Analyst Developer - Business Intelligence

Analyst Developer - Business Intelligence
School/Department: Library Service
Salary: £38,273 - £45,611
Closing Date: 8 April 2024
Reference Number: 025722
Campus: Any

Full-time/permanent

- ABOUT US -

We are a university with a national and international reputation for excellence, innovation and regional engagement, making a major contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of Northern Ireland.

Our core business activities are teaching and learning, widening access to education, research and innovation and technology and knowledge transfer.

- THE ROLE -

Working closely with the Digital Library Systems and Services Manager, the Analyst/Developer (Business Intelligence) will play a key role in the development, support and maintenance of Business Intelligence solutions to inform Library business processes, planning and performance evaluation. The role holder will ensure the Library Service has the BI reporting capacity and capability to optimise operational performance and steer strategic direction.
The role holder will be involved in the full development cycle, including systems configuration, solution development, ETL and presentation of data, undertaking requirements gathering, writing specifications and executing test plans.
The role holder will be responsible for ensuring all data transfers and data integrations of student data meet legal requirements and adhere to data governance and quality criteria.

- ABOUT YOU -

- Degree or postgraduate qualification in an Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline, or a degree and equivalent experience in a relevant discipline

- A technical background with demonstrable experience of handling and manipulating complex data sets in developing Business Intelligence solutions, to include:

- Extracting, transforming and loading data from SQL database into a data warehouse
- Integrating data between systems, using a variety of modern techniques, such as XML and web service APIs
- Creating advanced BI reports using an enterprise reporting tool
- Creating user friendly dashboards to present analytics data

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Ulster University holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality. You can read more about what this means on our University website. The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

The University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities. Appointment will be made on merit.