Senior Data Engineer – Big Data & Cloudera Job at Sabenza IT

Job role overview

  • Date posted

    September 28, 2026

  • Closing date

    October 28, 2026

  • Hiring location

    Gauteng Johannesburg

  • Qualification

    Matric

  • Experience

    7 - 8 years

Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and maintain scalable Big Data and ETL data pipelines.
  • Work extensively with the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) and Hadoop ecosystem.
  • Develop and optimize data processing solutions using Apache Spark and PySpark.
  • Build and manage data ingestion pipelines using Apache NiFi and Sqoop.
  • Work with HDFS, Hive and Impala for large-scale data storage, processing and querying.
  • Develop complex and optimized SQL queries for data extraction, transformation and analysis.
  • Develop data engineering solutions using Python and Shell scripting.
  • Integrate and process data from enterprise data sources, including Oracle.
  • Develop, maintain and optimize ETL processes to support business and analytical requirements.
  • Monitor data pipelines and scheduled workloads using Control-M.
  • Perform troubleshooting, performance tuning and root-cause analysis across data processing environments.
  • Work within Linux/Unix environments to administer, troubleshoot and automate data engineering processes.
  • Support data quality, data integrity and data availability across enterprise data platforms.
  • Collaborate with Data Analysts, Developers, Architects, Business Analysts and other technology teams.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of data engineering standards, processes and platforms.

Requirements

  • 7–8 years of solid hands-on experience as a platform and data engineer (intermediate to senior level).
  • Design, develop and maintain scalable Big Data and ETL data pipelines.
  • Work extensively with the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) and Hadoop ecosystem.
  • Develop and optimize data processing solutions using Apache Spark and PySpark.
  • Build and manage data ingestion pipelines using Apache NiFi and Sqoop.
  • Work with HDFS, Hive and Impala for large-scale data storage, processing and querying.
  • Develop complex and optimized SQL queries for data extraction, transformation and analysis.
  • Develop data engineering solutions using Python and Shell scripting.
  • Integrate and process data from enterprise data sources, including Oracle.
  • Develop, maintain and optimize ETL processes to support business and analytical requirements.
  • Monitor data pipelines and scheduled workloads using Control-M.
  • Perform troubleshooting, performance tuning and root-cause analysis across data processing environments.
  • Work within Linux/Unix environments to administer, troubleshoot and automate data engineering processes.
  • Support data quality, data integrity and data availability across enterprise data platforms.
  • Collaborate with Data Analysts, Developers, Architects, Business Analysts and other technology teams.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of data engineering standards, processes and platforms.

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