Business Intelligence Engineer

Job Duties: Responsible for development of technical analysis and design, new programming, modifications, scheduling, tuning, testing and maintenance of systems in support of new and existing Business Intelligence (BI)and other projects. Perform data analysis, design and development of new and ongoing business intelligence (BI) tools- Informatica, Business Objects, OBIEE, OBIA, Tableau and QlikView- involving complex EDW structures OR on OLTP systems. Provide technical design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance, system and technical support for BI initiatives. Conduct and participate in code walkthroughs and document technical design. Assist in Quality Control testing. Troubleshoot and solve technical problems. Monitor ETL processes, system audits, Dashboard Reporting and Presentation Layer functioning and performance and pro-actively fix issues as found. Support the performance of systems. Support Source upgrades, Hardware/Software upgrade projects with impact analysis, fixes and end-to-end testing. Provide operational support on failures and outages. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including with customers, business analysts, regression, and automation QA engineers. Must be able to work a hybrid work arrangement. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Applications or related degree and five years of experience as a business intelligence analyst or related occupation in business intelligence, or Associate's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Applications or related degree and seven years of experience as a business intelligence analyst or related occupation in business intelligence. Must also possess any amount of experience in the following: Unix/Linux/Windows Operating systems, Version Control and Office software. Business Intelligence and Data warehousing concepts and methodologies. RDBMS systems including MS SQL Server and Oracle DB. ETL, presentation layer and reporting design strategies including supporting custom built ETL, auditing and scheduling programs. Using APIs and scripts to manipulate and move data across software products and applications. BI Tools - Informatica, Business Objects, OBIEE, OBIA, Tableau and QlikView. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including with customers, business analysts, regression, and automation QA engineers. Location of Position: 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305. Must be able to work a hybrid work arrangement. The expected pay for this position is $136,000/year - $154,726 per annum. Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the university reasonably expects to pay for a position upon hire. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs. At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website provides detailed information on Stanford's extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process. Send CV to gsb_humanresources@stanford.edu . Use job code Req #108518

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