BI Developer: DevOps + Warehousing

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POSITION INFO:

Business Intelligence Administrator: Cape Town: Permanent Position

Responsible for the health, performance, reliability, availability, security and recoverability of the entire BI environment. This is a permanent position based at the Head Office in Cape Town.

Job description:

Ensure the efficiency of the BI environment

• Monitor performance, reliability, and availability of the BI technical environment
• Monitor usage patterns and the response times of BI applications and formulate actions and strategies to improve performance

Manage compliance and capacity demands

• Administer BI applications and install required upgrades and patches
• Conduct capacity planning and formulate actions and strategies around data growth

Ensure business continuity

• Formulate, implement, and maintain backup and recovery plans
• Formulate, implement, and maintain BI disaster recovery strategy
• Give input in BI Architecture and Design Forums and review technical design documents in partnership with BI Data Architect(s) and BI Technical Manager(s)

Manage problems effectively

• Effectively manage problems in a timeously manner
• Utilize problem solving skills & techniques to drive the resolution of issues

Build and maintain relationships across business, suppliers and IT

• Establish effective and collaborative partnerships with relevant IT teams (Infrastructure, Networks and Database Administration)
• Communicate effectively with internal and external clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business and technical solutions

Lead and drive research and development

• Remain current with industry trends and thought leadership on Business Intelligence end to end

Minimum requirements:

• Relevant 3-year tertiary or NQF aligned qualification
• Relevant AWS certification (AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer)
• Up to 6 years’ experience in IT, with a minimum of 3 years in a BI administration role
• Proven track record of administering BI technical platforms
• Proven track record of installing and configuring BI application software
• Solid knowledge in AWS services (EC2, Lambda, AWS Glue, S3, Amazon Redshift)
• Solid knowledge in BI visualisation and analytical tools such as Qlik and SSRS
• Exposure to Agile and DevOps practices

Additional Criteria:

In depth knowledge of Data Warehousing, Data Management and BI best practices l visualisation, reporting and analytics l Cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and GCP l BI environments, solutions, and implementations (end-to-end BI architecture and technologies) l Operating systems, databases, and IT systems

• Excellent skills in database administration and optimisation
• Pro-active and works in a disciplined way and in accordance with policies and procedures
• Motivated to continuously improve BI environment
• Disciplined in applying BI standards but open to suggestion and change
• Meticulous and attention-to-detail focus
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude
• Ability to work and act independently and as part of a team
• Ability to research technology-related concepts, trends, and best practices, and apply findings
• Looks beyond symptoms to uncover root causes of problems to be solved
• Proactively approaches others to obtain missing information
• Monitors and tracks progress to ensure delivery of all planned commitments, and keeps the appropriate people informed
• Listens attentively and checks understanding of the message being received.
• Speaks fluently in team meetings when presenting information.
• Genuinely cultivates personal bonds with colleagues to enhance performance throughout the organisation.
• Adjusts to work effectively within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures
• Demonstrates resourcefulness in acquiring necessary knowledge, skills, and competencies to adapt to change

Recruitment Note:

• Communicate will only be with shortlisted candidates
• jino.swart@isilumko.co.za

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