Position Summary
As part of the Staples Digital Solutions Enterprise Data
Analytics team, this BI Developer position will play a key technical role in delivering
end to end enterprise reporting solutions. This role works closely with
functional business users across dotcom, retail, contracts, new business, own
brand, customer purchase insights, to name a few, and is expected to acquire an
understanding of the requirements from business. The BI Developer will identify
reporting and analytical needs to meet business requirements, and then
collaborate with the BI Admins to design, develop and implement reporting
solutions on time.
This role is expected to be able to work independently and
with other teams, communicate results in a clear and meaningful way,
demonstrate expert knowledge of the data and metrics, and has the aptitude as
well as hunger to acquire new skills on the job. This position will report into
the Sr. IT Manger, Enterprise Analytics BI and ETL Services.
Primary Responsibilities
- Visualize
data and information for business customers through the creation of
reports and queries using MicroStrategy, Power BI, Tableau and Informatica.
Identify trends and validate
results using these reporting tools.
Partner with business customers and leverage these reporting tools
to answer questions, solve problems, and create reporting solutions.
- Possess expert knowledge of databases and applications used by
the organization and acquire skills in Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, and
Hadoop. Become a subject matter
expert for most of them. Demonstrate
an understanding of the business metrics and data points. Your expertise will primarily be technical
with a secondary business perspective.
- Consult with business leaders and
management performing the role of a subject matter expert. Act as a liaison between business leaders
and technical associates.
- Partner with Data
Architects, DBAs and Admin teams to source necessary data, map
source data to target structures, and define query methods. Ensure
reports meet data accuracy, query performance, usability and functionality
requirements.
- Interface with the corresponding BI Administration
team for the creation of Projects, Sites, migrate code changes, implement
business or project specified user groups for access, and mechanism of accessing
report data through web, desktop, mobile, self-service (VI, Distribution
Services) or push reports through NCS file or email.
- Participate in and deliver
results for ad-hoc, analysis, and BI projects as assigned. Projects will require advanced
technology skills and a high degree of contact with the Business Analysis
and Project Services teams.
Projects will require a solid understanding of Business
Intelligence concepts including database modeling and ETL programs.
- Ensure all reporting
solutions developed and supported keep Staples’ BI and ETL infrastructure
in an optimal condition.
- Be a source of innovative
ideas for application design. Develop
and Implement best practices for application development. Create and maintain application branding
and master templates.
- Serve the team as lead
developer using BI tools and data sources above. Mentor and develop the skills of other
team members. Oversee design of
applications created by junior members of the team. Deliver training to develop
MicroStrategy, Power BI, Tableau, Informatica, database, or business
knowledge for other team members.
- Ability to work following Agile/Scrum
approach and interface with technical teams within org through Scaled
Agile Framework. Create technical and maintenance documentation for
reports and end user training as needed.