Senior BI Developer – AWS

Blue Pearl PTY LTD; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl PTY LTD seeks an experienced Senior AWS / BI Developer to drive the migration of 3–4 complex QlikView applications to Amazon QuickSight. You will analyze existing QlikView projects, map data models, and design modern analytics in AWS.

The role requires hands-on AWS and QuickSight, strong SQL and data modelling skills, and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable dashboards and reports while coordinating with stakeholders throughout the migration.

Qualifications

• Senior BI Developer with hands-on AWS and Amazon QuickSight experience.
• Proven experience with QlikView including complex applications and data models.
• Experience migrating or modernizing BI/reporting platforms.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, ETL, SQL, BI reporting and dashboards, AWS data services.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and assess 3–4 existing complex QlikView applications.
• Understand data models, dashboards, reports, calculations and business logic.
• Design and develop dashboards and datasets in Amazon QuickSight.
• Migrate QlikView applications into the AWS environment.
• Develop dashboards, reports, datasets and visualizations within Amazon QuickSight.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure reporting requirements are translated accurately.
• Validate migrated applications for data accuracy and reporting functionality.
• Identify migration challenges, dependencies and optimization opportunities.
• Provide effort and timeline estimates based on complexity of each application.
• Collaborate with client and technical teams throughout the migration process.

Skills

Senior BI Developer

Data modelling

ETL

SQL

Dashboards

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

AWS

Amazon QuickSight

QlikView

Job description

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior AWS / BI Developer to support the migration of 3 to 4 complex QlikView applications to Amazon QuickSight.

The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing the existing QlikView applications, understanding the underlying data models and reporting requirements, and rebuilding or migrating the applications into AWS QuickSight.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and assess 3–4 existing complex QlikView applications.


• Understand existing data models, dashboards, reports, calculations and business logic.


• Design and develop equivalent reporting and analytics solutions using Amazon QuickSight.


• Migrate and transform QlikView applications into the AWS environment.


• Develop dashboards, reports, datasets and visualizations within Amazon QuickSight.


• Work with relevant stakeholders to ensure reporting requirements are accurately translated.


• Validate migrated applications and ensure data accuracy and reporting functionality.


• Identify potential migration challenges, dependencies and optimization opportunities.


• Provide recommendations on the estimated effort and timeline based on the complexity of each application.


• Collaborate with the client and technical teams throughout the migration process.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience as a Senior BI Developer or similar role.


• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS, particularly Amazon QuickSight.


• Proven experience with QlikView, including complex applications, dashboards and data models.


• Previous experience migrating or modernizing BI and reporting platforms.


• Strong understanding of:
  
  
  
  • Data modelling
  
  
  • ETL and data transformation
  
  
  • SQL
  
  
  • BI reporting and dashboard development
  
  
  • AWS data and analytics services
  
  
  
  


• Ability to analyze complex legacy applications and translate business requirements into modern BI solutions.


• Strong problem‑solving and stakeholder engagement skills.