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Permanent - Data Scientist - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

Job Number: 78043


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78043
Permanent
Data Scientist
CRM, SharePoint, OneDrive,PostgreSQL, SQL Server
Engineering
Ekurhuleni (East Rand)
Gauteng

Key Responsibilities:

  • Enterprise Data Integration – Consolidating data across the enterprise into a single source of truth through modern data warehousing and lakehouse architectures.
  • Business Intelligence Enablement – Developing and maintaining enterprise-level analytics to support the monitoring and optimization of key business functions such as Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Project Management, and Engineering.
  • Applied Machine Learning for Equipment Monitoring – Designing and deploying machine learning models within web applications to enable predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, failure prediction, and estimation of the remaining useful life (RUL) of spare parts.
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Ad Hoc Analytics – Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to address data-driven inquiries and support project-specific analysis related to equipment performance and operational efficiency.
  • Insight Communication and Data Storytelling – Delivering presentations and effectively communicating analytical insights to a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring that data-driven strategies are clearly understood and actionable.

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Technical Skills

  • Data Engineering & Integration
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse) - advantageous
  • Experience with ETL/ELT pipeline development (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Synapse Pipelines)
  • Strong knowledge of Kimball dimensional modeling (star vs. snowflake schema)
  • SQL (T-SQL, M code)
  • Data ingestion from various sources (ERP, On-prem and Cloud databases, CRM, SharePoint, OneDrive, etc.)
  • Knowledge of Data Gateways for on-prem data and cloud resources integration.
  • Knowledge of Databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server) 

Technical Skills

Data Engineering & Integration

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse) - advantageous
  • Experience with ETL/ELT pipeline development (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Synapse Pipelines)Strong knowledge of Kimball dimensional modeling (star vs. snowflake schema)
  • SQL (T-SQL, M code)
  • Data ingestion from various sources (ERP, On-prem and Cloud databases, CRM, SharePoint, OneDrive, etc.)
  • Knowledge of Data Gateways for on-prem data and cloud resources integration.
  • Knowledge of Databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server)

Machine Learning & Advanced Analytics

  • Python (primary), R (optional), Spark (beneficial)
  • Time series forecasting (e.g., ARIMA, Prophet, LSTM, etc.) -
  • Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
  • Predictive Maintenance Modelling: failure prediction, anomaly detection, RUL estimation
  • ML frameworks such as Scikit-learn
  • Model Deployment using Azure Machine Learning, Azure Functions, or AKS

Business Intelligence

  • Strong skills in Power BI (Data Modelling, M Code, DAX, dashboards)
  • Experience answering ad hoc queries and interpreting complex datasets
  • Ability to perform root cause analysis and correlation studies on equipment performance

Software & Cloud Development – Advantageous

  • Familiarity with REST APIs and microservices for integrating ML models into web applications.
  • Understanding of web app deployment and hosting on Azure App Services

Supply Chain & Inventory Analytics – Advantageous

  • Understanding of inventory control, demand planning, working capital optimization
  • Experience with inventory optimization models (e.g., EOQ, reorder point models, ABC analysis)

 

Qualification:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Experience:

  • 1-3 years + experience within a data science environment, preferably with mining and mineral processing experience or supply chain experience 
Computer Science, Engineering
Bachelors
Available

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