SRI International, an over 75-year strong pioneering research institute, has a rich history supporting government and industry. Our innovations have created new industries, billions of dollars in market value and lasting benefits to society. SRI is organized around broad disciplines and capabilities, with research and development divisions and labs to groups who excel at identifying new opportunities, developing products and creating custom solutions. Our organization is driven by impact - delivering unique solutions for the world's important challenges and transforming ideas into reality for clients and partners.
At SRI we have a centralized Information Technology (IT) Services organization that is committed to providing cutting edge technology solutions that enable efficient business process and IT capabilities that will enhance the experiences of our SRI employees and partners. We are expanding our Data Engineering and Analytics team and are searching for talented and motivated people to join us.
We are expanding our Data Engineering and Analytics team and are searching for talented and motivated people to join us. Our ideal candidate should be a hard-working and well-organized person with few years of experience in BI development and is willing to learn and grow with us. You should have genuine interest in BI development and understanding of BI concepts, tools and technologies. Your mission will be to always exceed customer expectations (and have fun while you are doing it)!
The location for this role will be within an occasionally commutable distance for any one of our offices. Our locations include: Menlo Park, CA, Arlington, VA, Princeton, NJ, San Diego CA, Boulder, CO, Ann Arbor, MI, Harrisonburg, VA.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for full BI lifecycle from requirements analysis, design & development, release and support.
- Translate business requirements and problems into innovative technical solutions.
- Work at the direction of the Analytics program manager while collaborating with IT and business side stakeholders daily in solving problems and delivering solutions.
- Should be hands-on to support development, Triage and Trouble-shoot issues encompassing integration and back-end systems
- Respond to production incident Teams and effectively work problem management activities
- Design and build reports and visualizations for ad-hoc requests and projects, as well as ongoing reporting
- Develop and support data pipelines (extract, transform, load – ETL flows) required to enable access to important company data
- Continuous contribution to and knowledge of the core data architecture at SRI
- Learn and adopt best practices in reporting, data integration, design, analysis, validation, and documentation
- Work within our greater best-of-breed applications ecosystem, including MicroStrategy Analytics, Deltek Costpoint (Cognos), Oracle Human Capital Management, SAP Ariba (SaaS Procurement), Workday Adaptive Planning, Microsoft O365, and other market leading application providers
- Support training and outreach initiative to help SRI get the most value out of the portfolio of data and analytics solutions at SRI
Qualifications
- BS/BA degree or higher
- 2+ years of experience in the data/business intelligence (BI) space
- Strong knowledge of SQL and database structures
- Hands-on experience with backend ETL for data extraction & building data model, including scripting and data source integration
- Understanding of Business Intelligence concepts, including visualizations development (scorecards, reports, dashboards/dossiers
- Understanding of Data Warehouse concept and architecture
- Core Skills / Competencies:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills - proactive about asking for assistance
- Ability and desire to learn technology quickly through a mix of different mediums
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; Resourceful and adaptable
- Due to government contract requirements candidates must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Desired Skills, NOT REQUIRED, but these skills/competencies further strengthen your qualification for the position.
- Experience with any of the following:
- MicroStrategy, Tableau, PowerBI, Cognos, or any equivalent analytics tool
- Deltek Costpoint, SAP, Oracle, or other ERP system
- Any data integration, data pipeline, or ETL tools
- Any programming language experience (python etc)
- Any database development experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc..
At SRI, we prioritize the health and wellbeing of our employees, families, and friends above all else. In response to the increased transmissibility with recent variants, all SRI Employees must be fully vaccinated and provide proof thereof as a condition of continued or future employment with SRI. Accommodations due to medical or religious exemptions will be considered.
The salary range is: $70,000-$95,000/hr. Salary ranges will vary and are based on several factors, including geographic location, market competitiveness and equity amongst internal employees in similar roles. Positions may also qualify for SRI's Pay for Outstanding Performance program or the annual Performance Based Compensation program.
SRI also has a competitive benefits package, to view details please go to https://www.sri.com/resources/benefits/. SRI is an independent nonprofit research institute headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., with a rich history of supporting government and industry. We create and deliver world-changing solutions for a safer, healthier, and more sustainable future. For more than 75 years, we have collaborated across technical and scientific disciplines to discover and develop groundbreaking products and technologies and bring innovations and ideas to the marketplace.
