BI Developer/Business Intelligence Developer

BI DEVELOPER/DUBLIN/3 MONTH CONTRACT

My client is a well know organization and a leader in their industry, they are urgently seeking a BI developer to join them on a contract basis. As a BI Developer you will provide excellent service and quality solutions in the development, enhancement and maintenance of Business Intelligence systems.

- The Business Intelligence developer will be responsible for design, development, testing,
- maintenance, and support of the enterprise Datawarehouse using Oracle Business Intelligence tools and underlying technologies.
- Work with project lead and business users to gather requirements, conduct analysis and prioritize requests.
- Design and implement the data loading (ETL) and publishing processes within the DW/BI environment.
- Design and implement multi-dimensional models, including the construction of Dimensions and Facts (with hierarchies, attributes, and measures)
- Design and implement reporting applications including (but not limited to) BI dashboards, ad-hoc analysis and reporting and static reports.
- Translate project requirements into functional and technical specifications for BI reports and applications.
- Ensure a focus on information/data quality by developing enterprise data standards such as a common business vocabulary, naming conventions, data standards, transformation rules and related specifications
- Provide expertise to the user community to improve their knowledge and understanding of BI.
- Contribute to and support the organisation's Business Intelligence architecture and strategy definition.
- Negotiate and agree scope and timescales with users to achieve best possible match between operational needs and BI system suitability and capability.
- To undertake other reasonably related duties as may be assigned from time to time.
- As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

- Bachelor degree, or local equivalent, in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Software
- Engineering or related discipline. Oracle Certifications a plus.
- Prior relevant experience in delivering Business Intelligence solutions
- Knowledge and experience in the design, construction and management of Datawarehouse and Business Intelligence solutions.
- Experience in the design and implementation of ETL processes using Oracle ODI (would be a distinct advantage) and Informatica (would be an advantage).
- Strong foundation and understanding of Dimensional Modeling and OLAP principles.
- Experience in Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE) would be a distinct advantage.
- Experienced in developing Business Intelligence solutions (reports, dashboards, scorecards)
- Familiarity with best practice methodologies such as Inmon and Kimball is highly desirable.
- Advanced knowledge and skills in SQL to run queries for data analysis and data profiling.
- Advanced knowledge and skills in DBA skills would be a an advantage
- Overall understanding of systems architecture & technology development life cycle.
- Good knowledge of Enterprise Data M0gel and Master Data management concepts would be advantageous.
- Problem solving, Negotiation, presentation & communications skills.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision combined with very good organizational skills.
- Due to the nature of this position it may be required for the employee to travel. Therefore, dependent on the employees location, the employee may be required to possess a valid Drivers licence.