BI Engineer (Mid Level) Fixed Term Contract 6 months
As a BI Developer you will be involved in the design, development and delivery of full BI solutions using the Microsoft BI stack. You will have strong T-SQL skills and Performance Dashboard development and hold experience of developing and maintaining Data Warehouses. You will also have strong skills in creating SSRS reports and in data visualisation tools such as Power BI. You must have strong experience of developing in Visual Studio database solutions and releasing changes via Azure DevOps automated deployments, with experience of creating and running unit tests and be able to mentor and guide other members of the team towards an automated test driven approach. You will work with members of the business to capture requirements and help shape the development of the Keoghs reports and dashboards.
We are looking for someone who has gained experience in a variety of different tools and implementations who is capable of making informed choices and influencing key project decision making.
What will your day look like:
- Responsible for the design and development of BI solutions across the company.
- Deliver and maintain performance dashboards to operational teams to ensure business access to essential BI.
- Deliver and maintain SSRS reports to ensure business access to essential MI/BI.
- Contribute to the design and development of new solutions using Power BI.
- Define, update and adhere to software development patterns and standards.
- Provide technical assistance, support and development skills across the company.
- You must have experience in developing in Visual Studio and Azure DevOps pipelines in Test Driven Development, we are looking for someone who can help us introduce and instil that mind-set in the rest of the team.
- Liaise with third party software providers throughout the lifecycle – including design, development, support and maintenance, ensuring best practise.
- Mentor and coach less experienced MI/BI colleagues.
Knowledge and Abilities:
Performance Competencies- Highly numerate with previous experience in delivering BI reporting solutions.
- Expert T-SQL skills are essential.
- Strong understanding of data warehousing, ETL and database concepts.
- Strong experience of Microsoft BI technologies.
- Experience in delivering complex reporting solutions.
- Microsoft stack
- SQL Server 2008/12/16
- SSIS
- SSRS
- Power BI
- SQL Server Unit Tests
- Azure DevOps
- Visual Studio
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Azure SQL
- Azure Data Factory
Benefits
Career & Purpose- Davies Innovation Lab
- Leadership training programme
- Funding for professional qualifications
- Thrive at Davies; learning opportunities
- The Davies Foundation
- Local charity funding
- Pennies To Heaven
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee volunteering programme
- Pension, 5% employee and 5% employer contribution
- My Choices at Davies provides; High Street discounts and Financial wellbeing hub
- Life assurance: x4
- Refer a Friend
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Lease car salary sacrifice
- Davies Incentive Plan
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Wellbeing centre; move, munch, money & mind focus
- Discounts with 100's of UK retailers
- EAP; 24/7 confidential helpline
- 25 days holiday, increases to 26 days after 5 years and 27 after 10 years
- Flexible working
- Dress for your day
- Inclusive employment policies eg. Menopause, fostering friendly, fertility, sabbatical policy and baby loss and miscarriage
- Flexible benefits include; holiday purchase plan and a opportunity to purchase heath cash plan and BUPA dental plan