BI Developer

At Stantec, we have some of the world's leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we're building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.    

Your Opportunity 

The BI Developer role has a foundation steeped in database development, with the exception that skill sets are specifically related to data warehousing philosophies, strategies, disciplines, and tools.

The BI Developer is responsible for translating business needs into intelligence solutions through dimensional data modeling, use of structured query language (SQL), and business intelligence report development.

This position will serve as a core member of the Stantec BI Solutions team and will be supporting an enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence platform. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of catalog objects that facilitate the informational requirements of the business. 

Key Responsibilities  

Report Development

• Develop and maintain reporting standards.
• Effectively communicate on development and operational support work status and priority setting.
• Carry out impact studies and provide estimates.
• Document business intelligence and information management solutions.
• Support applications in production and provide support to your colleagues 
• Design and develop reports and dashboards for information / operational needs according to best practices.
• Perform and document the tests (unit/integrated) for the solutions in which you have participated.
• Carry out these activities while respecting and promoting the norms and standards in Business Intelligence established by the organization.
• Work closely with IT and business stakeholders to implement new reports, enhancements, or updates to exiting reports.
• Develop ad-hoc reports using Oracle reporting 
• Design, develop, and implement BI Reporting solutions using: Oracle Analytics Server (OAS), Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), and OAS/OAC dashboards.
• Define, design, document and implement required customizations and extensions to existing models. Analyze the impact on DW/BI application before making any changes to the system.
• Ensure integration of BI catalog objects with overall enterprise architecture.
• Develop and maintain RPD (Repository) models, including Physical, Business Model, and Presentation layers, to support reporting requirements and data access optimization.
• Advise on planning, coordination, and communication.
• Able to work with minimal to moderate supervision
• The BI Developer will have access to financial and other confidential company data, and as such those working in this role must understand and comply with Data Use, Information Security, and any other applicable company policies.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management

• Engage with cross functional work teams including Finance, HR, Projects, etc. to enhance understanding of the subject areas.
• Analyze and troubleshoot tools, data, and access issues by collaborating with the Support Management team.
• Manage the stakeholder's expectations on what can and cannot be incorporated into the BI subject areas and help them make the best use of the presentation layer of the subject areas.

Security and Data Governance

• Enforce data governance policies, ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations and implementing application roles or OID groups to control access to the dashboards.

Additional Duties

• Identify opportunities to improve or extend frameworks and standards.
• Participate in technical design reviews and code reviews.
• Cultivate, disseminate, and enforce programming policies, procedures, and quality assurance best practices as it relates to business intelligence.

Our ideal candidate:

• Deep understanding of data analysis, data visualization, data warehouse design, and ETL frameworks
• 3+ years of experience developing applications using a set of Business Intelligence tools (Oracle BI Answers/Tableau / Qlik Sense / Qlik View / Power BI)
• Good knowledge of relational databases (Oracle or SQL server) and SQL language.
• Ability to deliver high-quality results and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Sound business understanding and problem-solving abilities are also desired.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (preferred).
• Experience building reports with OBIEE BI Publisher or XML Publisher is an asset
• Experience with at least one OBIA Analytics module (Finance, Projects, HR) is an advantage.
• Experience with Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) or Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) is an advantage.
• Good understanding of EBS application modules (Oracle Projects, HRMS, GL, FA, AP, AR, PO, etc.) and their integration into the overall Oracle suite is an asset.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.