Sr. Business Intelligence Engineer Job in San Jose, California Us
Sr. Business Intelligence Engineer
- Develop a strong understanding of business processes for functions such as Sales, Finance, and HR in order to be able to better support their Business Intelligence needs.
- Analyze Information and reporting business requirements, explore and evaluate various options, develop prototype using reporting and dashboard tools up front in the project life cycle thereby validating the requirements, eliminating ambiguity and providing early visibility to business on the final solution.
- Participate in design of Data warehouse data model and provide input and feedback from Business Objects Universe and reports perspective.
- Translate the functional requirements to high level design and build technical specifications document.
- Work closely with BI Architect in designing and developing Business Objects Universe, Web Intelligence Crystal reports, XCelsius dashboards and implement both content and row level security.
- Create complex Business Objects Universes, Classes, Objects, and Hierarchies for multidimensional analysis of underlying datasets.
- Participate and assist in User Acceptance testing, train super users and power users on usage of the tool and the solution.
- Provide Level 3 end user support as called upon by the Production Support team.
- Coordinate development work with offshore BI development team.
- Use structured and disciplined approaches to solving technical problems.
- Perform ongoing monitoring and refinement of reports and BI solutions, work with business solutions delivery team to ensure the solution is adopted and fully leveraged for decision making.
- Collaborate and work with cross functional IT teams.
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 7 to 10 years working in IT with a thorough understanding of SDLC methodology.
- 5-7 years experience in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing.
- 5-7 years of experience in BI Engineer role with strong hands on experience in developing complex Business Objects Universes and Web Intelligence and Crystal reports.
- 2 years of experience implementing complex dashboards using XCelsisus.
- Broad industry familiarity with implementation experience of popular BI packages such as Business Objects Cognos, Microstrategy, Qlikview is preferred.
- Strong understanding of relational databases with hands on experience in SQL programming.
- Solid understanding of Data Warehouse methodology, dimensional modeling including Ralph Kimball's methodology.
- Prior experience of implementing Business Objects solution in one or multiple areas such as Sales/Finance/Marketing/HR/Services.
- Experienced and strong understanding of process in one or more business areas such as Finance, Sales, HR Marketing.
- Well versed with Flex, Adobe flash builder, HTML, Java script with hands on coding experience.
- Experience with design patterns, hands on knowledge on implementation of Cairngorm or other frameworks.
- Must be experience with writing flex custom components such as charting.
- Experience participating in JAD/RAD/AGILE /Waterfall scrum sessions.
- Ability to quickly translate requirements to prototype and get business buy- in.
- Exposure and experience with Agile BI is a plus.
- Advanced proficiency with use of Microsoft Office applications including, Word, MS Project, Excel and Visio and other tools that facilitate the requirements gathering and design phases of the SDLC.
- Passionate about solving business problems, Innovative, creative and an outside-the-box mindset.
- Excellent Analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
- Self motivated with strong leadership and presence.
- Must possess critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent presentation oral and written communication skills and presentation skills.
- Strong negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial.
- Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills.
July 12, 2010
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