The MicroStrategy Developer will be responsible for using MicroStrategy to build a critical Management Information Business Intelligence platform. The developer will implement tasks related to creating complex attributes from expressions and fact expressions, creating MicroStrategy schema objects and application objects, developing user's ad hoc reporting requirement using Object Prompts and Hierarchy-in-template, creating dashboard analysis and ad hoc reports, utilizing MicroStrategy Architect to create attributes, metrics, hierarchies and transformations, and performing performance tuning by utilizing MicroStrategy OLAP Services, Intelligent Cube, VLDB properties. The developer will work closely with the Integrated Product Team Lead, Lead Systems Architect, MicroStrategy developers, QA engineers, and Business Analyst throughout the project lifecycle under minimum supervision of development lead.
Skills Requirements:
Required Skills:
Strong understanding and practical experience in the Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Software design, development, testing data warehouse and business intelligence applications using MicroStrategy and Oracle databases.
Work with Database Developer, JAVA developer, Business Analyst, DBA, System Administrator, and QA engineer to design and implement BI objects and reports required for various data systems.
Design new complex attributes from expressions and fact expressions.
Perform dashboard analysis and develop ad hoc reports.
Propose MicroStrategy features for best design, customization, and user experience.
Develop SQL, PL/SQL programs, and scripts to support various data operations required by applications.
Optimize performance by utilizing MicroStrategy OLAP Services, Intelligent Cube, VLDB properties.
Manage MicroStrategy artifacts in source code management system and deploy to DEV, QA, and Production environments.
Development of test cases and coordination of activities to aid QA/Validation team as needed.
Analyze issues & fix defects during SDLC, troubleshoot production issues, and respond to business users data inquiries.
Produce Report design documents, test plans, and system requirements.
Strong communication skills.
Desired Skills:
Experience working with multiple database structures.
Experience working with multiple BI tools.
Experience working with multiple Data Modeling, Analysis and Design and Scripting tools.
Experience working with ETL tools like Ab Initio is desirable.