BI Developer / Data Engineer
Role overview
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE Education Bachelor's degree (minimum) in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Statistics, or a closely related technical field. Master's degree or relevant professional certification — such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate, AWS Certified Data Analytics, or equivalent — is strongly preferred. Experience Minimum 5 years of professional experience in data engineering, BI development, or a closely related data-intensive technical role. Demonstrated experience building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines and interactive dashboards in an organisational setting. Prior experience working with HR, workforce, or public sector data is a significant advantage. Experience supporting strategy, research, or policy teams with data infrastructure — not only operational or finance reporting — is highly desirable. Technical Skills — Required Advanced proficiency in SQL: complex queries, query optimisation, window functions, stored procedures, and schema design. Strong Python skills for data engineering tasks: data wrangling, pipeline scripting, API consumption, and automation (pandas, PySpark, or equivalent). Hands-on experience with Power BI (preferred), Tableau, or Qlik — including advanced DAX measures, calculated columns, and report performance optimisation. Experience with cloud data platforms: Azure (preferred — Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL), AWS, or GCP. Solid grounding in data warehousing concepts: dimensional modelling, star/snowflake schemas, slowly changing dimensions, and partitioning strategies. Experience with ETL/ELT orchestration tools such as Azure Data Factory, dbt, Talend, Informatica, or equivalent. Technical Skills — Preferred REST API integration and handling of JSON/XML data formats. Exposure to predictive modelling or ML pipelines applied to workforce or organisational analytics. Familiarity with data cataloguing and governance tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Collibra, or equivalent). Experience managing multilingual or Arabic-script datasets.
