BI Developer and Data Analyst 1

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Job Posting Title:

BI Developer and Data Analyst 1

Position Type:

Professional / Unclassified

Department:

LSUAM FA - ITS - DA - PS - Business Intelligence (Anthony Joseph Alfonso (00012319))

Work Location:

0202 Fred C. Frey Computing Services Building

Pay Grade:

Professional

Job Description:

Data warehouse design and configuration for mission-critical enterprise data warehouse and reporting needs.  Provides support for data warehouses.  Responsible for coding and documenting procedures and for programming, testing, and debugging data warehouses.  Familiar with concepts, practices, and procedures.  Relies on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals.  Performs a variety of tasks.  A certain degree of creativity and latitude is expected. All Information Technology  Services employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to exemplary customer service in all facets of their work. 

Job Responsibilities:

Data Analysis, Query, Report Writing: Work with IT personnel, central administrative staff, and end users to conduct data analysis and validation, perform ad-hoc queries, and to design, develop, and maintain reports and related reporting programming artifacts.  Follow programming design principles and best practices. Comply with software quality assurance standards, business goals, and project timelines in an agile delivery environment. Through release/upgrade notifications validate report functionality and edit reports as needed. (60%)

Data Design: Work with IT data modelers, central administrative staff, and end users to design data models, data sets, and data definitions for enterprise business intelligence (EBI) reporting and for use with data visualization technology solutions. 

Test report and validate that it meets clients requirements.  Prepare reports for deployment to multiple environments using established control protocols.  Document and share technical and functional changes with colleagues.  Coordinate and communicate system-related events with ITS support and communications personnel with a goal of providing excellent customer service. (20%)

Reporting Platform Administration / System Technical Support:  Manage daily tickets and cyclical (release/upgrades) administration of reporting and analytics solutions in collaboration with other IT personnel, campus partners, and the campus community at large.  Ensure the overall health of the technology platform.  Apply software maintenance.  Reduce operational complexity.  Deign and implement system security.  Perform capacity planning and management.  Serve as escalation point for production and/or platform issues. (10%)

Other duties as assigned. (10%)

Candidates will be expected to work on campus. This position does not offer a remote work option.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 1 year of professional work experience.
• LSU is dedicated to fostering an environment where our employees feel appreciated for their skills and individuality. If a candidate does not meet the minimum qualifications as listed but has substantial experience in the key job responsibilities, we encourage them to apply.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree.
• A degree in Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Programming for various data driven tasks like analysis, extraction, cleaning, validation, summarization, manipulating, creating datasets and generating reports
• Awareness of dimensional modelling, Star Schemas, Data Marts.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products

Additional Job Description:

Special Instructions:

Please attach a Resume/CV.

A copy of your transcript(s) may be attached to your application (if available). However,
original transcripts are required prior to hire.

For questions or concerns regarding the status of your application or salary ranges, please contact Mary Bordelon at [email protected].

Posting Date:

February 26, 2025

Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified):

Additional Position Information:

Background Check - An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check.

Benefits - LSU offers outstanding benefits to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement options; various leave options; paid holidays; wellness benefits; tuition exemption for qualified positions; training and development opportunities; employee discounts; and more!

Positions approved to work outside the State of Louisiana shall be employed through Louisiana State University’s partner, nextSource Workforce Solutions, for Employer of Record Services including but not limited to employment, benefits, payroll, and tax compliance. Positions employed through Employer of Record Services will be offered benefits and retirement as applicable through their provider and will not be eligible for State of Louisiana benefits and retirement.

Essential Position (Y/N):

LSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and SAME Agency:

LSU is designated as a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency and provides assistance to persons needing accommodations or with the accessibility of materials. For those seeking such accommodations or assistance related to this search, we encourage you to contact the Office of Human Resource Management ([email protected]).

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