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BI Developer IIIJob Summary:
The Workday Enterprise Solutions Team (WEST) is responsible for the administration and optimization of Workday and related systems for Finance, Human Resources, and Research Administration across the Universities of Wisconsin, while focusing on people, processes, and technology. The WEST Data and Reporting team supports data and reporting needs across the UW universities and the UW System through the development and maintenance of an enterprise data warehouse (the Enterprise Analytics Platform, EAP), Tableau dashboards, Workday reports, BIRT reports, Prism reports, Workday dashboards and discovery boards, and more.
We are seeking a Tableau Developer to develop, document, support, and maintain enterprise-level Tableau dashboards built on top of EAP. This individual will participate in appropriate communities of practice and assist with training to ensure a consistent understanding of data across the UW and to raise awareness of resources that already exist and those that are planned. It is expected that there will be close collaboration between the Tableau developer and data warehouse engineers.
To be successful in this position, you will need to collaborate with customers and peers across WEST HCM and Finance. You will need to actively foster a respectful, inclusive, and safe team environment.
Schedule will be determined with the selected finalist upon hire. The primary schedule will be during business hours on Monday through Friday beginning no later than 9:00AM CST and ending no earlier than 3:00PM CST. There is no expectation of on-call or off-hour work. However, during a critical outage, working off hours and weekends may be required.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Designs and documents enterprise BI development standards, assesses impact on existing BI projects, proposes solutions, and shepherds them through stakeholder feedback and governance approval. Resolves highly complex BI development issues escalated from lower-level BI developers
- Works with multiple data domains/sets and data architectures (unstructured/structured) and using advanced expertise in a broad set of enterprise-scale tools, matches the right data presentation modality to user requirements. Employs deep expertise in data visualization and storytelling to design, prototype, test, and deliver accurate, sustainable enterprise solutions for large-scale user populations
- Review and approve, based on scope and requirements, BI developer resource effort and timing to design, build, test, and release BI developer solutions. Understand and balance developer resources across multiple competing projects to mitigate risks. Identify options for backfill or external resource acquisition to fulfil resource requirements
- Partners with a team of business analysts, business subject matter experts (SMEs), source system data analysts, data architects, and ETL developers to interpret documented user requirements for enterprise-wide stakeholders. Works with data warehouse architects, data modelers, and ETL developers to document and present highly complex options through mock-ups and prototypes, refining underlying data structures to best meet use cases
- Oversee, assess, and approve the content and quality of complex design/build documentation for approval by business SMEs and project team leads. Author documentation for highly complex design/build documentation outside of the expertise of lower level BI developers
Participates in Tableau communities of practice, knowledge sharing, and training to raise awareness of resources that are available and coming in the pipeline
Department:
Workday and Enterprise Solutions Team (WEST)
Compensation:
Well qualified applicants can expect to earn between $80,000 - $105,000, with final salary based on experience and qualifications.
In addition to salary, this position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits, please see: https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf.
Required Qualifications:
Experience working with the University of Wisconsin’s data or business processes in the areas of finance, human resources, student or research administration.
Minimum 3 years of experience in Tableau development including with relationships, joins, performance optimization and troubleshooting
Minimum 3 years of experience writing, maintaining and optimizing complex SQL queries.
Experience maintaining content on Tableau Server, including project organization, data source connections, content migration, and scheduling.
Experience supporting access on Tableau Server with permission rules and user-based functions for row-level security (RLS).
Excellent organizational, time-management, and documentation skills
Ability to work independently to diagnose and solve complex data and reporting issues
Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with peers, customers and stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with HR & Finance business processes and data
Experience with AWS products such as Redshift or Athena
Experience with SQL tools such as DBeaver
Experience with Workday and Workday Reporting
How to Apply:
This opportunity is open to current University of Wisconsin-Madison employees only
To begin the application process, click the "apply now" button. Please submit a resume and cover letter detailing your related experiences and background as they relate to the qualifications and duties in this job description. Applications submitted without a cover letter will still be considered, but a cover letter is requested to more thoroughly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the qualifications outlined in the position description. Failure to adequately demonstrate experiences aligned with the required qualifications in either a cover letter or resume will result in your application not being considered for employment.
The application deadline is 11:55pm on Tuesday, April 14th.
Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.
Contact Information:
Daniel McCusky, HR Generalist
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.
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