BI Developer - Umhlanga at Ignition Group

Primary purpose 

• This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining BI Reporting solutions, formulating and executing queries against the request for data, and presenting data through reports and visualization.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Power BI Responsibilities 
•   Recognize business requirements in the context of BI and create data models to transform raw data into relevant insights
•   Using Power BI, create dashboards and interactive visual reports
•   Define key performance indicators (KPIs) with specific objectives and track them regularly
•   Analyze data and display it in reports to aid decision-making
•   Convert business needs into technical specifications and establish a timetable for job completion
•   Create, test, and deploy Power BI scripts, as well as execute efficient deep analysis
•   Create charts and data documentation with explanations of algorithms, parameters, models, and relationships
•   Use Power BI to run DAX queries and functions
•   Use SQL queries to get the best results
•   Make technological adjustments to current BI systems to improve their performance
•   For a better understanding of the data, use filters and visualizations
•   Analyze current ETL procedures to define and create new systems

Requirements
Education, experience, attributes

Requirement & Skills

•   Background with BI tools and systems such as Power BI, Tableau, SAP or similar
•   Prior experience in data-related tasks
•   Understanding of the Microsoft BI Stack
•   Mastery in data analytics
•   Should be proficient in software development
•   Be familiar with MS SQL Server BI Stack tools and technologies, such as SSRS and TSQL, Power Query, MDX, PowerBI, and DAX
•   Analytical thinking for converting data into relevant reports and graphics
•   Capable of enabling row-level data security
•   Knowledge of Power BI application security layer models
•   Ability to run DAX queries on Power BI desktop
•   Proficient in doing advanced-level computations on the data set
•   Excellent communication skills are required to communicate needs with client and internal teams successfully

Education and training:

•   Relevant qualification in data analysis, data science, or similar
•   Certification in PBI
•   Advanced Excel

Experience:

• (Minimum 2-3 years with below)
•   Experience with B-I tools
•   DB/DBA background
•   Big data analysis and data handling 
•   Business analysis skills
•   Debugging/troubleshooting