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Data Engineer - HR Data Platform
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  • Full time
  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Job ID R200001313 Closing date 25/10/2025 Last Updated 10/10/2025
Data Engineer - HR Data Platform

Human Resources Department

Melrose, Johannesburg, South Africa

We are seeking a motivated Data Engineer to join our HR team to drive the evolution of our HR Data Platform. You will work across a diverse HRIS landscape, integrating data from multiple HR and payroll systems into our enterprise HR data platform and developing robust enterprise data products.

You will take end-to-end ownership of data pipelines and the Azure environment that supports them – designing, building and maintaining automated workflows using Alteryx and Azure services, optimising Blob Storage and Azure SQL, and ensuring high standards of data quality and reliability.

Working closely with teams across HR and the wider business, you will translate compliance and reporting requirements into sustainable, scalable solutions, while establishing best practices, operational playbooks and a solid framework for future growth.

What we’re looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field; a Master’s degree is advantageous, combined with 3 to 6 years of experience in data engineering projects.

  • Proficiency in SQL and Python – solid experience in at least one, with the ability and interest to apply both to data extraction, transformations, automation and potential re-engineering of workflows.

  • Experienced background in relational modelling and schema design, with experience creating, designing and optimising relational databases.

  • Practical experience building and maintaining automated data workflows in Alteryx or a similar orchestration framework (e.g. Apache Airflow; Azure Data Factory; Data Bricks).

  • Practical knowledge of cloud data ecosystems and an eagerness to deepen expertise – preference for Azure, while experience with AWS, GCP, Snowflake or similar is also valuable.

  • Good grasp of the data product lifecycle – from requirements gathering and design through development, testing, deployment and ongoing operations.

  • Ability to analyse business requirements and translate them into robust, well-documented data solution.

Ideal candidate

  • Familiarity with HR and payroll data structures or similar sensitive, regulated data domains.

  • Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI.

  • Awareness of data governance and privacy standards.

  • Broader cloud administration knowledge, such as RBAC management, role assignments and privilege reviews, application / database patching, cost monitoring and resource health.

  • Exposure to modern data architecture concepts such as data Lakehouse, medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), or data mesh.

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.

With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.

Glencore’s customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.​

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