Senior MicroStrategy Architect/Developer

New Jersey  ‐ Onsite
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Responsibilities
  • Interacts with the business users to understand the needs for analytical applications and reports, and defines detailed solutions to developing/maintaining the Front End applications. Because business reporting and data analysis requires a general understanding of business systems, the applicant will need to have good familiarity with a number of key business applications such as Supply Chain & ERP/MRP.
  • Writes documentation for both business users and technical IT use.
  • Gathers requirements gathering and develops functional document.
  • Develops/Maintains the Front End repository including Metrics, Filters, Views and dimensions
  • Develops and programs reports and Front End data access programs based on functional designs
  • Develops mobile applications (iPhone/iPad)
  • Develops stored procedures and views used in report development and Front End data access applications
  • Installs and maintains Front End and reporting tools
  • Supports users in problem resolution
  • Upgrades products and applies patches as necessary
  • Maintains and modifies reports/queries as necessary
  • Troubleshoots operational/data issues
  • Manages and supports the technical documentation
  • Testing changes/modification
  • Provides assistance to other technical areas as required.
SKILLS
Must have 5+ years experience in the design, development and implementation of reports & project design with MicroStrategy 9i. The candidate must have MicroStrategy upgrade experience and working knowledge of MicroStrategy 64-bit architecture. The applicant should also have an in-depth knowledge of relational data bases such as Oracle. As part of the specification and documentation process, the applicant will need excellent written and verbal skills. Bachelor's Degree required (Computer Science preferred). MicroStrategy Certification preferred. Must have at least 5+ years hands-on experience with the following MicroStrategy 9i components: Architect, Desktop, Schema Objects, MicroStrategy Administrator, OLAP Services, BI Developer Kit, Intelligence Server, Object Manager, Narrowcast Server, Report Services, Mobile and Web. Proficiency with MicroStrategy 9i - Dynamic Dashboard, Flash Widget design, Report development, Mobile Application development and project design: Facts, Attributes, Hierarchies, Aggregation, Portal Integration, etc. required. Experience in configuring, governing, troubleshooting, tuning Intelligence Server, Web Server and NarrowCast Server is needed. The candidate MUST also have experience on MicroStrategy Security Administration with exposure to administering large number of users and groups with security filters. Good understanding of relational structures, dimensional data modelling, Structured Query Language (SQL) skills, Data Warehouse and reporting techniques are critical. Must have 5+ years experience using SQL with a relational DBMS such as Oracle or MS SQL Server, as well as in-depth experience with Client Server applications and architectures. Experience working with the full life cycle development process, which includes analysis, design, construction, and testing is required. Experience with the Web/ASP/HTML programming language is a plus. Proficiency with the Windows Server is a MUST and working knowledge of MicroStrategy suite running on UNIX/Linux operating systems is preferred. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with senior business and technical IT management are needed. Must have strong analytical and problem solving abilities. General experience with business applications in the areas of supply chain management and production control preferred. Pharmaceutical experience preferred.

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Start date
n.a
From
Synectics
Published at
30.03.2013
Project ID:
513995
Contract type
Freelance
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