Initially a 4 month contract
Salary or rate per hour neg
Travel to UK, Finland, Mauritania, Zambia

An International Mining company seeks a BI Lead to take responsibility for the strategic Business Intelligence solution.

Responsibilities include:

• Work with Business Leaders to establish a roadmap for a Group BI solution
• Understand the pilot implementation at the mine and its suitability as a basis for the Group solution
• Gather business requirements for reporting, dashboards
• Develop the requirements into detailed packages (sprints) of work
• Deliver, unit test and deploy development and enhancements
• Develop standards or policies for management and development
• Supplier management
• Work with other members of Group IT to develop joint strategies and principles for Business Intelligence
• Managing server infrastructure for applications

 
Technical & Experience

• Graduate level education.
• Preferably a Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE) in SQL Server 2012 (or above) Business Intelligence.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a SQL Server Solution Expert with extensive experience in:
  • Extract Transform and Load (ETL), i.e. SSIS using flat file transfer, OLE, ODBC and Web Service connections,
  • Data Warehousing,
  • Dashboards and reporting, through SSRS,
  • Analytics through SSAS,
  • Tabular model, xVelocity and DAX.
• Experience with SQL Server 2012 across all aspects of the BI solution.
• Experience of implementing business intelligence within a Group environment (multiple instances, multiple locations, languages etc.).
• Knowledge of deploying code to multiple instances within the Group using Team Foundation Server or similar code controls.
• Demonstrable business analysis skills preferably supported by a relevant qualification.
• Preferable experience of working and managing in an Agile (Sprints) delivery environment.
• Useful to have project management experience.
• Mining or similar natural resource experience but not essential (preferred)

 
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