Data Engineer at Airtel

Job Title: Data Engineer at Airtel

Date Posted: Friday the 28th of July.

Expiry Date: 08/01/2025, 11:59 PM

About Airtel Africa

At Airtel Africa, we act with passion, energy, and a can-do attitude. Innovation with an entrepreneurial spirit drive us. If you like “ordinary”, then we are not for you. We champion diversity. We anticipate, adapt, and deliver solutions that enrich the lives of communities we serve. we roll up our sleeves to win with our customers. By choosing Airtel, you choose to be part of a winning team. All this in addition to a brilliant opportunity to build a career in your field of expertise, across our different operating companies in Africa.

Your Job Description at Airtel Africa

  • Efficient, scalable, and high-quality data architecture: Develop and implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality
  • Continuous availability of clean, accurate, and up-to-date data: Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems
  • Actionable insights that inform strategic business decisions: Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
  • Increased stakeholder satisfaction with analytics outputs: Work with management to prioritize business and information needs
  • Seamless integration of data solutions with infrastructure and systems: Coordinate with Infrastructure Team, System Engineering & DBA groups
  • Reduced operational overhead and improved service delivery: Understand the capabilities of platform and ensure effective delivery/operations engagement

The Job Requirements at Airtel Africa

  • Educational Qualifications:
    • A Bachelor’s degree in ICT, Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or related field from a recognized university
    • 5+ years’ experience
    • Demonstrable knowledge of relational databases i.e. Oracle, SQL, MySQL
    • Scripting language – Shell or Python
    • A good understanding of Payment Banks and the architecture
  • Relevant Experience:
    • Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining, and segmentation techniques
    • Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages, databases, programming frameworks
    • Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
  • Other Requirements:
    • Out of many tools and technologies, we use Java, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Twem, Netty extensively for our back-end development; knowledge of these tools will be an added advantage

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