Business Intelligence Analyst Ii

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Business Intelligence Analyst II (Remote) - ISMD

Full-Time, Salary

Salary Pay Range: $84,947.20 - $101,233.60

Job Summary - The Enterprise Data Services (EDS) team is seeking a highly curious and growth-oriented individual who is passionate about delivering data products that drive organizational strategic decision-making and surpassing expectations of the end-users.  The Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst II will work on all phases of the analytics lifecycle, including data collection, profiling, manipulation, storage, and validation as well as data analysis, measure development, report creation, data visualization, and production support. The BI Analyst II exercises independent judgment and discretionary decision-making related to managing multiple and more complex reporting projects but also collaborates with a larger team working an agile process. The BI Analyst II will participate in delivering data products and may present to various levels of management and staff and may also be included in action plan development. While performing the day-to-day tasks successfully in this role is critical, the BI Analyst II must be outcome-based and keep the overarching project goals and vision at the forefront, and both make and execute on recommendations to achieve those. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Delivers data products, including dashboards and other analytics products, that are audience specific.
• Creates automated data pipelines to assist in data extraction, transformation, and storage for report creation, analytics, and self-service.
• Conducts data profiling of source data, including descriptive statistics, to identify data quality issues and other opportunities to gain a better understanding of the data to deliver quality data products to the end-users.
• Conducts regular audits of work to ensure accuracy.  Participates in the testing phases of development prior to User Acceptance Testing
• Provides production support for all data products provided by EDS.
• Participates in continuous improvement processes to advance the maturity of the EDS team and larger organization, including proactively identifying and learning about new technologies or opportunities to improve the work of the team.
• Mentors' others on the team and in the business on how to leverage specific data and technology to enhance the work of the county.
• Utilizes project management knowledge and skills for assigned departmental project; establishing timelines, tasks, follow up items and communication to ensure all tasks activities are completed within the project needs.
• Participates in other departmental and organizational activities/initiatives tied to data, analytics, and technology.
• Assists in the intake process of new data program initiatives and projects, including defining business goals, desired outcomes, user stories, and requirements.  
• Determines appropriate analysis techniques and methods to provide data products that address the business strategic goals and questions.
• Identifies new opportunities and insights in the data to make recommendations to the business.
• Clearly presents data initiative results to all levels of the business in a consumable fashion that is audience specific.

Minimum Requirements:

• Current resident of the United States.

• Associate's degree or above in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science/MIS, Engineering
• At least three-five (3-5) years of experience in:
  • Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW)
  • Speaking to technical people in this industry and understanding what a Data Warehousing application is supposed to look and function like
  • Understanding how the Star Schema works, what a fact table and data dimension is and how they relate.
  • Business Intelligence Analyst role and delivering data processes and products that drive organizational decision-making.
• Proficient in SQL language.

Additional/Preferred Skills:

• Proven track record of developing ETL solutions, including the use of Microsoft SSIS 
• Leveraging descriptive statistics to gain an initial understanding of a new data set.
• Conducting diagnostic analysis to help understand the 'why' behind data trends and results.
• Utilizing BI tool such as Power BI or Tableau to visualize data and communicate a story.
• Utilizing other tools such as Microsoft SQL Server Management and Visual Studio
• Proven track record of efficiently learning and implementing new technologies on the job.
• Understanding how Business Intelligence reporting solutions fit within an enterprise data model and within data architecture.
• Proven analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficient in spreadsheet, reporting, and database tools (e.g., Excel, Access, other Microsoft Office applications)
• Proficient understanding of data base structures, relational databases, and concepts
• Excellent listening and time management skills
• Successfully communicating complex, technical items to non-technical people in an easy-to-consume fashion.
• Proven aptitude and interest in working with complex situations/problems, systems, and processes.
• Ability to work independently and within teams.
• Flexibility to meet organizational and departmental demands.
• Previous experience in Azure Data Lake Storage gen2, Azure Databricks, Synapse Analytics, and Spark
• Proficiency in Python
• Working an Agile development process using Jira to track sprints.
• Previous experience in predictive analytics, machine learning modeling, and statistical analysis

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