AWS BI / Amazon Quick Sight Developer

Blue Pearl PTY; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl PTY is seeking an experienced BI Developer to lead the migration of Qlik dashboards to Amazon QuickSight within a major retail BI initiative. The role requires hands-on development, data modeling, and strong collaboration with business stakeholders.

You will rebuild data models, calculations, and reporting structures in QuickSight, validate results, and ensure performance and accuracy across migrated solutions while contributing to the overall analytics transformation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in BI, data analytics, or reporting development.
• Proven experience building dashboards in Amazon QuickSight.
• Hands-on experience with Qlik platforms (Qlik Sense and/or QlikView).
• Experience migrating BI dashboards or reporting solutions between platforms.

Responsibilities

• Analyze existing Qlik apps, dashboards, and data models to capture requirements.
• Migrate complex Qlik apps to Amazon QuickSight and rebuild data models.
• Develop, test, and deploy QuickSight dashboards and visualizations.
• Validate migrated solutions for accuracy and performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and resolve migration challenges.
• Document migration processes, data models, and technical designs.

Skills

Amazon QuickSight

QlikView

Qlik Sense

SQL

Data modelling

Stakeholder communication

Education

AWS Certification

BI/Data Analytics Certification

Tools

Amazon QuickSight

QlikView

Qlik Sense

AWS Glue

Redshift

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 08/17/2026

We are seeking an experienced AWS BI / Amazon QuickSight Developer with strong Qlik expertise to support a key business intelligence migration initiative within a large retail organization.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in migrating approximately three to four complex Qlik applications to Amazon QuickSight. This will involve analyzing existing Qlik solutions, rebuilding data models and business logic within QuickSight, recreating dashboards and visualizations, and ensuring the migrated solutions meet business and technical requirements.

This role requires a hands-on BI professional who can work independently, engage directly with business stakeholders, and take ownership of delivering high-quality migration outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyses existing Qlik applications, dashboards, and data models to understand business requirements and reporting logic.
  
• Migrate complex Qlik applications and dashboards to Amazon QuickSight.
  
• Rebuild and optimize data models, calculations, metrics, and reporting structures within the AWS environment.
  
• Develop, test, and deploy Amazon QuickSight dashboards and visualizations.
  
• Validate migrated QuickSight solutions against existing Qlik applications to ensure accuracy and consistency.
  
• Collaborate with business users and technical stakeholders to gather requirements and resolve migration challenges.
  
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting performance, usability, and scalability during migration.
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve data quality, performance, and reporting issues.
  
• Maintain documentation of migration processes, business rules, data models, and technical designs.
  
• Proactively identify, communicate, and escalate risks that may impact project delivery timelines or quality.
  
• Support user acceptance testing and business sign-off activities.
  

Requirements

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience with Amazon QuickSight development and dashboard design.
  
• Solid understanding of AWS data and analytics services.
  
• Strong experience working with QlikView and/or Qlik Sense.
  
• Experience building and maintaining BI dashboards, data models, and reporting solutions.
  
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills.
  
• Experience translating business requirements into reporting and analytics solutions.
  
• Understanding of data modelling concepts and reporting best practices.
  

Highly Preferred

• Previous experience migrating Qlik applications or dashboards to Amazon QuickSight.
  
• Exposure to AWS data services such as:
  • Amazon Redshift
    
  • AWS Glue
    
  • Amazon S3
    
  • Athena
    
  • Lambda
    
• Retail industry experience.

Essential Experience & Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, or Reporting Development.
  
• Proven experience developing dashboards and reporting solutions in Amazon QuickSight.
  
• Strong hands-on experience with Qlik platforms (Qlik Sense and/or QlikView).
  
• Demonstrated experience working on reporting migrations or BI platform transformation initiatives.
  
• Experience working with large and complex datasets.
  
• Relevant certifications in AWS, Business Intelligence, or Data Analytics would be advantageous.

Business Intelligence & Analytics

• Strong understanding of BI development methodologies.
  
• Ability to interpret business needs and translate them into effective analytics solutions.
  
• Strong focus on data accuracy, quality, and performance.
  

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  
• Comfortable engaging directly with business stakeholders and end users.
  
• Strong workshop facilitation and requirements gathering skills.
  

Problem Solving & Delivery

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities.
  
• Ability to work independently and manage assigned deliverables.
  
• Proactive in identifying risks, dependencies, and potential migration challenges.
  
• Results-oriented with a strong focus on quality and business outcomes.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is an experienced BI Developer with strong expertise in both Amazon QuickSight and Qlik, and a proven track record of delivering reporting and analytics solutions in enterprise environments. Experience with BI migration projects, particularly moving dashboards and business logic from Qlik to QuickSight, will be highly advantageous.

They will be comfortable working closely with client stakeholders, capable of independently driving migration activities, and focused on ensuring seamless transition, reporting accuracy, and successful project outcomes.

Recruitment Process

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Attend a client interview.
  
• Successfully complete the client’s internal contractor approval and onboarding process.
  

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled BI professional to contribute to a strategic analytics transformation within a leading retail organisation.