Data Warehouse Analyst II

We are looking for a candidate that can help us build our Data Warehouse & BI practice. 

The candidate will be working on Data Warehouse & BI projects, gathering & documenting requirements, designing solutions, developing ETL using Informatica PowerCenter, developing universes and reports using Business Objects, testing, and implementing solutions. They will be responsible for both ETL and business intelligence report design, development, testing, maintenance, metadata, and implementation of data warehouse initiatives. Understand user requirements, and implement solutions that ensure requirements can be achieved through high quality deliverables. 

Develop ETL mapping specifications for loading information into the data warehouse and for ensuring reliability of information loaded. Seek continuous improvement in performance & tuning of data warehouse and ensure security of data. Perform analysis and testing of relational databases and investigate any data load failures or data retrieval issues. Proven methodology experience for complex systems integration projects and demonstrated ability to achieve deliverables on time and on budget. Works with other IT technical teams and Business users to understand requirements, and recommend & implement solutions. 

Works with moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgment performing a variety of complex tasks. Requires advanced skill sets and developing proficiency within discipline. Typically requires 5 Ideal candidate will have experience designing Data Warehouse and BI solutions, and development experience - 7 years experience with both Informatica PowerCenter and Business Objects. 

 Data warehouse/data marts using Kimball & Inmon methodologies 

DW & BI Knowledge areas: 

• Informatica PowerCenter ETL 
• SAP Business Objects universe and report design/development 
• Xcelcius Dashboard design and development 
• Crystal reports 
• Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server 
• Dimensional Data Modeling 
• Slowly Changing Dimensions 
• Requirements gathering 
• Project development life cycle process (i.e., planning, analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation, 
• Excellent written and oral communications 

Informatica PowerCenter - ETL (5+years experience): 

• Infoburst support 
• Independent worker 
• Data warehouse design 
• Data warehouse development 

Business Objects (5+ years experience): 

• SAP Business Objects Universe design and development 
• SAP Business Objects report design and development 

Database Knowledge (5+years experience): 

• Complex SQL statements 
• Xcelsius dashboards 
• ORACLE 
• SQL Server 
• DB2