BI specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION

Business Intelligence Specialist (0,8 - 1 FTE, Hengelo)

'The goal is to turn data into information and information into insight'

The Enterprise Information Management team of Thales in the Netherlands is looking for an experienced BI specialist to further professionalize information management.

About the job

Thales in the Netherlands has committed to the objective to become a 'data-driven company', where facts and unambiguous information are leading in decision making. As BI specialist, you will be responsible for gathering the requested business information and designing clear dashboards for our internal customer, the business user. At the start of the week, you check the sprint backlog to see what tasks are assigned to you. You align with the product owner and business analyst of the team and you are in touch with the business user to sharpen the information specifications. Together with the solution architect and data manager, you investigate which data is required to build the dashboard and together you determine how much time it will take to extract and validate the data. You are capable of executing ETL activities yourself. In the meantime, you start designing one component of the new dashboard in PowerBI. You are in close contact with the business user to agree upon the visual design. At the end of the sprint, which takes two weeks, you deliver the new component of the new dashboard, and in the next sprint you will extend your work with a new component.

You play an important role in the internal digital transformation journey of Thales in the Netherlands. There is a lot of work to be done; you are a 'go-getter' and consider this assignment, which we accepted as a team, to be a journey full of chances and possibilities. You are flexible and know how to work around challenges along the way. You are someone who dares to challenge the status quo and someone who brings new energy to our team. Also, you have strong communication skills and you know to address different audiences.

The most important activities are:

• Develop and design dashboards in PowerBI to meet the information demands of the business user
• ETL activities to extract and format data for the dashboards which need to be developed
• Contribute to the improvement of our work processes

About you

Must haves:

• Holds a relevant Bachelor degree in IT or Business&IT

On medior+ to senior level as a bi specialist:

• Has experience with Cognos
• Has knowledge of PowerBI
• Has experience with an ETL tool, preverably SSIS
• Has experience with an cubes, preverably SSAS tabular

Nice to have

• Has knowlegdge and experience with Kimball dimensional data modelling
• Can align the business information request with the technical possibilities
• Is proactive, flexible, a go-getter, and enthusiastic
• Knowledge of Mendix is a pre
• Good understanding of the Englisch language

Good to know:

Freelancers are allowed to submit

Candidate needs to work at least one day a week at Thales in Hengelo (Thursdays), two days optional

Candidates with Dutch nationality only

Candidate needs to work at least 32 hours a week, 40 is also possible

BI specialist

Nationality Requirement: Dutch Citizen

Position Is Eligible For ICs : Yes (ZZP possible)

Level Of Screening: NL - Screening B - AIVD

Job Posting Title: BI specialist

Organisation Unit: NLD Netherlands Corporate - EIM - Business Intelligence & Analytics

Date Range: 1 Jul Jun 2025

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

'The people we all rely on to make the world go round – they rely on Thales'. In a fast-changing and increasingly unpredictable world full of opportunities, people come to us with big ambitions – to make your life better and more secure. Our employees, who are part of a unique and varied team with many different fields of expertise and a wide range of talents and cultures, develop and deliver outstanding high-tech solutions. Thales employs 80,000 highly talented people in 68 countries. Two thousand of these are based in the Netherlands. We are one of the largest high-tech employers in the field of security and protection.

We help our customers think smarter and act faster in the fields of transport, defence, aerospace, aviation technology and cyberspace, to manage and control their increasingly complex processes and make the best possible business decisions. This is why we play a leading role in digital transformation, focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & Data Analysis, Connectivity, Mobility, Internet of Things, Cyber Security.

In the Netherlands, we are located in four cities: Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven and Hengelo (head office). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radar systems for seagoing vessels, cyber security solutions, transport systems, communications equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions, R&D for radar technology (in collaboration with TU Delft), as well as R&D for serious gaming. (in collaboration with the University of Twente).