Location: Columbia SC
Duration: 6 months
Positions: 1
Reporting to Business Objects Project Manager and working under limited supervision, perform the requirements definition, analysis, implementation, information architecture and metadata creation for business intelligence programs. Work with employees and contractors to understand agency key measures and opportunities for trending and forecasting. Develop Business Intelligence applications utilizing a variety of data sources, including SQL Server databases, flat files, Access databases, and Excel spreadsheets. Deliverables will include reports, templates, and dashboards. Serve as a resource to users of the Business Objects tools.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Candidate should expect to be involved in the full lifecycle of
Business Objects implementation, taking on roles beyond that of a developer when necessary. Must be comfortable being involved in business analysis and testing tasks in addition to architecture and development.
2. Participate in on-going efforts to implement best practices via
template and process improvement and development of standards for BO applications.
3. Assist in sessions with business users and BO Team Members to
formulate application (Universe/Report/Dashboard) design requirements.
4. Develop reports, dashboards, Web Intelligence artifacts, graphs,
displays, drill-downs, and reports as needed to meet needs of business users.
5. Complete unit testing of BO deliverables and work with BO Business
and Quality Assurance Analysts and business users to support System Test and User Acceptance Test.
6. Provide ongoing support for BO application deliverables; respond to
reported defects and take corrective measures as needed.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience in working in a Microsoft SQL Server environment using
2005 and 2008 systems.
• Expert knowledge of, and experience in Business Objects Enterprise
XI R3 platform with strong technical knowledge of various components such as Universe design, Query As A Web Service, InfoView, Dashboard Manager, XCelcius, Web Intelligence etc.
• Strong development experience with reporting using Web Intelligence,
Desktop Intelligence, or XCelsius, including use of filters and drill- downs.
• Strong experience in XCelcius creating Dashboards to include
trending, forecasting, and reporting of key business performance indicators.
• Strong SQLP background in creating calculations and variables per
the business requirements.
• Ability to learn new applications and skills sets.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in
writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with
business users, management, vendors, and peers.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills.
• Understanding of deployment methodology concepts including design,
build, testing, and deployment.
The individual will operate with very limited supervision, within standards and processes established for business intelligence and application development, and overall Agency and procedures. With the understanding that the systems include extremely sensitive and confidential information, position requires complete discretion and trustworthiness. The individual must be conscientious and attentive to accuracy, controls, and balances of the Business Intelligence system and the reports, dashboards, scorecards, forecasts, and trending models derived from the various data sources by means of business intelligence tools.
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