Business Analyst (Azure)

Company: Denken Solutions
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: March 28, 2020

Job Description:

Currently, we are looking for talented resources for one of our listed clients. If interested please reply to me with your updated resume or feel free to reach out to me for more details on 949-522-6255. Requirement Title Business Analyst (Azure) Location St.Louis, MO Contract 18 Months Job Description This Business Analyst will be working on Business Intelligence Applications. This resource will work as part of a team that designs, builds and supports business intelligence applications for the client. This resource will be responsible for working with business partners to identify opportunities to improve business process by designing and delivering modern business analysis solutions. As a part of this effort, this resource will analyze and document current business practices, design reporting and analytic solutions to meeting the requirements. Primary Responsibilities Business Analysis Work with business partners find opportunities to leverage business intelligence technologies to improve business processes and solve business problems. Work with end users to understand and document the data and business analysis requirements by conducting discover and design session with end users. Data Engineering Design Identify sources of data, design logical data models, semantic models to meet specific business needs, design and create dashboards, reports and visualizations using Power BI and Excel that allow insight and analysis. Support Ensure reports are adequately tested and accurate. Work with users when issues arise. Work with end users to define enhancements. Prepare documents and on-line help pages to support the delivered applications. Train end users. Work with developers, end users, and testers to ensure accuracy and usability of solutions. Teamwork This role requires strong communication and collaborative skills to ensure all business requirements are accurately captured, documented, communicated and validated. Compliance Ensure that all applications and client databases follow database standards and are compliant to established guidelines. Necessary Technical Skills and Experience Required Ability to accurately collect and document requirements for business scenarios. A solid understanding of data engineering and analysis technologies and design patterns. Candidate should have experience working with business intelligence concepts such as cubes, data marts, fact and dimension tables, measures, KPIs, attributes, attribute hierarchies, and calculated measures such as time comparative, statistical computations, and aggregations. Ability to create conceptual and logical data models with Kimball and Inman modeling strategies for building data marts for reporting and analysis. Skilled with data visualization techniques that allow insight and exploration. Proficient using Power BI and Excel-based Reporting including the use of external data sources through Power Query and Power Pivot. Be familiar with compliance and controls for software development and deployment Have a passion for accuracy Strong communication skills including the use of collaboration tools such as Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Teams. Willingness to work collaboratively with other team members. An understanding of Lean software development and a strong believe in Agile and DevOps principles and experience with developer productivity and collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps. Familiar with the capabilities of the Microsoft Azure Data Engineering tools such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Services, Azure Data Bricks. Familiar with MSBI Microsoft business intelligence stack (SQL Server, Integration Services, Analysis Server, Reporting Services) and Microsoft Azure Platform (Azure Data Factory, Azure Logic Apps, Azure SQL Server databases, Azure Data Storage.) Familiar with compliance and controls for software development and deployment.

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