Johannesburg, South Africa
25 days ago
Lead Developer

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What We'll Bring:

The candidate, using his/her Intelligence, enthusiasm, dedication and self-drive to prove his/her capabilities to join into the working environment and display willingness to learn about Data and Business Intelligence. Candidate is expected to fulfill the role of bridging the gap between business and Big data Team; establishing, implementing and developing of current and new Business Intelligence Reporting to enhance customer relationships and assist in new product development.

The candidate is responsible for all the Business Intelligence Reporting and Supporting Functions and the main tasks that make up these functions. The candidate will function within a very dynamic team of professionals.

What You'll Bring:

User Support

Administer the process for requesting information from the Big data Team and reporting to the Big Data Manager on all the requests processed each month.Build and deliver key reports in Tableau and or any other TU preferred toolAssist the all TU Departments including but not limited to Marketing / ISG / Sales department with product development utilizing the Data on HiveAssisting users in customizing and automating reporting solutions.

Quality Assurance:

Ensure accurate, compliant reports with business value are being delivered according to Big data Reporting Standards.Facilitation and alerting of Data Quality issues.Assist in the testing of new data sets from Ispark as well as testing the validity of reports and analysis.

Report Development

Development, maintenance and automation of specialized reports.Creating Adhoc reports by using the appropriate tools, e.g. Tableau, SSRS, Power BI, Aqua Data Studio, Squirrel, or HSQL.Developing and maintain Regulatory reports including World Bank. Influencing decisions on report requirements with NCR, SACCRA, CBA and other Bureaus.

Analysis/Design: 

Involvement in the full development life cycle, which may require tasks such as:  Business Requirements, Data analysis / profiling tasks.

Documentation: 

Data Analysis / Profiling documentation.

Communication & Collaboration: 

Be Comfortable to communicate with fellow Team members, Business Users, Leadership and external clients as well as subject matter experts to be able to translate business requirements into a report.

Development:

AbinitioBe familiar with ETL /ELT methodologyDevelopment life cycle on Hive/HadoopUse of R and Python Language

General:

Innovative and forms part of Data Science team.Performs other related duties as assigned.

Impact You'll Make:

Diploma or Degree in Computer Science

Or Degree in Statistics or a related discipline preferred along with the following experience:

Problem solving, Data analysis, Attention to details, Credit bureau data knowledge and processes.

Programming languages: SQL, HSQL, VBA, R, Python

Data Visualization tools: Tableau, SSRS, Power BI

Databases: Sybase IQ, Hadoop/Hive

The duties and responsibilities described above are the essential functions of the job.  The qualifications below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

At least 5 years’ experience Supporting and Administering Tableau environment (Version 2020.4 experience preferred).At least 5 years’ experience support business users from a Data Warehouse environment.At least 5 years SQL Programming experience, to create reports using complex queries.Participation in at least 3 major Data Warehouse projects.Practical Involvement and experience in the full Data Warehouse development life cycle (At least 3 years’ experience required).Tableau Report building and server administration.Tableau Prep Builder.Dimensional Data Modeling and Design understanding required.Practical Experience with MapR Hadoop (advantage).Knowledge of Abinitio (advantageous)

The candidate must overall have strong technical and business skills, to be able to easily support business and have the ability to translate business requirements into a accurate user reports. In addition, he/she must be self confident and have strong written and verbal communication skills.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

TransUnion Job Title

Lead Developer, Data Development
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