BI Analyst Developer at TWK Agri

Responsibilities and Duties

• Required to partake in the development of application code, by liaising with other developers via designing, and planning to satisfy the requirements of business users
• Assist developers to ensure that code standards and the development process are adhered
• Plan and implement solutions for effective development of a program to meet specifications and deadlines
• Required to stay abreast of industry standards
• Plan and execute Unit Testing, Systems Integration Testing, and archiving of test results
• Partake in the development of System/Functional Documentation, operations manuals, systems processes, and technical designs. Is accountable for getting these documents done
• Analyse, resolve difficult/complex system issues, by working with the end-users and other IT support staff
• Writing of technical specifications according to functional requirements
• Translate functional requirements into design specifications, according to the development standards in area of responsibility
• Required to do standby on occasion
• Required to do production support on occasion
• Do peer reviews
• Responsible for developing quality code according to technical specification

Qualifications and Skills

• Relevant technical or business qualification – degree / diploma
• Minimum 3-5 years IT experience
• Minimum 2 years enterprise BI experience
• Background in data warehouse design (e.g., dimensional modelling) and data mining
• In-depth understanding of database management systems, online analytical processing (OLAP) and ETL (Extract, transform, load) framework
• Familiarity with BI technologies (e.g., Microsoft Power BI, Oracle BI)
• Knowledge of SQL queries, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good documentation skills
• Ability to liaise with users at all levels
• Proven abilities to take initiative and be innovative
• Analytical mind with a problem-solving aptitude