About the position
The Report Developer is a member of the BI team within Information Technology Services reporting to the Reporting Manager. Collaboration with stakeholders, analysts, business users and technology staff to deliver BI solutions to Excelsior University is expected. Gathering and analyzing business requirements; designing, developing, and maintaining reports or applications using Ellucian Banner are necessary. The Report Developer is expected to develop an in-depth understanding of data maintained in various application systems, and how it is best organized or integrated. This position will participate in efforts to build, extend, and maintain the underlying data architecture that supports reporting needs of the University. This position is based out of the university's home office in Albany, NY with the option of considering remote candidates. Remote employees will have mandatory occasional travel for meetings, conferences, and professional development opportunities. Remote employees are expected to be available during work hours 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Eastern time. The University will supply necessary equipment to perform the essential functions of this job (e.g., Laptop, docking station). Employees are responsible for having a workspace where they can participate in virtual meetings without multiple interruptions and noise.
Responsibilities
- Work in collaboration with data analysts and business users to analyze, estimate, and fulfill requests for information and reports from transactional systems.
- Design and develop reports and dashboards using Elucian Banner.
- Assist in performing BI systems testing, including data quality assurance, operations process, performance, and usability testing.
- Perform tasks related to the deployment, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance of reporting artifacts.
- Create and maintain PLSQL and TSQL procedures to process and store data.
- Maintain a strong understanding of business workflow, processes, and events and how these are captured in transactional systems.
- Write technical documentation and term definitions in Data Cookbook.
- Enhance professional knowledge and skills by attending conferences and advanced training in required areas of expertise.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, systems engineering, database management or related field required.
- At least three years' experience writing and troubleshooting complex Oracle SQL queries and PL/SQL code OR Microsoft SQLServer Queries and TSQL.
- Strong understanding of relational database systems.
- Experience in designing and developing dimensional models is desirable.
- Experience with enterprise-level business intelligence applications and reporting tools.
- Experience in Banner, Power BI, QlikView and Qlik Sense are desirable.
- Experience translating complicated technical concepts into simple and effective business terms to high-level leaders and non-technical people.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in Banner, Power BI, QlikView and Qlik Sense.
- Strong understanding of relational database systems.
Benefits
- The University will supply necessary equipment to perform the essential functions of this job (e.g., Laptop, docking station).
