Technology Analyst-Information Management Business Intelligence

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Job Description
As an Analyst, specific responsibilities may include:
• Participating in performing portions of technology diagnosis and assessment activities (i.e., creating surveys, conducting interviews, collecting and comparing benchmark data)
• Becoming familiar with common, relevant architecture frameworks and being able to use them in diagnosing and assessing architectures
• Assisting in contributing to the high level design in constructing a robust technology solution, taking into account the user requirements, technical requirements, etc.
• Performing portions of technology architecture and infrastructure design activities
• Participating in performing portions of technology build, test and deployment activities
• Assisting in refining and enhancing architecture and framework
• Participating in troubleshooting and debugging technology integration problems

Scope:
As global businesses have applied world-class technologies to achieve exceptional business results, the need for world-class expertise in the storage, retrieval and delivery of information has become increasingly important. The challenges for storing and effectively retrieving terabytes of data demands new design skills. The challenges of delivering information between complex legacy systems and powerful advanced systems, or between massive data stores and widely distributed users require extraordinary skills in middleware. Information Delivery develops architects with world-class skills in data architecture and data warehousing.

Our Business Intelligence group is expanding to meet our clients’ demands through our world-class services. Hence we are hiring!

Key Responsibilities:
• Data Architecture — design, development and implementation
• Provide Data warehouse / Business intelligence expertise
• Design and develop Data mart models
• Translate client user requirements into data flows, data mapping etc
• Design overall ETL processes and architecture
• Develop and design technical specs
• Develop test plans

Key Skills:
• Data Architecture, design & development
• Expertise in Data Modeling & Data mining (using ER win, Designer/2000, Silverrun, Sand Technology, Kalido)
• Expertise in one or more DBMS (Oracle/ MS SQL, DB2, UBD, Teradata)
• Expertise in one or more OLAP/Reporting tools (Cognos, Brio, Microstrategy, Business objects, Crystal, IBI, Actuate, Arcplan, Proclarity, Hyperion Essbase, SAS, Microsoft Analysis Services)
• Experience in one or more ETL/ECTL tools (Informatica’s PowerCenter / PowerMart , Ascential's Data Stage, Cogno's Decision stream, AB Initio, MS SQL/2000 DTS, ETI, Acta (owned by Business Objects, Oracle warehouse builder)
• Ability to multitask & prioritize work
• Team player

Relationships:
Client facing interaction/ virtual teams/ Active team player

Education:
Bachelor's Degree or higher is necessary for this role


All of our entry-level consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With more than 123,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$15.55 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2005. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

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REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications
• 3 — 5 years Software development experience
• 3 + years Data warehousing /BI experience
• Full life cycle development
• Expert level with one of the ETL tools
• Proficient with data modeling tools
• Experienced using OLAP tools

Nice to have:
• Business development experience
• ERP experience (eg ,SAP BW, PS EPM)
• Database administration experience
• CASE modeling tools experience: Coolgen, Rational Rose, ER win
• Prior big 4 experience

Track record of outstanding academic performance in one of following preferred majors:
• Engineering (all disciplines)
• Computer Science / Computer Engineering
• Information Systems / Decision Sciences
• Mathematics / Statistics / Sciences
• Finance / Accounting / Economics
• Business Marketing / Management
• Liberal Arts / Communications / Organizational Behavior

We are seeking highly motivated individuals who meet the following criteria:
• Eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Desire to work in an information systems environment
• Ability to meet client travel requirements, when applicable
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills