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Maintenance Engineer – Data Science Projects

Hire Resolve
Johannesburg Full-day Full-time

Description:

  • A leading consulting company and a forward-thinking team is looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join their team in Johannesburg, GP. Your main mission will be to ensure the continued reliability, performance, and evolution of advanced data science systems. You’ll play a critical role in supporting the long-term value of deployed models, data pipelines, dashboards, and APIs — keeping them accurate, stable, and aligned to business needs. This position blends technical vigilance with continuous improvement and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Monitor the health and performance of production data science systems, including predictive models, dashboards, and data pipelines.

  • Diagnose issues such as data drift, performance degradation, or infrastructure instability, and implement timely fixes.

  • Automate monitoring tasks and health checks related to data quality, forecast accuracy, and pipeline execution.

  • Update and patch environments and applications, ensuring smooth operation across versions and dependencies.

  • Collaborate with engineers and data scientists to refactor and optimize code for long-term maintainability.

  • Maintain detailed documentation and change logs to ensure knowledge sharing and traceability.

  • Support incident response, including root cause analysis and post-incident improvements.

  • Ensure compliance with all applicable data privacy, security, and regulatory standards.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in a data engineering, MLOps, or system maintenance role.

  • Solid understanding of data science production workflows, including pipelines and model lifecycle.

  • Proficient in Python and R with strong debugging and refactoring capabilities.

  • Confident in SQL and managing large-scale datasets in production.

  • Experience with CI/CD, Git, and containerization tools like Docker.

  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and DevOps best practices.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

How to Apply:

Contact Hire Resolve for your next career-changing move.
Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
Apply for this role today, contact Gaby Turner at gaby.turner@hireresolve.us or on LinkedIn
You can also visit the Hire Resolve website: hireresolve.us or email us your CV: itcareers@hireresolve.za.com

Requirements:

  • A leading consulting company and a forward-thinking team is looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join their team in Johannesburg, GP. Your main mission will be to ensure the continued reliability, performance, and evolution of advanced data science systems. You’ll play a critical role in supporting the long-term value of deployed models, data pipelines, dashboards, and APIs — keeping them accurate, stable, and aligned to business needs. This position blends technical vigilance with continuous improvement and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Monitor the health and performance of production data science systems, including predictive models, dashboards, and data pipelines.

  • Diagnose issues such as data drift, performance degradation, or infrastructure instability, and implement timely fixes.

  • Automate monitoring tasks and health checks related to data quality, forecast accuracy, and pipeline execution.

  • Update and patch environments and applications, ensuring smooth operation across versions and dependencies.

  • Collaborate with engineers and data scientists to refactor and optimize code for long-term maintainability.

  • Maintain detailed documentation and change logs to ensure knowledge sharing and traceability.

  • Support incident response, including root cause analysis and post-incident improvements.

  • Ensure compliance with all applicable data privacy, security, and regulatory standards.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in a data engineering, MLOps, or system maintenance role.

  • Solid understanding of data science production workflows, including pipelines and model lifecycle.

  • Proficient in Python and R with strong debugging and refactoring capabilities.

  • Confident in SQL and managing large-scale datasets in production.

  • Experience with CI/CD, Git, and containerization tools like Docker.

  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and DevOps best practices.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

How to Apply:

Contact Hire Resolve for your next career-changing move.
Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
Apply for this role today, contact Gaby Turner at gaby.turner@hireresolve.us or on LinkedIn
You can also visit the Hire Resolve website: hireresolve.us or email us your CV: itcareers@hireresolve.za.com
  • Monitor the health and performance of production data science systems, including predictive models, dashboards, and data pipelines.

  • Diagnose issues such as data drift, performance degradation, or infrastructure instability, and implement timely fixes.

  • Automate monitoring tasks and health checks related to data quality, forecast accuracy, and pipeline execution.

  • Update and patch environments and applications, ensuring smooth operation across versions and dependencies.

  • Collaborate with engineers and data scientists to refactor and optimize code for long-term maintainability.

  • Maintain detailed documentation and change logs to ensure knowledge sharing and traceability.

  • Support incident response, including root cause analysis and post-incident improvements.

  • Ensure compliance with all applicable data privacy, security, and regulatory standards.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in a data engineering, MLOps, or system maintenance role.

  • Solid understanding of data science production workflows, including pipelines and model lifecycle.

  • Proficient in Python and R with strong debugging and refactoring capabilities.

  • Confident in SQL and managing large-scale datasets in production.

  • Experience with CI/CD, Git, and containerization tools like Docker.

  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and DevOps best practices.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

09 Jul 2025;   from: careers24.com

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