Business Intelligence Developer (3083) - 3083

Our client in Houston Texas has a contract to hire opportunity for a Business Intelligence Developer.

The BI Developer is responsible for the design and implementation of ETL and report solutions for the Business Intelligence Platform.

Duties: • Work with other database administrators, report writers, and project teams to refine reporting requirements based on customer’s business needs • Performance monitoring and tuning of reporting data • Optimization of indexes • Optimization of stored procedures • Stored procedure and function Scripting to support projects/tasks • Create ad hoc SQL queries – customer reports, executive management reports • Provide estimates of effort required to design and develop solutions • Participate in design sessions with architects and developers • Follow all coding policies and standards • Follow configuration management/version control policies • Participate in peer code reviews • Communicate and coordinate status updates to management and internal customers • Work with business and technical teams to understand goals, pitfalls, and architecture of projects • Other duties as required by management

Education: • Bachelor's degree in information technology, business, or related field Experience: • 5+ years of Microsoft SQL Server development experience • 3+ years experience working with SSRS, SSIS, SSAS • 2+ years BI/Data Warehousing experience • 1+ years experience working with XML preferred

Specific Skills: • Excellent understanding and experience with all of the following: SQL Server configuration and maintenance; SQL Server performance tuning; and T-SQL coding and optimization • Previous SQL experience in a high availability environment desired • Ability to work with little daily supervision in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive environment • Exhibits a proactive approach towards issue identification and resolution • Excellent team player and team builder • Ability to balance multiple priorities • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Ability to communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences • Analytical and creative problem solving skills • Ability to define problems, perform research and draw defendable conclusions • Knowledge of enterprise class software requirements including security, scalability, and usability • Knowledge of the Microsoft .NET development framework • Previous software development experience a plus • Knowledge of Web application architecture and management a plus

Specialized Knowledge/Licenses/Certifications: • MS development certifications are desirable • BI/Data Warehouse maintenance skills including: o Replication o Log Shipping o SSIS Implementation ? ETL Mapping and Design ? Package Development ? Data Transformation ? Data Extraction o SSAS Implementation ? KPI Definition ? Fact Definition ? Dimension Definition o SSRS Implementation ? Report Model Definition ? Report Design ? Dashboard Creation

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