Data Warehouse Developer
Req Ref No: LPWIDW-32
Location: Madison, WI
Duration: 31.0 months
Description
Description:
The candidate will be responsible for ETL 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. Monitor technological advancements to ensure that solutions are continuously improved, supported, and aligned with industry and company standards.
Conducts highly complex work critical to the organization. Collaborates with other IT technical teams and Business users to understand requirements, and recommend & implement solutions. Works closely with Business users to troubleshoot issues in existing systems and create ad hoc reports. Works with moderate supervision with latitude for independent judgment. Assist less experienced peers by providing technical guidance. Requires advanced skill sets and developing proficiency within discipline. Typically requires 5 - 7 years' experience or equivalent education.
Ideal candidate will have skills and experience in the following areas:
Strong skills in data warehousing process design, development, performance & tuning using the Informatica data warehousing tool suite
Excellent skills in the architecture of data warehouse and data integration strategies and solutions
Demonstrated skills in establishing data warehouse best practice standards
Excellent knowledge and programming in relational data base technologies; e.g. Oracle, DB2, SQL Server
Strong skills working with relational and dimensional data models
Strong skills working with slowly changing dimensions
Strong data management and data analysis using SQL
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including facilitation of meetings with customers and technical staff
Knowledge and skills in the project development life cycle process (i.e., planning, analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation, support)
Demonstrated knowledge and skills in requirements gathering
Effective interpersonal relations skills, ability to effectively collaborate with others and work as part of a team
Skills in navigating a large organization in order to accomplish results
Ability to initiate and follow through on complex projects of both short and long term duration
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to work independently, assume responsibility for job development and training, researching and resolving questions and problems, requesting supervisor input and keeping supervisor informed
Ability to complete projects of substantial depth and complexity, and work with customers at many levels in the organization
Qualification
Must Have
Administration - Customer Service
Problem resolution (development and implementation)
and 7 years
Respond to customer requests (verbally and in writing)
and 7 years
General Competencies
Excellent organization, analytical, and communication skills
Information Technology - Databases
Ability to navigate and query a relational database (Oracle) to both develop reports
and 7 years
Data analysis
and 7 years
Data Warehouse - Experience in data warehouse design and development
7 years
Data Warehouse - Performance tuning
7 years
DB2
and 3 years
Experience in extract, transform, and load coding using Informatica
7 years
Knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL
and 7 years
Information Technology - Design
Develop design specifications
and 7 years
Knowledge of Kimball data warehouse design principals
5 years
Information Technology - Testing
Conduct unit and system tests
and 7 years
Develop Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Procedures
7 years
Identify defects
and 7 years
Interpret test results
and 7 years
VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.