader for GPU-based solutions by designing and operating ultra-efficient green HPC infrastructure.
We uniquely combine intelligent and sustainable data centers, cutting-edge hardware and self-developed software for various HPC applications including Generative AI, Machine Learning and Bitcoin Mining.
We operate from large-scale custom data centers and proprietary containerized data centers for ultimate site selection flexibility
