Technical Data Steward (BI & Qlik)

Pay

Market related

Type

Contract · remote / hybrid

Experience

3–5 years

Level

Mid-level

Sector

IT & Internet

Closes

in 30 days

Recruiter

Mediro ICT · All jobs at Mediro ICT

About the role

Our client, based in Cape Town in the food/retail industry, is looking for a Technical Data Steward for a 6-month contract (Renewable). A technical data stewardship role within the food/retail industry focused on managing data quality, BI reporting logic, and prototyping AI-assisted analytics.

• Engage with Foods business stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and recurring business questions.
• Investigate, validate and resolve data quality issues in collaboration with relevant business data owners.
• Maintain and establish consistent business data definitions, metadata and data lineage.
• Use SQL to trace reported figures back to their underlying data sources, filters and calculation logic.
• Analyse existing BI reports and understand how business metrics and reporting figures are derived.
• Translate business questions into clear, testable reporting and data requirements.
• Collaborate with Qlik Analysts and the EDL team to identify trusted data sources for business reporting.
• Identify opportunities to leverage Generative AI to improve access to business information.
• Prototype and test AI-assisted analytics use cases against trusted business data.
• Validate AI-generated responses for accuracy, relevance and consistency with established business reporting.
• Present findings, recommendations and solutions to business stakeholders.

What they're looking for

• Proven experience in Technical Data Stewardship or Business Data Management.
• Strong SQL skills, with the ability to investigate and trace data across multiple sources.
• Solid understanding of BI reporting logic, data calculations, filters and business metrics.
• Experience with data quality management, metadata and data lineage.
• Ability to work with business stakeholders and data owners to resolve data definition and quality issues.
• Experience translating business requirements into technical and reporting specifications.
• Practical experience prototyping, testing and validating an AI-assisted analytics solution.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables.

Advantageous Experience

• Experience with Claude on Amazon Bedrock.
• Exposure to AWS analytics and data environments.
• Hands-on experience with Qlik and understanding of Qlik reporting logic.
• Previous experience within Food Retail or FMCG environments.
• Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs and AI-driven business intelligence solutions.
• Technology Environment
• SQL: Data investigation, validation and analysis.
• Qlik: BI reporting and reporting logic.
• AWS: Cloud-based data and analytics environment.
• Claude on Amazon Bedrock: Generative AI and AI-assisted analytics.
• EDL: Enterprise Data Lake and trusted business data sources.

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