Business Intelligence Engineer

Do you have a passion for creating data products that drive business value?

Are you keen to play a role in the Australian Energy Transition?

Would you like to work with leading cloud technologies like Databricks?

At Ignite Data Solutions, we believe the best results come when data enables people.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a business intelligence engineer to join our growing team. Be part of our scale-up journey and our supportive culture.

A great growth opportunity awaits, as you will be working in leading technologies:

PowerBI
Azure
AWS
Databricks
Snowflake

The core mission of a Business Intelligence Engineer at Ignite is to ensure that we deliver what we promise.

You will play a hands-on role in designing and developing data products to meet the objectives of our customers.

You will get to see the delivery from end to end. From working closely with business stakeholders to elicit requirements, to seeing how our clients use the data product and get value from it – the moment of uplift.

You will be part of collaborative teams, playing a hands-on role in designing, developing, testing, and deploying data products.

Where will your Ignite journey take you? Click to open.

You will be guided by our Delivery Leads to master multi-disciplinary delivery methods – from Agile Scrum and Agile Kanban to CI/CD and DevOps.

As a front-end developer, you will work closely with our clients. Helping bring their ideas to life, and ensuring they know how to use the products you build.

You will get to work with a range of customers; from globally recognised organisations to exciting scale-ups. Working with Utilities, you will play a role in the Australia Energy Transition, whilst gaining experience across other industries, like Agribusiness. Learn more about our customer stories here.

The Responsibilities of the Role

It is the responsibility of the role to:

Elicit and capture customer requirements for analytics capability, understanding and aligning to business outcomes and drivers
Design, build, test and deploy data products in line with Ignite delivery frameworks
Apply data visualisation best practice for intuitive and effective reporting and analytics solutions
Proactively identify and provide recommendations to address blockers
Effectively communicate and guide end users on effective use of data assets

Your Core Competencies

Ask probing questions to elicit requirements and translate into technical products
Problem solving to proactively remove roadblocks
Good communication and ability to engage stakeholders
Solution development, testing and deployment
A passion for data visualisation and data exploration
Time management

Your Behaviours

As a member of the team, you will represent us by demonstrating the values and behaviours of our organisation.

Act with integrity
Help each other succeed
Willingness to learn
Be the best we can
Focus on the why

Your Experience

Must Have

Bachelor’s degree
1+ years experience developing with PowerBI or Tableau toolsets
Experience in end-to-end project delivery. Articulating involvement in requirements, design, development, testing and deployment to production.
Experience working with end-users.

Nice to Have

Relevant Certification (PowerBI Data Analyst Associate, Tableau Data Analyst/Specialist).
Experience with Databricks or Snowflake.
Experience with cloud technologies Azure/ AWS.

Learning & Development

We will put a lot of focus into your career development, as we believe you will be a future leader at Ignite. Learning and Development will be provided to you through

Technical training and certifications
Professionals skills training with Australian Institute of Management
Industry training for Utilities
Access to our external leadership coach
Exposure to the whole delivery lifecycle
Opportunity for lateral movement to acquire new skills like Data Science

Why Ignite?

Because of our culture. We have a tight-knit team that will help you succeed.

You will focus on enabling end-users rather than building data solutions.
You can choose to work remotely… the office is there if you want it, and there’s always an excuse for a social event.
You will meet the team in-person every two months at the Ignite Office Festival.
Your onboarding plan will have you working on a real data platform, engaging with business users quickly and confidently.
Both mums and dads can access 6 weeks paid parental leave.
You get a holiday on your birthday.
You will share in the profits of the organisation through an annual bonus.

This is a full-time role however there is some flexibility in this, so if you are looking for a part-time position, this can be arranged for the right candidate too.

Ignite has adopted a remote-first working policy. This means you can work from home or choose to come into the office based on your preference. We are placing more emphasis on social interactions that bring the team together once per month, whilst our regular rhythms ensure we stay connected every day.

The Process

Because culture is important to us, our recruitment process is designed to allow us to get to know each other better.

Short-listed candidates will be requested to send a 3-minute introductory video.
First-round interviews will be held with our Managing Director and Founder, where you can learn more about the purpose of Ignite.
Second-round interviews will delve into your core competencies.
Final-round interviews will check for values alignment.

This is a full-time role however there is flexibility in this, so if you are looking for a part-time position, this can be arranged for the right candidate too.

Ignite has adopted a remote-first working policy. This means you can work from home or choose to come into the office based on your preference. We are placing more emphasis on social interactions that bring the team together once per month, whilst our regular rhythms ensure we stay connected every day.

To be considered for this position you must have valid rights to work and live in Australia or New Zealand.

Ignite welcomes applications from anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, age, and/or any other visible or non-visible characteristics. All too often we see organisations full of the same or similar people, and we do not want that, we want diversity. We believe that a diverse set of people will improve our organisation and will change the way we work for the better.

We look forward to your application

Please submit your application to management@ignitedata.com.au or use the adjacent submission form.