Senior Business Intelligence Developer

Role Overview

• The Senior Business Intelligence Developer is responsible for completing all development work assigned.
• The Senior Business Intelligence Developer collaborates with cross functional teams and provides leadership for design, development, configuration, testing, implementation, maintenance, security of reporting and associated applications supporting University systems and applications.
• This position creates and reviews data audit and quality processes for the validation of deliverables.
• The Sr Business Intelligence Developer utilizes software to generate metrics and develops actionable recommendations and may serve as the primary administrator for the business intelligence application tools.
• This position provides support to research teams or management by collecting and analyzing data and reporting results based on the needs of end users and collaborates with various functional teams based on their area of focus and IT to achieve business results.
• Serves / Assists as the lead application administrator for the Business Intelligence application which includes upgrades, patching, configuration and directory/security administration.
• Serves and assists as a systems administrator for the infrastructure supporting the business intelligence (BI) applications listed above including configuration, troubleshooting and periodic maintenance.
• Supports the development of strategies for warehouse implementation, data acquisitions and archive recovery.
• Develops SQL queries and modifications to facilitate problem resolution and reporting needs.
• Leads design sessions to capture requirements and data for report development.
• Leads development teams with proper span of control.
• Develops/reviews report specifications and ensure those requirements are met across all functional areas (e.g. procurement, finance, student, executive/University-wide etc.).
• Translates/ reviews business requirements into report objects with appropriate security.
• Analyzes team member’s reports to ensure they meet user requirements.
• Develops, reviews and enables solutions (reports, visualizations) to support the University’s goals.
• Validates the audit and reconciliation processes associated with reporting.
• Leads activities supporting development and maintenance of security architecture, security administration and workflow automation within the applications suite.
• Ensure conformance to departmental/university standards and procedures by reviewing and preparing necessary paperwork and documentation.
• Executes unit tests.
• Works closely with application testers on the preparation of test plans, test data and integrated unit testing.
• Maintains a broad knowledge of technology, equipment, and/or systems.
• Designs and delivers executive reports as well as function specific reporting.
• Develops and enables reporting solutions to interact with cloud-based solutions.
• Writes ad-hoc queries and reports using various reporting/database tools to support research, financial, and executive initiatives.
• Analyzes and synthesizes complex and diverse information gathered from senior management and end-users to develop new reports and reporting systems as needed.
• Designs, develops and implements complex dashboard reports and visualizations for data warehouse and clarity.
• Outlines strategies for the development and maintenance of environments that support the applications used for report writing.
• Supports the University’s communications outlets for reporting tools such as Upstate NY Tableau Users Group and Upstate NY IBM Cognos Users Group.
• Coordinates with other resources (programmers, analysts) to achieve goals and collaborate for solutions.
• Serves as a mentor and change management lead in the delivery of reporting training.
• Performs other related duties, including presentation of seminars, courses and instruction on computer services as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline required
• Master’s degree preferred
• 5 years of relevant experience, including experience with developing reports and dashboards with one or more Business Intelligence tools such as PowerBI, Business Objects, MicroStrategy, Qlik, IBM Cognos, Tableau required
• Equivalent combination of education training and/or experience required
• Experience in higher education field, medical or healthcare industry preferred
• Experience with project management methodologies, including Agile, from planning through implementation preferred
• 5 years Student, HCM & Finance experience, specifically with reporting preferred
• Experience in the Oracle on Unix DBMS environments preferred
• Experience with EPIC reporting preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills required
• Proven customer oriented approach to problem solving required
• Ability to handle multiple tasks at one time and meet required deadlines required
• Contribute individually and as a technical lead on the team that manages multiple business environments; interface with user communities to translate business needs into solution requirements required
• Proficiency with reporting tools IBM Cognos, SQL, SSRS and Tableau preferred
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly preferred
• Ability to translate business needs into solution requirements preferred
• Knowledge of implementing expressions and business logic within an object oriented environment preferred
• In depth experience and developmental knowledge with SQL programming preferred
• Ability to provide on-call support as required; preferred.
• Tableau Desktop Associate Level 1, Level 2 preferred
• Workday Report Writer curriculum certificate preferred
• Epic Clinical Data Model and/or Epic Revenue Data Model may be required within 12 months of hire preferred.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• Cognos
• Oracle
• SQL
• Tableau
• Unix