Sr. BI Developer

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago•Chicago, IL

About The Position

The Senior BI Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining business intelligence solutions that provide actionable insights to support decision-making within the organization. This role involves working closely with stakeholders, data analysts, and other IT professionals to ensure the delivery of accurate and timely reports, dashboards, and data visualizations. The Senior BI Developer also mentors less experienced BI developers and provides advice, guidance, feedback, and support. The Senior BI Developer will be responsible for building and maintaining BI and analytics reports and dashboards. This individual will work closely with data scientists, data engineers, analysts, and SMEs within the business to deliver new and exciting products and services. The main objectives are to develop BI reporting solutions and drive operational efficiency and effectiveness by enabling data-driven decisions across the organization. This includes fostering collaboration, building partnerships, co-developing products, sharing knowledge, providing insights and valuable predictive information to business teams and leaders to highlight potential risks and opportunities that initiate the drive for change. Actively participates in upgrade and migration projects from legacy to future state. Defines and follows Power BI and ThoughtSpot development best practices. Works closely with Business and data development teams to drive requirements to completion. Mains knowledge of industry standards, best practices, and upcoming product releases Identify new opportunities to leverage data, integrate and enhance business value. Assists in other areas of the department and company, as necessary. Support enterprise BI strategy and organizational change management Clearly defines, documents, and reinforces best practices in data visualization. Provide consultative support and advice on technology projects led by business partners. Work with business partners to understand BI reporting and analytical requirements. Provide technical support on ad-hoc queries on usage of BI application. Assist users on building ad-hoc reports and analysis. Envision future use cases for reporting and analytical solutions. Provide timely updates so that progress against each individual incident can be updated as required. Write and review high quality technical documentation. Review Procedural documentation for consistency and accuracy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related analytics field. Master’s preferred.
6+ years experience in enterprise BI development
3+ years experience creating complex reports, dashboard applications and scorecards.
3+ years experience with SQL, with proven ability to write efficient queries.
Strong knowledge of and experience with DAX is required.
Strong knowledge of business intelligence concepts, data modeling, and data visualization techniques.
Proficiency in Power BI required. Experience with other tools such as Tableau or QlikView beneficial.
Experience with SQL and data query languages.
Familiarity with ETL processes and data warehousing principles.
Experience working directly with business teams to address ad-hoc queries and provide guidance on challenges they are facing.
Ability to follow processes and execute project deliverables in a timely manner.
Experience capturing business requirements and proving solutions on same
Experience coordinating with the team across the geographical regions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to effectively negotiate with other teams to create a mutually beneficial solution.
Solid understanding of data modeling concepts
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple requests.
Proven ability and desire to grow technical skill set.
Experience with or desire to learn and work with mobile reporting solutions.
Experience with Agile development methodology

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their data and reporting requirements.
Design and develop data models, ETL processes, and data pipelines to support business intelligence initiatives.
Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and data visualizations using BI tools.
Perform data analysis and validation to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to BI solutions and provide technical support to end-users.
Maintains and supports existing business intelligence solutions.
Mentors’ other developers in utilizing the tools to the best of their abilities
Define, set up, and execute test cases to validate that the solution meets Business requirements.

Benefits

For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:
Medical, dental and vision insurance
Employer paid group term life and disability
Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave
403(b) with a 5% employer match
Various voluntary benefits:
Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability
Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
Tuition assistance
Student loan servicing and support
Adoption benefits
Backup Childcare and Eldercare
Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
Discount on services at Lurie Children’s facilities
Discount purchasing program