Consulting Application Developer​/Business Intelligence Report Developer

Consulting Application Developer / Business Intelligence Report Developer

Recruitment/Posting Title Consulting Application Developer / Business Intelligence Report Developer

Job Category

Job Category Staff & Executive
- Information Technology

Department

Overview

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the State of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. As one of the largest employers in the State of New Jersey, Rutgers University is committed not only to the students and the State that we serve, but also to the faculty and staff who work on our campuses.

For two consecutive years, Rutgers is ranked on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Large Employers. Rutgers holds #64 of 500 employers and is the #1 New Jersey employer on the publication’s 2023 list. Rutgers’ commitment to its employees includes maintaining and fostering a safe, diverse, and respectful workplace environment, creating employment opportunities for our nation’s military veterans, and ensuring accessibility, and accommodation for individuals with disabilities.

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Consulting Application Developer / Business Intelligence Report Developer in the Department of Enterprise Applications and Research Computing (EARC) within the Office of Information Technology (OIT).

Under the direction of the Sr. Manager of Business Intelligence within OIT Enterprise Application Services (EAS), this position is a hands‑on technical role. The position works closely with stakeholders to discuss organizational needs and gather dashboard requirements. They design, develop and implement Business Intelligence based reporting/dashboard solutions (i.e. Oracle Analytics Cloud reporting, Oracle BI Publisher reporting, Tableau reporting) to address business questions and improve business outcomes.

The BI developer partners with various IT personnel and stakeholders in identifying required data elements. The developer has knowledge of data warehousing and business intelligence, including data architecture, sourcing, reporting and analytics through the entire project lifecycle. The Business Intelligence Developer is a key role in the architecture, delivery and governance of reporting and data delivery. They help evangelize business intelligence reporting solutions to foster user adoption (including demos, educational materials, etc.).

They provide support as a BI subject matter expert and are responsible for ensuring that Rutgers creates and adheres to Business Intelligence best practices and principles.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Responsible for all aspects of the BI reporting and dashboard development life cycle, from the initial kickoff through the requirements analysis, design, implementation, and support. Includes, performing detailed data analysis (i.e. determining the structure, content, and quality of the data through examination of source systems and data samples). Defines, executes and interpret complex/nested SQL queries determining data requirements.
• Establish standards and best practices for BI dashboards and related technologies. Manages a repository of re‑usable data visualization templates and views. Support activities to document, evolve, and communicate artifacts developed using BI reporting work.
• Provides guidance, and mentoring to less experienced developers on BI reporting development lifecycle including tools, methodology and best practice, and provides support to user community.
• Helps with BI strategy and evangelize business intelligence reporting solutions to foster user adoption (including demos, educational materials, etc.)
• Keeps abreast of the latest BI,…