Lead Developer - JHB at TransUnion

What You'll Bring:

User Support

• Administer the process for requesting information from the Big data Team and reporting to the Big Data Manager on all the requests processed each month.
• Build and deliver key reports in Tableau and or any other TU preferred tool
• Assist the all TU Departments including but not limited to Marketing / ISG / Sales department with product development utilizing the Data on Hive
• Assisting users in customizing and automating reporting solutions.

Quality Assurance:

• Ensure accurate, compliant reports with business value are being delivered according to Big data Reporting Standards.
• Facilitation and alerting of Data Quality issues.
• Assist in the testing of new data sets from Ispark as well as testing the validity of reports and analysis.

Report Development

• Development, maintenance and automation of specialized reports.
• Creating Adhoc reports by using the appropriate tools, e.g. Tableau, SSRS, Power BI, Aqua Data Studio, Squirrel, or HSQL.
• Developing and maintain Regulatory reports including World Bank. Influencing decisions on report requirements with NCR, SACCRA, CBA and other Bureaus.

Analysis/Design: 

• Involvement in the full development life cycle, which may require tasks such as:  Business Requirements, Data analysis / profiling tasks.

Documentation: 

• Data Analysis / Profiling documentation.

Communication & Collaboration: 

• Be Comfortable to communicate with fellow Team members, Business Users, Leadership and external clients as well as subject matter experts to be able to translate business requirements into a report.

Development:

• Abinitio
• Be familiar with ETL /ELT methodology
• Development life cycle on Hive/Hadoop
• Use of R and Python Language

General:

• Innovative and forms part of Data Science team.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Impact You'll Make:

• Diploma or Degree in Computer Science
• Or Degree in Statistics or a related discipline preferred along with the following experience:
• Problem solving, Data analysis, Attention to details, Credit bureau data knowledge and processes.
• Programming languages: SQL, HSQL, VBA, R, Python
• Data Visualization tools: Tableau, SSRS, Power BI
• Databases: Sybase IQ, Hadoop/Hive
• The duties and responsibilities described above are the essential functions of the job.  

The qualifications below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• At least 5 years’ experience Supporting and Administering Tableau environment (Version 2020.4 experience preferred).
• At least 5 years’ experience support business users from a Data Warehouse environment.
• At least 5 years SQL Programming experience, to create reports using complex queries.
• Participation in at least 3 major Data Warehouse projects.
• Practical Involvement and experience in the full Data Warehouse development life cycle (At least 3 years’ experience required).
• Tableau Report building and server administration.
• Tableau Prep Builder.
• Dimensional Data Modeling and Design understanding required.
• Practical Experience with MapR Hadoop (advantage).
• Knowledge of Abinitio (advantageous)