Job Description :
SENIOR Reports / Business Objects Developer
Location: Springfield, IL.
24 months+
Phone – Skype
Must be Senior Level
Must have (2) references.
Required Skills:
CANDIDATES WILL BE EVALUATED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
? 5+ years of Business Objects (BO) Development and Reporting experience.
? 5+ years of SQL development including 4+ Years SQL and Performance Tuning
? 2+ years of Data Warehouse project experience
? 2+ Years Teradata Version 14+ experience including SQL Assistant
? Excellent verbal/written communication skills, end client facing skills, team collaboration, and mentoring skills
? Bachelors or Advanced Degree in a related field such as Information Technology/Computer Science, Mathematics/Statistics, Analytics, Business Technology
? Strong organization skills and ability to set priorities and schedule work deadlines
? Adapting to the team and organizational culture
? Location: Springfield, IL
Preferred Skills:
ANY ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL SETS WILL BE BENEFICAL FOR THE POSITION:
? 2+ years of Business Objects (BO) Administrative experience.
? Experience in Tableau or SAS is a nice to have
? Experience with State Medicaid / Medicare / Healthcare applications
? Prior Experience in BO version upgrades
? Experience in Agile
Following are the notes on the position detail requirements:
Primary Job Responsibilities:
· Developing and analyzing highly complex system standards, thresholds, and recommendations to maximize system performance
· Evaluating products and upgrades for appropriateness and lead the implementation and upgrade strategies.
· Performing system backups and recovery using Symantec’s Backup Exec 2012 and or above.
· Analyzing IBM Tivoli logs and responds to alerts and errors.
· Monitoring of SAN storage with the knowledge and ability to react to alerts and errors
· Configuring and managing HP MSA Storage arrays
· Installing, configuring and administering Windows Server 2008 R2 or higher platforms on HP DLT Servers
· Installing, configuring and administering Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008 R2.
· Managing Windows Server in multiple environments for application and report development, testing, training and production.
· Installing, configuring and managing SAP BI platform XIR4.1 sp6 and or above
· Standing up SAP BI environments for and or in case of a disaster situation
· Experience in Open Text BIQuery Development and Administration
o Administer and maintain Ad-hoc reporting models using Open Text BIQuery 10.5.1 or above
· Managing row level and object level securities using SAP Business Objects 4.1 sp6 or above environment
· Business Objects universe and report development
· Business Objects reporting experience on Teradata Platform is required
· Analyzing project requirements and develop detailed specifications for new and existing data warehouse reporting requirements
· Reviewing and validating the development of test data and scenarios incorporating extensive knowledge of the Agency’s business rules.
· Developing or acquiring test data and initiate tests to determine the accuracy of reporting logic to produce desired results.
· Communicating effectively, verbally and in writing, with programmers, analysts, immediate supervisor, management, system users, operations, other State agencies and the private sector.
· Meeting with users for clarification and elaboration as may be necessary to clearly define a problem and conceptualize a development plan. Recognize, gather, correlate, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, and devise solutions and alternatives and make appropriate recommendations.
· Working with the DBA and Data Modelers, facilitate modification of the logical design to create a physical design most suited to the reporting needs of the customer.
· Working with Developers and DBA to create and maintain design standards.
Other Requirements Notes:
· Strong emphasis on Business Objects skills – would like to see a resume history that is focused on Business Objects as primary skill for 5+ years
· Teradata related skills is also desirable and could be very helpful in winning the position
· Ability to work with end users / customers to understand the reporting requirements
· Ability to quickly learn new business area or technical skills based on project needs
· Ability to understand performance considerations of reporting requirements - able to debug and correct report performance issues
· Ability to design applications taking into consideration data reconciliation (to the source system); query/reporting performance, and analytical business value.
· Needs to be able to work independently and not rely on State or other team members to learn Business Objects - need someone at Senior level
· Experienced in BI Query, Business Objects, SQL, BTEQ, Multiload, Fastload, FastExport, Teradata V15.10 utilities, Microsoft Office, Unix Kornshell Scripting, Microsoft SQL server 2008 R2 or above, Ultra Edit tools
· Ability to be flexible to adapt to changes, supporting continuous improvement, and perform multiple responsibilities as required by the project team
· Performing additional duties that are normally associated with this position, as assigned
· Administrative experience with Windows Servers (preferred)
· Administrative experience with Backups and Storage (preferred)