Job Location: United States
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR SAFETY
In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, we remain focused on the health and safety our current employees, customers and you, as an applicant. Interviews, onboarding, and daily work mostly takes place virtually. In areas where physical location is important (like our manufacturing plants), we strictly follow health and safety measures, including social distance, masks, and – where applicable – temperature checks.
JOIN THE BEST TEAM ON THE FIELD IN SPORT, SPIRIT & ACHIEVEMENT
At Varsity Brands, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to succeed and every educator wants to make a difference. It takes a team to make a real impact, and through our three distinct brands – BSN Sports, Varsity Spirit and Herff Jones – and our network of 9,000+ employees and independent representatives, we are proud to partner with schools, colleges and universities across the country to transform the student journey in SPORT, SPIRIT and ACHIEVEMENT.
THE DRIVING FORCE IN CHEER, DANCE AND BAND – VARSITY SPIRIT
Memphis-based Varsity Spirit, is the driving force behind cheerleading’s dynamic transformation into the high-energy, athletic activity it is today, is the leading global source for all things spirit, including cheerleading, dance team and performing arts. A leader in uniform innovation, as well as educational camps, clinics and competitions, Varsity Spirit impacts more than a million athletes each year. Focused on safety, entertainment and traditional school leadership, Varsity Spirit’s 5,000+ employees have been dedicated to celebrating school spirit through its brands since 1974. Our continued success relies on hiring extraordinary talent, with a passion for making a difference to help us support athletes on and off the mat.
Your Opportunity:
Varsity Spirit is looking for an Business Intelligence Developer to join our team in Memphis, TN
What We’re Looking For
We are expanding our data and analytics team, and are looking for clever, creative, data-savvy people who can put themselves in the shoes of our business team members in order to create and manage BI and analytics solutions that turn data into knowledge and help the company improve its business performance. You will be working with a team of data professionals to deliver end to end data and Power BI projects from requirements gathering, through programming, while providing technical leadership and mentoring along the way.
The ideal candidate will have a background in data, business analysis, and possess expert level understanding of Power BI as well as the wider Microsoft BI stack. You should be analytical and an excellent communicator. If you also have a business acumen and problem-solving aptitude, we’d like to meet you.
You will help us deliver products to our employees and customers, not just features, implementing and using modern techniques like continuous delivery and DevOps. You will not do this alone. You will partner with a team consisting of business analysts, project managers, software architects, DBAs, and business partners to define and build great solutions. You will mentor junior team members providing learning and growth opportunities through real day to day work.
Job Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain enterprise data analytics solutions
- Translate business needs to technical specifications
- Conduct unit testing and troubleshooting
- Create visualizations and reports for requested projects
- Internal subject matter expert on Data and Analytics solutions
- Provides support for data and analytics solutions; perform triage on incidents, troubleshoot issues, and resolve while communicating with stakeholders
- Work with technical solution vendors to ensure successful delivery of solutions
- Provide superior customer service while managing relationships with end users, business leaders, and others to ensure service delivery exceeds expectations
- Utilizes sound development life cycle practices, adheres to established processes, and documents delivery of application solutions (including business analysis, design, testing, implementation, support, and decommissioning).
- Performs changes according to process, teamwork, and best practices for IT Change Management, i.e. documents change, facilitates architecture review, plans and schedules change, coordinates with stakeholders, conducts testing, ensures training needs are addressed, and plans for roll-back in the event that roll-back is needed
- Assure security of data from external parties and for management of row-level-security within the organization
- Properly maintaining source code and documentation
- Actively supports corporate efforts, policies, and protocols for security, information protection, and threat protection
- Responsible for the proper project hand off from build to run mode ensuring knowledge transfer, documentation, and organizational change management has been adequately completed
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Maintains a customer focus
- Passionate about telling stories with data
- Deals effectively with ambiguity
- Proven abilities to take initiative and be innovative
- Analytical mind with a problem-solving aptitude
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- The ability to interact with users in clear non-technical terms
- Action oriented and works with a sense of urgency
- Experience with PowerBI, SSAS, SSRS, Tabular-based reporting, Tabular Data Models, SQL queries
- Familiarity with cloud services (Azure (preferred), AWS, Google Cloud)
- Comprehensive grasp of data modeling and data visualization methods
- Power Query (“M” language), and DAX language experience
- Solid presentation skills and the ability to present to audiences of 10-15 people
- Familiarity with Kimball methodologies of data warehousing
- Understanding of Row Level Security in Power BI.
- Must be a team player with strong attention to detail and able to work independently
- Proven track record of delivering timely and accurate results in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, mathematical skills, and sound judgment
- Strong business acumen and ability to interface with non-technical counterparts.
Supervisory Responsibility
- No direct supervisory responsibilities
- Mentoring and training of other employees
Physical Demands and/or Work Environment
- This is largely a sedentary role; however, some general office activities are required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets, bending, standing, and walking as necessary
- This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines
Travel
Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected.
Education, Certification And Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree. Preferably in Information Systems, Business, or Computer Science
- 3 to 5 years of experience in development with PowerBI, SQL and the Microsoft stack
- Functional knowledge of GIT or other mainstream source control products
- Proven experience as a BI Developer
- Experience with scripting languages such as DAX, PowerShell, or Python
- Strong understanding of project lifecycle and delivery approaches, e.g. waterfall, agile, etc.
- Experience implementing and supporting operational processes, security, and compliance policies.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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