Sr. MicroStrategy Application Developer

We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges.

In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients – including governmental agencies and private companies – throughout the United States and India.

We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.

Key Responsibilities:

• System and Application Administration for MicroStrategy 9.0 or higher.
  
• Design and Develop Dashboards using Documents and Visual Insight.
  
• Install and configure upgrades of MicroStrategy releases and hot fixes among various distributed test and production environments.
  
• Develop complex MicroStrategy architecture layer and base objects.
  
• Assist with capacity planning and performance tuning activities.
  
• On an on-going basis gather MicroStrategy system stats and process runtimes for system improvements
  
• Maintain all necessary MicroStrategy tool updates and/or vendor patches and own deployment planning and coordination of changes with impacted areas.
  
• Mentor others on the team with product functionality and provide guidelines and solutions on performance tuning techniques and industry best practices.
  
• Understanding the existing BI environment, translating into new environment requirements and planning tasks to meet those requirements.
  
• Maintain all documentation for MicroStrategy tools processes, technical standards, and naming conventions
  
• Work with Business users and be able to comprehend their requests into possible solutions using the current BI platform.
  
• Well, conversant with current Microstrategy products and tools and have means to solve any issues by reaching out to Microstrategy Support and Forums.
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management information systems, computer science, or an equivalent combination of skills, training, and experience.
  
• 6-8 years of MicroStrategy Development -- Architecture, Reporting Objects and Distribution Services.
  
• 3-5 years of Hands-on MicroStrategy Administration -- Enterprise 9.x or higher.
  
• 2-3 years of strong Data Visualization experience using Microstrategy Visual Insight.
  
• 2-3 years of strong data integration experience using Microstrategy Visual Insight to merge data from External data sources and Existing BI Warehouse.
  
• Advanced knowledge of DataWarehousing principles, ETL processes, and dimensional modeling concepts.
  
• Strong understanding of Oracle database and the ability to perform data analysis troubleshoot data integrity issues and trend data analysis.
  
• Excellent technical, logical, analytical and problem-solving skills to provide insight on development and application support.
  
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
  
• Knowledge of Microstrategy SDK, Tableau, Java is a plus.
  
• Experience in the media industry is a plus.
  
• Must have the legal right to work in the United States.
  

GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS

DURATION: 6+ Months Contract 

INTERVIEW: First Phone Interview and then In-person Interview must