BI Developer (38332) (Johannesburg) at Regus

Job Description

• The Business Intelligence Developer is responsible for the development, visualisation, and distribution of reports.  The role requires a solid grasp of relational data sources and Azure components, such as Data lake, Data Factory, Data Bricks.  The ideal candidate will have designed and built enterprise-wide Power BI and QlikView applications.  The role will also involve the monitoring and maintenance of all components that make up the data platform across the Azure infrastructure.
• The candidate will be required to prepare ad hoc data analyses, report results to ensure their accuracy and draw out business insights.
• The role requires business analysis experience, encouraging data governance and best practices to improve overall quality and speed-of-delivery.
• As an accomplished Business Intelligence Developer, you will be responsible for data analytics development on the strategic data platform and working with key stakeholders to achieve strategic reporting business outcomes.
• This role reports to the Global BI Director and has interactions with business users globally.

Essential Skills

• Extensive experience building solutions across Azure including Power BI solutions using Power Query and DAX
• Strong coding skills and ability to write and de-bug ad hoc queries using various tools, such as Python
• Solid knowledge of T-SQL, with the ability to write complex yet efficient SQL queries and stored procedures
• Sufficient exposure to QlikView 
• Working knowledge of REST APIs and understanding of Machine Learning
• Producing and automating delivery of key metrics to the business. In some cases, this will focus on making data available and others will be developing full reports for end users
• Managing secure access to data sets for the business
• Actively working with users to understand data issues, tracing back data lineage and helping the business put appropriate data cleansing and quality processes in place
• Ability to advise on the technical future proofing, capacity for both the data and reporting platforms
• Optimising and reviewing all data aspects to ensure that the platform is running efficiently and cost effectively
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to take ownership of projects, from initial inception and drive through to final completion
• Comfortable with business analysis and requirement gathering
• Desirable to have working knowledge of Dynamics data structures
• Experience of mentoring team members to enhance reporting output and analytical capability

Personal Skills

• A quick learner who can work in a fast-moving environment while maintaining focus on priorities
• Adapts to change and manages ambiguity with a track record of delivering on time
• Thinks clearly and calmly under pressure in a fast-paced business environment
• Excellent communication, managing stakeholder demand and backlog of reporting requirements and needs
• Highly numerate and data literate with a strong attention to detail
• The candidate must have excellent problem-solving skills and logical thought process
• Able to demonstrate reports to internal business users
• Enthusiastic about learning large and complex systems
• Solves complex problems with creative solutions
• Tenacious and investigates problems to establish real or hidden causes