Senior Stack Azure BI Developer
Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Employment type: Full-time
Seniority level: Associate
Job function: Business Development, Analyst, and Information Technology
Industries: Retail
Role Summary
The Azure Stack BI Developer will play a key role in managing data integrations between our business and our parent company, ensuring the accuracy, reliability, and high quality of data outputs. This role involves designing and developing ETL solutions, maintaining our data architecture, and supporting critical business processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, as well as excellent communication skills to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Role Responsibilities
* Support and manage integrations between our company and the parent company, ensuring smooth data exchanges and process flows.
* Design and develop ETL solutions that are robust, scalable, and efficient, focusing on accuracy and data consistency.
* Maintain and optimize existing data architecture, ensuring data integrity and performance are maintained to the highest standards.
* Validate and quality-check all outputs before delivering data to stakeholders, ensuring high levels of accuracy and reliability.
* Collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements, convey technical information to non-technical audiences, and deliver solutions in a clear and concise manner.
* Liaise with team members and management to ensure BI solutions are aligned with overall business goals and timelines, always focusing on where the value add is.
* Deliver data projects within realistic timeframes while managing expectations, maintaining a professional, engaging, and stakeholder-focused demeanor throughout all interactions.
* Align self to the company's social and environmental mission and champion any actions that you can directly impact at all times.
Skills and Experience
* Extensive experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O, particularly in data integration and reporting.
* Advanced SQL proficiency, with expertise in data warehouse modelling and working with large datasets.
* Proven experience with Azure SQL Databases, data lakes, and developing scalable ETL solutions.
* Proficiency with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and Visual Studio for BI development.
* Strong attention to detail, with a focus on data accuracy and reliability.
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and validate your work independently.
* Ability to interpret complex data and convert data into useful, actionable information.
* A natural problem solver, able to find patterns and trends in data and support incidents. Determined, persistent, and proactive, a self-starter keen to understand, analyze, and improve.
Additional Skills
* Experience with Python for data automation and manipulation.
* Familiarity with Azure Data Factory and ETL methodology for orchestrating data workflows.
* Knowledge of Synapse Analytics for advanced data processing.
* Experience with Power BI for visualizing and reporting data insights.
* Critical Illness Income protection/ Death in service (for salaried colleagues)
* Pension scheme – with net deduction and salary sacrifice options
* Dental insurance (colleague funded)
Discounts & Perks
* 60% off FatFace products
* 25% discount at Next stores (across full price products)
* Discounted gym membership
* Cycle to Work scheme (for salaried colleagues)
* EV vehicle scheme (for salaried colleagues)
* Perkbox – our online platform offering:
* Day-one access
* Exclusive brand discounts
* Home workouts and more
* Specsavers eye care scheme
* Eye tests and contributions to glasses
* Free period products
* EAP support 24/7 via UNUM, Retail Trust, and Fashion & Textiles Support
Learning & Development
* Day-one access
* 1,000s of learning resources
* Sabbatical leave (in line with service)
* Enhanced family-friendly policies – including enhanced maternity leave
* Flexible Working Opportunities – flexible working requests can be made from day one of employment and are considered on an individual basis.
* Refer a Friend scheme
Growth and Development Opportunities
* Join a tight-knit team of fun, creative, and collaborative teammates with the autonomy to build the best solutions and drive ‘data as an asset’ culture adoption.
* Exposure to a greenfield site in cloud BI and data management architecture with scope to leverage cutting-edge technology to develop solutions.
* Opportunities to expose meaningful data and insight to help the business make digital-first decisions and drive profit.
* Ongoing exposure to new and exciting technology platforms in an ever-changing data landscape.
* Experience in working with Microsoft Azure Cloud Databases, ETLs, and DevOps.
* Opportunity to continue professional development through training programs.
* Exposure to best practices and gold standards for development.
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