Analytics Engineer
Posted
Summary
Analytics Engineer in Pretoria designing Power BI dashboards, semantic models, and PySpark notebooks on Microsoft Fabric, plus SQL data modelling with Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and OneLake. Requires 4+ years of analytics engineering experience; role is placed via Network Recruitment.
Qualifications
- Degree, Diploma, or Industry Certification in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 4+ years of Analytics Engineering experience
- Strong experience delivering enterprise reporting and analytics solutions using Microsoft technologies
- Advanced SQL development experience
- Experience developing PySpark notebooks within Microsoft Fabric or Apache Spark environments
- Proven experience building Power BI semantic models, dashboards, and reporting solutions
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, OneLake, and Lakehouse concepts
- Strong understanding of data modelling, ETL/ELT processes, and data warehousing principles
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Microsoft Fabric
- Power BI
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Data Factory
- OneLake
- SQL
- PySpark
- Python
- DAX
- Power Query (M)
- Lakehouse & Delta Lake Technologies
- Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards, reports, scorecards, and visualisations
- Build semantic models and trusted reporting datasets for self-service analytics
- Develop KPI reporting solutions and business performance dashboards
- Analyse datasets to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and business insights
- Develop and maintain PySpark notebooks within Microsoft Fabric
- Build reporting-ready datasets through cleansing, transformation, and validation processes
- Develop scalable data models and optimise complex SQL queries
- Support data governance, quality initiatives, and documentation standards
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to deliver analytics solutions
- Microsoft Fabric Analytics Solutions
- Delta Lake Exposure
- CI/CD Practices
- Kimball Dimensional Modelling
- Financial Services or Insurance Industry Experience
- DataOps and Analytics Engineering Practices
- Forecasting, Predictive Analytics, or Machine Learning Exposure
- Work with modern Microsoft Data & Analytics technologies
- Join a collaborative and growing analytics team
- Contribute to impactful business intelligence initiatives
- Expand your skills across reporting, analytics, and modern data platforms (