Data Analytics Engineer (Tableau)
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include requirements analysis, design, database and report development capabilities with a core focus on Tableau Analytics Solutions.
Previous exposure and/or a good understanding of source data analysis, data warehouse design, report building, and visualisation is key to fulfil an end-to-end role within the Business Intelligence space. The role requires experience from technical preparation, ingestion and orchestration to business report visualisation.
Required Qualifications:
• Tertiary degree, diploma, or certificate in a related field (BSc, B.IT or BCom Informatics related degrees).
Experience and Knowledge:
• 3 – 5 years’ working experience as a BI Reporting Analyst, Database Developer and/or Software Consultant.
• Working knowledge of Database design and Data analytics.
• The ideal candidate must have at least 3 to 5 years’ experience in the following technologies, tools, and disciplines:
o Tableau (Required)
o Power BI (Beneficial)
o Microsoft SQL
o Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
o Data staging, preparation, and cleansing
o Database Warehousing Methodologies and Best Practices
o Data Modelling
o Data Consolidation
Key Responsibilities:
• Business analysis and requirements gathering.
• Data analysis, design and reporting.
• 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.
• Migrating existing client’s deliveries to new business intelligence platform.
• Data sourcing, cleansing, transformation, analysis and reporting within a business intelligence environment.
• Develop strong team and client relationships to create an ongoing partnership with team members and various client stakeholders.
• Extensive testing of solutions to ensure high quality deliverables.
• Initiate process changes and enhancements where necessary and ensure successful implementation thereof.
• Design, develop, implement and maintain reports and dashboards using visualisation tools such as Tableau and Microsoft Power BI platforms.
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.
