BI Managed Services Specialist

This is a remote position.

We are searching for an experienced BI Managed Services Specialist at our Gauteng (Centurion)/Western Cape (Somerset) facility.

The BI Analyst is responsible for turning data into information, information into insight and insight into business decisions. Responsibilities include conducting full life-cycle activities to include requirements analysis and design, database development and reporting capabilities, and continuously monitoring performance and quality control plans to identify improvements.

Requirements

Tertiary degree, diploma or certificate in a related field (BSc Computer Science, B.IT or Informatics related degrees).

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

• 7 + years working experience as a BI Reporting Analyst, Database Developer and/or Software Consultant.
  
• Working Knowledge of Database design and Data analytics (specifically Power BI).
  
• The ideal candidate must have at least 5 + years experience in the following technologies, tools and disciplines:
  
• Tableau and/or Power BI
  
• MS SQL
  
• SSRS, SSIS and SSAS
  
• Big data: Hive, Pig, Flume, Sqoop, Uzi and Spark.
  
• Predictive Analytics: Alteryx, Python and R.
  
• Database Warehousing, data consolidation and reporting.
  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Data analysis, design and reporting.
  
• Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends.
  
• Develop information communication procedures.
  
• Prepare analytical reports.
  
• Update database structures and information.
  
• Design and develop databases to store information for reporting.
  
• Document operational procedures.
  
• Document technical specifications or requirements.
  
• Provide technical support for software/technology maintenance or use.
  
• Data mapping and transformation.
  
• Researching various available technologies.
  
• Migrating existing client s deliveries to new Business Intelligence platform.
  
• Cultivates an ongoing partnership with power users in the business, maintaining knowledge of business operations, strategies, information requirements, and priorities.
  
• Initiate process changes and enhancements where necessary and see to successful implementation.
  
• Provide assistance to the Junior Consultants in their learning curve.
  

COMPETENCIES:

• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  
• Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
  
• Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
  
• Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  
• Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
  
• Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
  
• Excellent communication skills: Ability to engage with C-level stakeholders, both verbal and non-verbal and communicate a deep understanding of the business and a broad knowledge of technology and applications.
  
• Technical Literacy: Possess a high level of technical literacy, which helps them determine how a software solution fits into an organization s current structure and assists in the development of specifications and requirements.
  
• Analytical Assessment: A high level of analysis to examine current systems and determine overall project needs and scope.
  
• Schedule Management: Extensive time management skills to determine development schedules and milestones and ensure that deliverables are completed on time for oneself and your team.
  
• Team Leadership: To oversee and direct development teams throughout the project development lifecycle, experience with team leadership and motivation is essential
  Ability to translate strategy and strategic objectives into measurable and executable projects
• Experience working on large project(s) incorporating processes and procedures and standards
  
• Experience working on large project(s) incorporating processes and procedures and standards.
  
• Creativity, self-confidence, and flexibility.