Business Intelligence

National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) is an information technology company that develops and supports software and hardware solutions for our Members/Owners. These Members are primarily utility and telecommunications cooperatives and companies across the nation. NISC is an industry leader providing advanced, integrated IT solutions for consumer and subscriber billing, accounting, engineering, and operations, as well as many other leading-edge IT solutions. NISC has been ranked in ComputerWorld’s Best Places to Work survey for 20 consecutive years.

Primary Responsibilities:

As a Business Intelligence Developer, you will design, create, and maintain business intelligence (BI) content including dashboards, visualizations, reports, and metadata. You will also design, create, and maintain optimized database objects that support BI content.  Success in this role requires effective communication skills, a firm understanding of agile software development processes, and an eagerness to solve technical challenges.  NISC’s Business Intelligence Developers integrate agile software development techniques and BI content creation.

Essential Job Functions:

• Create and maintain BI content and database objects of varying complexity within an agile development framework.
• Follow established software development methodologies and procedures.
• Understand data and business processes powering BI content.
• Research & recommend solutions for cutting-edge BI opportunities.
• Participate in requirements and design discussions with stakeholders for BI content of varying complexity.
• Plan, prioritize, monitor, and complete assigned projects.
• Collaborate effectively with team members, product managers, quality engineers, and others.
• May be asked to provide superior customer support to internal and external customers in all aspects of application support including research, troubleshooting, training, ongoing support, and follow-up resolution on change requests.
• Commitment to NISC’s Statement of Shared Values.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Preferred:

• 4+ years of related experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of business intelligence and reporting development tools and concepts
• Working understanding of agile development principles
• Working knowledge of SQL, preferably PostgreSQL
• Working knowledge of database objects
• Working knowledge of relational and columnar
• Familiarity with BI data warehouse platforms such as Databricks preferred
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment
• Ability to set and manage internal and external Member/Customer expectations.
• Moderate knowledge of business-related software applications and services
• Excellent telephone/email etiquette and an ability to deal effectively with Members/Customers.
• Strong ability to demonstrate initiative & accountability.
• Basic level presentation and training skills.
• Basic knowledge level of the Utility or Telecom industries.
• Ability to organize and prioritize assigned projects.
• Ability to travel as often as necessary to meet the goals and objectives of the position.

NISC’s Shared Values & Competencies: 

• Integrity – We are committed to doing the right thing – always.
• Relationships – We are committed to building and preserving lasting relationships.
• Innovation – We promote the spirit of creativity and champion new ideas.
• Teamwork – We exemplify the cooperative spirit by working together.
• Empowerment – We believe individuals have the power to make a difference.
• Personal Development – We believe the free exchange of knowledge and information is absolutely necessary to the success of each individual and the organization.

 Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with $100 monthly contributions from NISC.
  • Like to walk? Improve your overall wellness knowledge? Ability to earn up to $800 additional dollars into your HSA each year through our Wellness Rewards program.
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) through Paylocity.
• Fully covered life insurance up to x3 annual base salary.
• Fully covered short- and long-term disability.
• 401(k), traditional or Roth, with employee match up to 6% and employer 4% salary base contributions.
• PTO accrual levels dependent on years of service, 120 Life Leave Event hours, 9 paid holidays, and an annual holiday week.
• $2,500 Interest-FREE technology loan program.
• $25,000 employee educational assistance program.
• Volunteer, Wellness, Family Events, and other employee fun supplied by our committees.
• Employee Assistance Program; assisting employees and dependents with virtually any life event
• Benevolence Committee to support employees with financial hardships like unexpected medical bills, funerals, and other unfortunate hardships.

Education Preferred:

Bachelor’s Degree in a Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Information Systems (CIS) or a business-related field or equivalent experience.

Minimum Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the essential functions of this position, employees must be able to see and communicate.  Employees are regularly required to maintain a stationary position, move, and operate computer keyboards or office equipment.

Disclaimer:

Management may modify this job description by assigning or reassigning duties and responsibilities at any time.

Key Words: 

AWS Cloud | SQL | Big Data | Databricks | Spark | Databricks | Agile | Scrum | Time Series | Columnar Database  | SDLC | Cross Functional | BI Reporting | BI Development