About the position
Our client, a leading player in the Industrial IoT space, has an opportunity available for a Junior BI & Reporting Analyst to join their team in Somerset West.
Junior BI & Reporting Analyst is responsible for maintaining and developing Power BI dashboards that connect to our Databricks data platform, with a longer-term goal of migrating these reports to native Databricks Dashboards as our platform matures.
This is a collaborative role that involves regular engagement with stakeholders across multiple business units, who will provide domain-specific knowledge of the underlying data. The Junior BI & Reporting Analyst needs to be curious, communicative, and technically capable of translating business requirements into reliable, well-structured reports.
This is a developmental focused role designed to build strong technical skillset, particularly around cloud data platforms, scripting, and modern analytics engineering practices, specifically for someone early in their BI/analytics career.
Key responsibilities:
- Maintain, update, and improve existing Power BI dashboards connected to Databricks.
- Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into clear, accurate visualisations.
- Participate in the migration of Power BI assets to Databricks Dashboards over time.
- Write and maintain basic SQL queries against Databricks.
- Support version control and change management of reporting assets.
- Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement in reporting workflows.
Minimum Requirements:
- Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Databricks Fundamentals or Databricks Data Analytics Certifications
Desired experience:
- At least 1-2 years’ experience in a BI or analytics environment
- Power BI proficiency
- Databricks proficiency
- SQL proficiency
- Basic Python proficiency
- Experience in reporting and stakeholder engagement
- Experience with Git for version control
- Experience with CI/CD processes
- Experience with scripting and automation
- Experience in data science and analytics engineering principals
- Experience in Azure ecosystem
Desired competencies:
- Good communication skills and ability to present technical findings
- Strong technical aptitude and willingness to learn new tools and systems
- High integrity, accountability and professional work ethic
- Ability to work collaboratively within cross-functional teams.
- Ability to translate business requirements into reliable, well-structured reports.
General:
- We are committed to fair and inclusive hiring. All suitably qualified applicants are welcome to apply.
- Preference may be given in line with our client’s Employment Equity plan and applicable legislation.
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in South Africa at the time of application.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 30 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
- Please include your current remuneration (CTC), salary expectation, and notice period (optional but helpful for screening).
- By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information for recruitment purposes in accordance with POPIA.
Desired Skills:
- Azure Databricks
- Business Intelligence
- CI/CD
- Data Science
- Git
- Power BI
- SQL
