Compuscan, based in Stellenbosch, has a position available for a Data Integrations Developer:

The role requires someone who can own the processes and business problems, while at the time ensuring a dynamic and agile environment. Very important is that we looking for a team player that can manage their own delivery in terms of the requirements of a developer while maintaining excellent relationships. The ideal applicant must have SAS programming background, but also have the desire to push the boundaries using SAS with other technologies, especially Hadoop.

Key requirements:
• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology
• SAS Certification (Advantageous)
• 3+ years SAS in General
• SAS Report Writing using ODS
• SAS Data Integration Studio and SAS Intelligence Platform/SAS Business Analytics Framework (Advantageous)
• SAS Platform Administration (Advantageous)
• Preparation of SAS Analytical Base Tables
• Design of ETL processes
• SAS Performance Tuning and Code optimization
• Experience with big data and horizontal scaling techniques (Advantageous)
• Familiarity with analytics and transformation, data warehousing, and tools like Apache Hadoop (Advantageous)

Key Performance Competencies:
• Ownership
• Change Management
• Incident and problem management
• Knowledge sharing in order to minimize key man dependency.
• Strong research skills
• Initiative
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Good at problem solving
• Self-motivated
• Ability to perform well under pressure
• Good Technical writing skills
• Energetic
• Willingness to push the boundaries

Responsibilities will include:
• Effectively developing business intelligence back-end systems services, capacity and capability
• Writing original multi-module/complex programs or applies reusable modules
• Obtain Data for ad hoc requests and prepare data for statistical analysis
• Designing and writing Extract, Transform and Load processes to ensure accurate representation of operational source systems’ data
• Testing programs and processes written to ensure that the desired end result is met with a strong emphasis on data quality, accuracy and data management.
• Designing, testing and integrating software modules and resolving programming errors using various debugging tools and techniques
• Conducting impact analysis for proposed changes to or problems with the system
• Preparing technical documentation (e.g., user guides, technical specifications)
• Reviewing business specifications with Business Analysts
• Future development of SAS using and integrating with Hadoop, Map Reduce, Hive and other Apache Hadoop technologies.
• Ownership of all initiatives from start to finish

Based on experience and qualification we offer the following:
• Basic salary: Negotiable
• Provident fund and Medical aid after the probation period