Senior BI Developer at Ignition Group

• The Senior BI Developer will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining the organization’s data infrastructure and advanced analytics solutions. This role focuses on enabling world-class business intelligence capabilities and delivering strategic insights that support evidence-based decision-making across all business functions.

Job Description
Data Infrastructure & Integration

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines integrating operational, financial, customer, and performance datasets.
• Develop and optimize ETL/ELT processes to ensure accurate, timely, and reliable data flows.
• Manage integrations between multiple business systems, APIs, and data warehouses to create unified enterprise datasets.
• Ensure alignment of data architecture and Power BI data models with business needs, including scalability, performance, and future growth requirements.

Analytics Solutions & Reporting

• Develop and maintain advanced Power BI dashboards, reports, and data models, ensuring consistency, performance, and usability.
• Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights for diverse business stakeholders.
• Create predictive and prescriptive analytics models to support forecasting, trend analysis, and performance optimization.
• Automate recurring reporting processes and ensure consistency in data definitions, metrics, and visualizations.
• Implement Power BI best practices including DAX optimization, efficient data modeling, and report governance.

Innovation & Advanced Analytics

• Build and maintain AI-driven analytics solutions that leverage Power BI, Python, or cloud services to uncover deeper insights.
• Explore and implement machine learning and advanced statistical techniques to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities across business domains.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where relevant to enhance BI capabilities.

Governance, Quality & Security

• Define and enforce data quality, governance, and stewardship standards across all datasets.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, protection, and security policies (e.g., POPIA, GDPR).
• Conduct regular audits to identify anomalies, risks, and opportunities for data quality improvements.

Collaboration & Strategic Impact

• Partner closely with cross-functional business teams to design analytics projects that drive strategic impact and operational excellence.
• Provide subject matter expertise in Power BI, data architecture, and visualization best practices.
• Contribute to enterprise-level initiatives by supplying insights that enhance performance, efficiency, and decision-making.
• Mentor and support data and business users on interpreting Power BI dashboards and leveraging analytics tools effectively.

Specialization: Mobile Telecoms and Mobile Banking

• A Senior BI Developer specializing in mobile telecommunications or mobile banking will bring expertise in integrating, analyzing, and optimizing large-scale transactional and network data. This includes:
• Developing Power BI analytics solutions for customer usage behavior, churn prediction, revenue assurance, and service performance monitoring.
• Managing complex data environments with high-volume transactional systems, billing data, and mobile financial transaction logs.
• Creating advanced Power BI dashboards and KPIs for network operations, customer segmentation, fraud detection, and product performance.
• Leveraging real-time data pipelines and event-driven architectures to support decision-making in high-velocity business environments.
• Applying regulatory and security best practices relevant to telecom and financial data management.

Job Requirements

• Expert-level proficiency in Power BI including data modeling, DAX, Power Query (M), and report development.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and enterprise data integration tools.
• Proven experience in data modeling, ETL/ELT development, and cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Azure, AWS).
• Solid understanding of data governance, security, and compliance best practices.
• Track record of delivering end-to-end Power BI and BI solutions that drive measurable business impact.
• Experience with predictive analytics and machine learning for business optimization.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technical solutions to organizational goals.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset with a passion for transforming data into actionable insights.

Education and Training:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in BI development, including Power BI, data modeling, and ETL/ELT processes.