Analytics Platform Engineer

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Work Shift
Day
Work Day(s)
Monday-Friday
Shift Start Time
8:30 AM
Shift End Time
5:00 PM
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
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Job Description
Responsible for administering system Analytics Platforms and collaborating with various technology teams to provide strategic, architectural, and tactical guidance on the platforms' underlying data layers. Supports analytics application developers by streamlining the software development lifecycle to improve developer productivity, delivery speed, and code quality.
Experience

• 3+ years of direct Analytics Platform administration (e.g., Qlik, Power BI, R Studio, etc.)
• Experience supporting full implementation of SDLC including code repositories, branching strategies, process automation, and change control best-practices
• Experience with application and data architecture, databases (e.g, SQL Server, Oracle), operating systems, and cloud-based technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Qlik products in a large-scale enterprise environment including Qlik Management Console (QMC), Qlik Sense Site Administration, and access control modeling.
• Experience managing enterprise Analytics Platforms:
  • Windows primarily
  • Linux and Azure are nice to have.
• Experience managing and administering data visualization tools:
  • Qlik primarily
  • RStudio and PowerBI are nice to have.
• Bring a positive attitude and aptitude to quickly learn new tools and techniques and be able to apply them within the Children's environment.
• After an onboarding period:
  • Be able to assume primary responsibility for Qlik administration, troubleshooting and support for incidents and/or task issues.
  • Independently deliver and, when appropriate, lead components of assigned user stories.
  • Independently audit and create detailed end-to-end application and operational process documentation.
  • Demonstrate drive and passion for suggesting process improvements.
• Be able to effectively function in a dynamic environment that can be subject to impromptu changes in schedules and priorities.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Certification Summary

• No professional certifications required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Skilled with demonstrated success in all phases of a quality-focused technology development lifecycle
• Experience supporting and administering on-premise and cloud Analytics Platforms (e.g., Qlik, Power BI, R Studio, etc.)
• Experience in configuration management, test-driven development, and release management
• Experience with DevOps practices including automation of tasks and infrastructure as code
• Proficient in SQL and scripting languages
• Expert knowledge and demonstrated experience with data management concepts (e.g. modeling, importing, exporting, filtering, transforming, and securing data sets)
• Experience with application architecture, databases, operating systems, and cloud-based technologies
• Strong collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to work well as part of a team
• Ability to effectively communicate complex concepts and requirements amongst technology peers, end users, and vendor partners
• Excellent analytics and problem-solving skills with strong technical ability to understand systems and system integrations
• Experience with technical writing and documentation
• Ability to think organization-wide

Job Responsibilities
Platform Administration

• Configure and administer Analytics Platforms ensuring availability, stability, and security.
• Manage platform version upgrades and patching.
• Manage data connections, extensions, and tasks/triggers/data dependencies for analytics applications, automations, and workflows.
• Monitor performance and maintain systems according to requirements.
• Promote analytics application solutions across environments ensuring quality and best-practice adherence.
• Implement DevOps practices, including the automation of tasks/testing and infrastructure as code.
• Leverage scripting to create repeatable and reliable platform administration tasks.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents as assigned within Service-Level Agreement timeframe.

Platform and Data Architecture

• Work with functional stakeholders, development teams, and technology vendors to shape and prioritize the technical feature set.
• Collaborate, design, and support the platform's architecture, analytics data layer, and security model.
• Partner across teams to create and maintain technical data designs, dependencies, and lineage data flows for data management processes associated with analytics solutions.
• Identify opportunities for platform and data efficiencies, reuse, and automation.
• Coordinate data extract tasks to run timely and efficiently.

Technical Best Practices and Process Improvement

• Streamline software development lifecycle by identifying pain points and productivity barriers and determining ways to resolve them.
• Understand and effectively follow technical guidelines and best practices for area of specialization.
• Offer meaningful perspectives on analytics design, data and security patterns, concepts, alternatives, and best practices.
• Maintain knowledge of current industry best practices and trends.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.
Primary Location Address
1575 Northeast Expy NE
Job Family
Business Intelligence