BI Developer (ETL & Data Lake)– Johannesburg – up to R500 per hour
e-Merge Recruitment
Job description
Our client, a leading organisation in the insurance sector, is seeking an experienced Senior Data Warehouse & BI Developer to join their growing Data and Analytics team. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise data warehouse and data lake solutions that serve as the foundation for business intelligence, regulatory reporting, financial reporting, and enterprise-wide analytics.
This role requires extensive experience in enterprise data architecture, ETL development, dimensional data modelling, and business intelligence reporting, with the ability to build scalable, high-performance data solutions that support strategic and operational decision-making. Experience within the insurance industry is essential, while exposure to modern cloud platforms, big data technologies, and advanced analytics environments will be highly advantageous
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end data acquisition, ETL, and data management solutions.
- Build and support data pipelines, data lakes, and enterprise data warehouse environments.
- Develop dimensional data models and BI solutions to support business, regulatory, and financial reporting.
- Manage data integration, quality assurance, testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT) activities.
- Monitor and report on data acquisition progress, project delivery, and reporting requirements.
- Troubleshoot data and system issues, ensuring reliable and accurate data delivery.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, and clients to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
- Contribute to database design, optimization, security, and data governance initiatives.
- Support cloud, big data, and streaming data technologies where applicable.
- Apply structured problem-solving approaches to meet project objectives and deadlines.
Qualifications & Experience
- IT-related Degree, Diploma, or equivalent qualification.
- Relevant Microsoft, Cloud, or Data Engineering certifications will be advantageous.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in Data Warehousing, Data Lake implementation, ETL/ELT development, and dimensional modelling using Kimball methodology.
- Experience designing and supporting enterprise Data Lake architectures and data ingestion frameworks.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience developing ETL solutions using SSIS.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in SSRS report development.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in SSAS cube development and MDX.
The Reference Number for this position is NG61374 which is a Contract position in Johannesburg offering an hourly rate of up to R500 per hour negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on nokuthulag@e-Merge.co.za or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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