Position Title: Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide.
With that guiding insight, Bridge International developed a strategy that would
enable it to launch a large-scale network of high-quality, ultra low-cost,
for-profit primary schools.About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide.
Operating a network of schools supported by a strong central headquarters gives Bridge International the scale, experience, and capacity to invest in systems of management, support, training, and innovation that allows individual schools to dramatically increase their effectiveness.
Using this model, Bridge International is able to profitably deliver high-quality education for $4 per child per month. This ensures that its academies will continue to successfully serve its communities as long as parents value the educational service provided.
The first Bridge International Academy launched successfully in Kenya in 2009 and 60 academies will be operating in Kenya in January 2012. Through rapid and strategic expansion, Bridge International will provide a quality education to over a million students in the coming years.
About this Position
The BI developer will be responsible for design, development, testing, maintenance, and support of the corporate data warehouse using Microsoft BI tools and underlying technologies
This individual will also provide enterprise information management expertise with emphasis on data design, access, usage and stewardship to ensure proper governance, security and quality of information assets.
Responsibilities
Business Engagement
- Promote
the use of Business Intelligence (BI) tools and concepts across the
organization
- Work
with user community to understand business process challenges and identify
solution opportunities within Business Intelligence area.
- Provide
support and expertise to the user community within BIA to assist them to
better utilize BI tools and content.
Requirements Gathering
- Work
with project lead and business users to gather requirements, conduct
analysis and prioritize requests.
- Translate
project requirements into functional and non-functional specifications for
BI reports and applications.
- Contribute
to and support the organization’s Business Intelligence strategy
Data Warehouse Design and Development
- Development
and implementation of tactical and strategic data warehousing solutions
- Work
with internal resources during development phases to ensure appropriate
knowledge transfer;
- Develop,
implement and maintain test strategies and plans
BI Application Design and Development
- Design
and implement multi-dimensional models, including the construction of Data
View, Dimensions, and Cubes while adhering to enforced development
methodologies.
- Design
and implement reporting applications including (but not limited to) BI
dashboards, reporting cubes and static reports.
- Convert
existing reporting tools to a standardized reporting infrastructure using
SQL and Microsoft products.
- Design
and implement required interfaces for the data warehouse including to BI
tools and other applications used by the business
Data Sources
- Day
to day management and administration of the enterprise wide Data Warehouse
and Business Intelligence solution.
- Design
and implement the data loading (ETL) and publishing processes within the
DW/BI environment
- Provide
business and technical knowledge and expertise on the Organisation’s core
source systems with emphasis on sourcing of data
- Participate
in data governance for the Organisation’s core source systems to ensure
reporting requirements can be met
Data Standards & Governance
- Participate
in the definition of technical standards and guidelines that pertain to
data and information use, security, access and governance.
- Identify
data quality issues and support the data governance initiative by
participating in necessary activities including data profiling.
- Ensure
a focus on information/data quality by developing and publishing
enterprise data standards such as a common business vocabulary, naming
conventions, data standards, transformation rules and related enterprise
consistency specifications
- Ensure
the development and documentation of business and technical meta data
- Assist
in the development of database and development standards.
About You
- Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Three
(3) years experience in BI development
- Good
analytical skills
- Strong
planning and organizational skills
Experience Required
Must have strong skills in Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 including.
Must have strong skills in Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 including.
- SQL
Server Integrated Services (SSIS)
- SQL
Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
- SQL
Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Experienced in developing Business Intelligence solutions
(reports, dashboards, scorecards) using Microsoft SSRS, SSAS, and MDX in a data
warehousing environment.
Experience in the design and implementation of ETL processes;
Experience developing and running MDX queries
Ability to perform detailed data analysis (i.e. determine the structure, content, and quality of the data through examination of source systems and data samples).
Advanced knowledge of and OLAP technologies and dimensional modelling, including applicability to various reporting problems.
Desirable skills/expertise
Knowledge of any of the following would be advantageous:
Experience in the design and implementation of ETL processes;
Experience developing and running MDX queries
Ability to perform detailed data analysis (i.e. determine the structure, content, and quality of the data through examination of source systems and data samples).
Advanced knowledge of and OLAP technologies and dimensional modelling, including applicability to various reporting problems.
Desirable skills/expertise
Knowledge of any of the following would be advantageous:
- BI
Tools including ProClarity, MS Performance Point and SPSS Clementine
- MS
Visual Studio;
- MS
Sharepoint;
- Data
Warehousing methodologies especially Kimball ;
You can apply and view detailed job requisitions on the Careers
page at www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted