BI Analyst

The Amatriot Group; City of Rensselaer (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Amatriot Group is seeking a Data Analyst/BI Developer to join a team delivering BI solutions and dashboards for government-related health initiatives in Albany, NY.

You will help translate business needs into data models and reports, collaborating with NYSoH and state/federal agencies to ensure data quality and timely delivery. Strong Cognos and DB2 skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent
• Three (3) years of industry experience with SQL, PL/SQL, SQL-PL in DB2
• Three (3) years' experience with a BI tool (Cognos preferred)
• Two (2) years of experience in design/data modeling for Data Mart/Data Warehouse
• Strong understanding of OLAP BI applications
• Experience in data visualization and reporting environments

Responsibilities

• Work on a small dynamic team providing BI and data visualization platforms to deliver quality reports for State & Federal Agencies.
• Perform data analysis to identify patterns, data anomalies and review results.
• Collaborate with functional teams to define requirements and maintain data quality.
• Develop models and templates to ensure timely, accurate deliverables; create dashboards with drill-down capabilities.
• Produce Ad Hoc reports with turnaround times based on business needs.
• Support BI solutions and automation improvements across projects and clients.

Skills

SQL

PL/SQL

DB2

Cognos

Data modeling

UNIX/Linux

Data visualization

ETL

Dashboarding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Cognos Analytics

IBM DB2

Job description

Location: Albany, NY

Security Clearance: No clearance-- must be US Citizen or Green Card holder, as this position supports government entities

Job Type: Full-Time

Target Salary Range*: $70,000 - $80,000

• This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary

Position Overview

Deliver solutions to complex problems as a Data Analyst/BI Developer. Here, you'll tailor solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you'll make the end user’s experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours.

You will join our team in partnership with New York State of Health (NYSoH) to provide comprehensive health coverage to more than 7.0 million New Yorkers through its Health Benefit Exchange (HBE)

Key Responsibilities

• You will work on a small dynamic team that provides strategic know-how through Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Visualization platforms to deliver quality reports for State & Federal Agencies.
• Apply an understanding of business metrics and a commercial mindset to perform Data analysis, find patterns, data anomalies and review.
• Work closely with functional teams to understand requirements regarding solutions to ensure data quality. Collaborate on definition, development, and maintenance of standards and processes.
• Develop models and create templates to ensure timely and accurate deliverables, data integrity, efficient workflow, reusability, and automation. Create dashboards using workspace advance to facilitate drill up/down and slicing/dicing of data. Produce Ad Hoc reports with a turnaround time based on business needs.
• Support continuous improvement and automation in BI solutions and processes.
• Support client data exchange and integration needs by leveraging technical expertise in database applications, ETL processes, and automation. Apply knowledge of upstream and downstream Enterprise applications to support dashboard development lifecycle discipline

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent

Required Experience: NO MORE than 5 years of experience will be accepted

• Three (3) years of industry experience with focus on SQL, PL/SQL, SQL-PL in DB2
• Three (3) years' experience with a BI tool (Cognos is preferred)
• Two (2) years of experience in design/data modeling for Data Mart/Data Warehouse

Required Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of OLAP business intelligence applications
• Strong understanding of reporting and database environments, processes, and associated applications
• Competencies leveraging data visualization tools for senior management and enterprise data visualization
• Ability to translate business requirements into specifications that will be used to implement required reports and dashboards
• Knowledge of RTC/ELM or similar tools
• Competencies in database architecture such as relative, star and snowflake schemas.
• Competencies in DB2 (or other RDBMS)
• Level 3 Procedural Languages (i.e.: ANSI, SQL, PL/SQL)
• Writing complex SQL queries, SQL PL procedures in IBM DB2 environment.
• Competencies with UNIX/LINUX operating systems

Required Skills And Abilities

• Good verbal, writing/documentation, communication, organizational, and time management skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills, including mapping of business need or issue to development of application requirements or procedural initiatives.
• Strong understanding of reporting and database environments, processes, and associated applications.
• Well-developed knowledge of operational systems, processes and budgeting/forecasting concepts and activities
• Proven ability to ensure effective forms of documentation essential for support of overall technical and user needs.
• Ability to work in complex matrix organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.0 or higher
• Experience authoring and maintaining reports using IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.0 or higher against relational, dimensional, and transactional databases
• Experience with Core Java
• Hands-on experience with data architecture and data analysis skill sets
• Familiarity with PMI standards and practice
• Healthcare Industry experience