MicroStrategy Database Engineer

Pleasanton, CA, CA, United States

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Responsibilities:
    • Identify problems, develop ideas and propose solutions within differing situations requiring analytical, evaluative or constructive thinking in daily work and for assigned programs and projects
    • Design and implement caching and performance architecture for MicroStrategy BI tools
    • Design and develop MicroStrategy projects, logical data marts and table structures; and define attributes, dimensions, hierarchies and metrics
    • Document systems through object models, data definitions and naming conventions 
    • Apply conceptualized and creative-thinking expertise toward possible reporting solutions or alternatives
Qualifications:
  • 5+ years’ experience with BI related solutions
  • 3+ year’s experience with Microstrategy or similar tools
  • MicroStrategy 8.x or greater experience required, 9.x a big plus
  • Expertise in Report Development, including schema object optimization 
  • Familiarity with functions, dimensionality and transformations
  • Ability to collaborate with Data and ETL architects on overall design and solution
    approach 
  • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, troubleshooting MicroStrategy
  • Strong User interface design skills and visualization required
  • Excellent development and testing skills (including test planning and execution)
  • Work well under pressure and able to meet and exceed project deadlines
  • Strong communication/collaboration skills, ability to work with business/technical staff of all levels
  • Experience working in RAD or Agile development environment
  • Strong SQL skills required, DB2, Netezza experience a plus
  • MicroStrategy Certified Developer (MCD), preferred
  • BS Degree in Computer Science preferred