Bi Team Lead/Senior Bi Developer

Req ID: 246821

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We are currently seeking a BI Team Lead/Senior BI Developer to join our team in Victoria, British Columbia (CA-BC), Canada (CA).

The Senior BI Developer / BI Team Lead leads a development team for execution of the reporting strategy. They have a strong understanding of key BI technologies (end-to-end data warehouse stack) and provide summary analysis and recommendations for leadership. The Senior BI Developer / BI Team Lead monitors and manages delivery to align with business goals and architectural standards, and drives the solution forward based on leadership direction, technical constraints and developer input. The incumbent is a strong team player and is a coach and mentor for the analytics and reporting team.

Primary Duties:

• Works using the SAFe agile development methodology
• Works closely with the data services team (application support) to resolve data warehouse reporting issues or enhancements to currently published database data sets
• Accountable for Power BI mentorship for reusability, technical efficiencies and dashboard design
• Leads a Business Intelligence (BI) team, including data analysts and BI developers
• Leads the technical implementation of the Power BI Service (SaaS) and/or Power BI Report Server in a secure technical ecosystem
• Participates in the Architectural Council and working group meetings to provide expert level input for reporting and analytics business needs
• Works with the privacy and security teams to ensure that reporting solutions adhere to privacy and security policies
• Provides architectural leadership for the modernization of a large and complex Oracle reporting environment. Develops and presents options, plans and roadmaps to senior management teams.
• Other duties as required
• Performs operational troubleshooting to resolve disruptions to reporting service, for data refreshes and Power BI platform problems. Supports troubleshooting on legacy reporting platforms.
• Leads Power BI governance, through use of workspaces, appropriate security models and a managed self-service report authoring approach
• Develops development standards and best practices. Performs quality assurance checks.
• Ensures BI solutions adhere to data governance processes, participates in data governance initiatives and provides expert level input for the impact and considerations to reporting
• Responds to work requests. Provides estimates to support timelines and stated deliverables.
• Works closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate those into informative, visually appealing and simple to use reporting products
• Designs, delivers and maintains high-quality Power BI reports and dashboards
• Participates, as BI team lead, in transformation activities to identify, detail and prioritize reporting and analytics agile epics and features. Promotes data as an asset and other strategic reporting goals.

Required Experience:

• Physical data modelling concepts, including operational system 3NF and Kimball dimensional modelling
• Data analysis process, approach and design
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into functional requirements
• Previous experience with the Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (BIP) and/or Oracle Discoverer products is considered an asset
• Experience leading development teams for the deployment of Microsoft Power BI reports in a secure corporate environment. Provincial or Federal Government experience will be considered an asset.
• Strong Power BI DAX language skills. Power Query (M) skills are considered an asset
• Ability to propose technical solutions that best fit needs within the required timeframes and budget
• Agile development experience is considered an asset
• Experience leading the modernization of legacy reporting solution for a medium to large sized organization
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading teams
• Experience developing and managing machine-learning models is considered an asset
• Ability to administer a medium scale Microsoft Power BI environment, including the workspace, security and Power BI deployment pipelines
• Expert level understanding of Microsoft Power BI concepts, product architecture and vendor roadmap.
• Minimum 4 years of experience with the Power BI platform, in senior roles
• Healthcare and/or Health Insurance experience is considered an asset
• Clear understanding of data warehouse concepts and design, including both on-premise and Cloud based solutions
• SQL Language (ANSI-92). Ability to mentor others and provide expert level performance tuning for queries on large volume databases.
• Experience developing ETL jobs and processes, understanding of ETL design concepts and data processing pipelines
• Experience architecting a Microsoft Power BI SaaS implementation, including Microsoft data gateways for data refreshes
• Previous experience participating in Data Governance initiatives, such as master data management or data quality initiatives
• Oracle database experience, especially querying large data volumes, for the purposes of data extraction and reporting

Required Qualifications:

• University undergraduate degree in a related discipline, such as Computer Science or a related field

Required Competencies:

• Adaptability to changing priorities and evolving circumstances
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching skills, and capability to develop direct reports
• Ability to persuade and gain consensus across a diverse group of stakeholders
• Capacity to engage with client(s) to ensure clear and consistent two-way communication
• Proven relationship building skills, with primary focus on the organization or client’s needs and priorities
• Ability to work on multiple competing priorities, including operational and program support, & projects
• Demonstrated analytical and logical thinking, sound judgement skills with the ability to engage necessary resources to solve complex problems
• Ability to effectively plan, prioritize and follow through in a timely manner and with anticipation of potential roadblocks
• Solid communication, listening and oral presentation skills

About NTT DATA Services

NTT DATA Services is a recognized leader in IT and business services, including cloud, data and applications, headquartered in Texas. As part of NTT DATA, a $30 billion trusted global innovator with a combined global reach of over 80 countries, we help clients transform through business and technology consulting, industry and digital solutions, applications development and management, managed edge-to-cloud infrastructure services, BPO, systems integration and global data centers. We are committed to our clients’ long-term success. Visit nttdata.com or LinkedIn to learn more.

NTT DATA Services is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regarding to race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter so that we may connect you with the appropriate team.