Power BI Automation Specialist

Recruiter:

Data Centrix

Job Ref:

JHB006940/LD

Date posted:

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Are you immediately available Power BI expert with a passion for automating reports and eliminating manual processes?

Our client in mining is seeking a highly motivated Power BI Automation Specialist on contract basis to automate key reports by replacing manual extraction/transformation routines with scheduled, automated reporting on a BI platform.
Must have experience in Power BI, Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) in Azure. Must be willing to be onsite 3 days per week in Allday, Limpopo to work and train the BI team.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements

Matric and relevant Power BI certitication or relavant tertiary qualification
Strong Power BI (data modeling, DAX, Power Query/M, Desktop & Service, scheduled refresh, RLS).
Solid SQL or KQL (and readiness to work extensively in Azure Data Explorer).
Proven experience automating scheduled reporting and replacing manual processes.
Excellent communication, training and stakeholder engagement skills.
Experience with Azure services (e.g., ADX/ADE, Data Gateway, DevOps/Git).
Background in operations/mining or heavy industry analytics.
Change management exposure (adoption, documentation, training plans).

Responsibilities

Role objective : Replace manual extraction/transformation routines with scheduled, automated reporting on a dynamic BI platform.
Environment: Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) in Azure; Power BI (Desktop & Service).
Build scalable Power BI datasets and reports; establish scheduled refresh and dataflows/pipelines
Prepare and optimize data using Kusto Query Language (KQL) (strong SQL background acceptable with willingness to learn KQL)
Refactor existing manual processes into robust, reusable transformations (Power Query/M preferred)
Identify “manual”/off-system data sources and assist in defining requirements to capture these in a proper system of record
Coach and transfer skills to the Venetia BI team; produce clear documentation and handover materials
Collaborate with Operations, IT and stakeholders to validate outputs and embed new ways of working

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