Developer (Junior)

Discovery Limited; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a MIBI Junior Developer to develop reports and dashboards within a dynamic team. This role involves data source management, project oversight, and ensuring quality standards in reporting. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and have experience in report development tools such as SQL, Power BI, and Tableau.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in a report development environment.
• 2+ years SQL experience.
• 2+ years experience in Report Development Services.

Responsibilities

• Ensure and track all initiatives logged within the ticket tool.
• Maintain and update historic and new reports.
• Support on large development projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data management

Customer service

Documentation

Communication

Education

2+ years experience in report development

Proficiency in SQL

Experience with Reporting Services

Advanced Excel and VB experience

Advanced Power BI or Tableau experience

Advanced SSRS

Service Now reporting experience

Job description

Discovery – Discovery Central Services (DCS)

MIBI Junior Developer / Staff

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About (TI MIBI Team)

The TI Business Intelligence and Management Information teams focus is to analytically develop value adding reports and dashboards for the Technology Department from a variety of consolidated data sources, and provide support and advice to existing and new clients on how to show accurate reporting, trending and forecasting. They ensure that the manual work of compiling information for management presentation or operational benefit is automated and readily made available, as well as improve on existing automated reports / dashboards. The time saved through these initiatives can then be returned to the operational areas across the department while improving the visibility of metrics towards continued service improvement.

Key Purpose

The MIBI Junior Developer will report to the Associate Specialist.

With the assistance of the MIBI developer, you will investigate into what data sources will need to either be created, requested or re-used and if any new or additional views will need to be created.

Oversee the development of new projects once data access, views and the data integrity has been established, as well as all existing projects to ensure that everything is met accordingly to the request specifications.

This includes running with the assistance of the Associate Specialist / Senior Developer that all QA, follow ups, maintenance, UAT, signoffs, new ad hoc requests are monitored within the MIBI team.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Ensure and track that all initiatives are logged within the ticket logging tool
• Do all ad hoc development requests (3 hours or less).
• Maintain / Update historic, new reports developed.
• Provide support to the Associate Specialist / Senior Developer on large development projects.
  
  

Personal Attributes And Skills

• Strong analytical skills and has a passion for data mining, management of data and governance
• Good Technical Understanding of database architecture
• Is proficient at SQL and report development
• Process Improvement driven
• Good customer service with the ability to interpret and scope requirements while providing ongoing feedback.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong documentation Skills
• Ability to work in a team environment, outgoing and inter-personal skills
• Ability to work according to project deadlines, under pressure and cope with a highly stressful environment.
• Mature, optimistic, energetic and positive
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail essential
• Self-motivated, self-thinker and pro-active
• Value driven
  
  

Education And Experience

• 2 + years’ experience in a report development environment
• 2 + years SQL experience
• 2 + years Reporting Services experience
• 2 + years Advanced Excel and VB experience
• 2 + years Advanced Power BI or Tableau experience
• 2 + years Advanced SSRS
• 1-2 + years Service Now reporting in Platform Analytics
  
  

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.