Microsoft Business Intelligence Developer

Overview

Our client is a global organisation and are seeking experienced Business Intelligence Developers.

The successful BI Developers will work in a challenging and fast paced environment, gaining valued experience across a whole host of different technologies and data. The role would involve developing complex data models and subsequent visualisation and reporting dashboards. Experience in using both data preparation and blending tools, such as Alteryx, as well as industry leading visualisation tools, such as Tableau or Power BI, is essential.

• Significant experience authoring workflows with Alteryx (and/or other data blending and preparation tools), creating robust data models capable of supporting complex visualisations and analytics
• Expert in Tableau and/or Power BI. Be able to produce meaningful visualisations for both reporting and management dashboarding. Must have significant experience in dashboard vs report design, including best practice design and the creation of custom visuals — the right candidate knows whether you might use a bar chart or a scatter plot and whether a set of data points helps inspire a decision
• Strong understanding of data management and relational database concepts, data cleansing, dimensional modelling, and measure/metric calculation
• Proficient at requirements gathering and stakeholder management, an eye for commercial opportunities, good communication and organisational skills. Tenacious appetite to learn and apply technologies.
• Ability to work in teams in-person and virtually as well as autonomously. Must take ownership of his or her own work

• At least one data handling tool e.g. SQL, Alteryx
• At least 2 years experience as a Business Intelligence developer using the Microsoft BI stack e.g. SQL Server database, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI
• Ability to leverage programming languages (Python, C# preferred)
• Understanding of statistics and machine learning concepts
• Ability to leverage APIs
• Cloud development and operation (especially Azure)
• Experience in agile software development and principles