Vanil Singh
Senior Data Engineer | Data Analytics
Salary / Daily rate
Johannesburg, South Africa
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
AWS-certified Data Engineer and Manager with 13+ years in banking and analytics. Led data engineering teams at major SA banks, building production data models and eBucks reward systems serving millions. Specialized in cloud data architecture, BI reporting, and financial services with proven track record in team leadership and stakeholder management.
Work experience
Manager
Monocle Solutions
May 2023 - Present
3 years 6 months
South Africa · Hybrid
1. Information Architect/Data Analyst at Rand Merchant Bank (March 2025 to present) 2. Data Engineer at Capitec Bank building and productionalising data models, compiling requirements specifications, developing supporting documentation and processes in the Electronic Payments space (July 2023 - Nov 2024)
Data Engineer
CloudSmiths
Jan 2022 - May 2023
1 year 5 months
South Africa · Remote
FNB South Africa
Jan 2012 - Dec 2021
10 years
Johannesburg, South Africa
Senior Analyst Developer
Nov 2015 - Dec 2021
6 years 2 months
Johannesburg, South Africa
FNB Premium eBucks Rewards Engine team responsible for owning and managing the rules engines which were used to score all eBucks customers to produce various outputs such as reward levels, eBucks payouts etc. My role as senior developer/analyst was to implement the necessary changes to keep the rule engines updated and operational as efficiently as possible using SQL, Perl, Bash scripting etc.
Business Intelligence Analyst/Developer (FNB Premium & Business Banking)
Jan 2012 - Dec 2015
4 years
Sandton · On-site
Mining, extraction, manipulation and analysis of data for business improvement and process efficiency. Automation and maintenance of business and operational processes and procedures. Building strategic reports and developing dynamic front-end tools and systems for use by internal and external business.
Business Intelligence Analyst
Jan 2012 - Oct 2015
3 years 10 months
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · On-site
FNB Wealth, RMB Private Bank and Premium & Business Core Banking
MIS Analyst/Developer (FNB Wealth)
Nov 2012 - Dec 2013
1 year 2 months
Sandton, South Africa
Providing technical Management Information Systems services. Creating and analysing requirements for management information, developing ongoing and ad hoc reports. Participation in developing MIS technical strategy and infrastructure.
Graduate Trainee MIS Analyst/Developer (FNB Wealth)
Jan 2012 - Oct 2012
10 months
Sandton, South Africa
Skills: Computer Science · Information Systems · Financial Services · English
Practical Demonstator
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Feb 2010 - Oct 2011
1 year 9 months
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Skills: Computer Science · Information Systems · English
Education
University of KwaZulu-Natal
BCom (Honors) ISTH
2011 - 2011
1 month
University of KwaZulu-Natal
BSc CSIT
2008 - 2010
2 years 1 month
Raisethorpe High School
Distinction Exemption (A aggregate)
2003 - 2007
4 years 1 month