BI Data Engineer

BI Data Engineer

Our client, an international company with HQ in Fribourg, is looking for a Business Intelligence Data Engineer to join the team in Fribourg. The job is 100% onsite.

As part of structuring its information system and modernizing its management tools our client wishes to strengthen its BI/Data capabilities.

The BI ecosystem (Data Warehouse, SSRS and Tableau reports, BI Catalogue) currently forms a central management platform for headquarters and multi-country subsidiaries. Its reliability, evolution, and operation currently rely on limited capacity, which needs to be consolidated sustainably.

This role aims to take over and develop BI operations: maintaining operational readiness and developing reports, upgrading the Data Warehouse, and supporting ongoing cross-functional Data projects. Depending on their profile and evolving priorities, the successful candidate may progressively contribute to data integration and governance topics, while the architecture/MDM project will be addressed separately.

Main responsibilities:

1. BI REPORT DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE

• Design, develop, and maintain the Group's BI Catalog reports and dashboards (SSRS, Tableau).
• Ensure the reliability, performance, and availability of reports in production.
• Prioritize and process enhancement and corrective requests submitted by business units and subsidiaries.

2. CROSS-FUNCTIONAL BI SUPPORT

• Provide user support (headquarters and subsidiaries) for BI tools and reports.
• Manage BI platforms, access, and ticket tracking.
• Contribute to the professional development of Business Owners and key users.

3. DATA WAREHOUSE EVOLUTION AND MAINTENANCE

• Develop the DWH (schemas, tables, views, data marts) to meet business needs.
• Develop and maintain data feeds (ETL/SSIS) from source applications.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and usability.

4. SUPPORT FOR ONGOING DATA PROJECTS

• Contribute to cross-functional data projects (Agro Repository, Industry Report, SEI/Sage Enterprise Intelligence, IBM PA, ArcGIS, etc.).
• Participate, according to priorities, in initial data integration and governance initiatives.

5. CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COORDINATION

• Work in conjunction with development teams. / Applications, infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
• Reporting on progress, risks, and necessary trade-offs.

Required skills:

• Proven experience in BI: design, development, and industrialization of reports (SSRS, Tableau, or equivalent).
• Strong command of SQL and relational databases (SQL Server).
• Experience in data warehouse modeling and evolution.
• Knowledge of ETL/data integration (SSIS or equivalent).
• Familiarity with ERP environments.
• Understanding of data quality and governance issues.

Your profile:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science/Information Systems (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in BI/Data Engineering (report development, Data Warehouse, data integration).
• Experience in a multi-entity/multi-country environment is a plus.
• Languages: French; Native speaker / English; C1 level

Nice-to-have assets (depending on profile):

This position is open to various profiles. Depending on their skills and interests, candidates may bring additional value to one of the following areas - not required and not cumulative:

• DBA focus - administration, optimization, and security of SQL Server databases.
• IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) focus - integration and development for the Finance and Sustainability teams.
• Data Architecture/MDM focus - contribution to the future Group data repository and integration flows.

Please note that this role is open to Swiss, EU/EFTA or applicants with a valid and transferable Swiss work permit only.