[Remote] Analytics Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chromalox, part of Spirax Group's Electrical Thermal Solutions business, creates electrical process heating and temperature management solutions for industrial applications. The Analytics Engineer will build and maintain Azure-based data pipelines and develop Power BI reports, dashboards, datasets, and semantic models to support business performance and operational improvement. The role also involves requirements gathering, data governance, user support, and collaboration with global stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Work with business stakeholders to understand reporting needs, business objectives, and decision-making requirements
- Support requirements discovery sessions, stakeholder workshops, and report design reviews
- Translate business requirements into clear BI specifications, including KPIs, metrics, dimensions, and data definitions
- Ask clarifying questions to ensure BI solutions address the true business need rather than simply recreating existing manual reports
- Support prioritization of BI requests in collaboration with senior team members
- Design and develop Power BI reports, dashboards, datasets, and semantic models for defined business requirements
- Build clear, performant, and well-structured Power BI solutions that support operational and tactical decision-making
- Apply DAX, Power Query, data modelling, and report optimisation techniques
- Take ownership of small-to-medium reporting solutions from design through deployment and support
- Apply established design patterns, templates, and reusable components to improve consistency
- Support the review and improvement of existing Power BI solutions
- Build and maintain data pipelines using Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Synapse Link, or Microsoft Fabric
- Write and troubleshoot SQL to extract, validate, and reconcile data from source systems
- Use Python and PySpark for data transformation and pipeline development tasks
- Support source-to-target mapping, data validation, and data quality checks
- Follow source control practices (Git) and contribute to CI/CD deployment processes for data and BI assets
- Follow agreed BI and data engineering standards, naming conventions, and development practices
- Maintain clear documentation for reports, datasets, data definitions, and pipelines
- Support workspace and dataset governance, including certified datasets and access management
- Identify data quality or process issues and escalate them for resolution
- Provide day-to-day support for Power BI reports, dashboards, and datasets
- Help users navigate reports, interpret KPIs, and apply filters or drill-throughs
- Create and maintain user guides, data dictionaries, and training materials
- Troubleshoot report, data, and refresh issues, escalating complex cases to senior team members
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience
- Hands-on experience designing and building data pipelines using Azure data engineering technologies, such as Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Synapse Link, or Microsoft Fabric
- Experience using Python and PySpark within Azure Databricks or Synapse Spark pools for data transformation and notebook-based workflows
- Working knowledge of source control with Git and exposure to CI/CD or automated deployment practices
- Solid experience developing Power BI reports, dashboards, and datasets, including DAX, Power Query, and data modelling
- Strong SQL skills, including the ability to query, validate, and troubleshoot datasets
- Understanding of modern data architecture patterns, including medallion architecture, lakehouse design, and Delta Lake
- Good understanding of data visualization and dashboard design principles
- Good communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to manage own workload across data engineering and BI tasks and deliver to agreed deadlines
- Ability to work effectively as part of a global Data & Analytics team
- *Strong preference for candidates located in the Eastern time zone.*
- Experience in manufacturing, engineering, industrial, or global operational environments
- Experience working with ERP, CRM, finance, supply chain, sales, service, manufacturing, or operational data
- Exposure to Power BI deployment pipelines, row-level security, or workspace governance
- Familiarity with Agile delivery methods, backlog management, and iterative analytics delivery
- Understanding of master data, data cataloguing, and metadata management
- Interest in developing toward a senior data engineering or BI leadership role
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