Data Modeler

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Data Modeler STATUS: Open LOCATION: Edison, NJ, United States # of Openings: 3 Permanent Requisition Details: DATA MODELER Looking for a creative, logical, inquisitive, assertive analyst with strong critical thinking skills to assist with the development of a Risk Data Warehouse.

• Minimum 5 years professional experience in Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse system implementation
• Solid knowledge of Data Warehousing principles and implementation methodologies
• Experience of designing and working with relational and dimension models and complex record layouts, both structured and unstructured
• Working knowledge in technical aspects of business intelligence including data modeling, relational database management systems, ETL, metadata / data management, and OLTP tools
• Solid analytical, problem solving and strategic thinking skills
• Proven experience as a quick learner and effective change agent
• Self-starting attitude and self-leading on problem solving.
• Consistent high attention to detail
• Has expert knowledge of applications systems analysis techniques.
• Able to rapidly learn technical/business techniques and disciplines of special value to the systems supported.
• Solid understanding of computers, programming, database tools/software, and Microsoft productivity applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, Access)
• Moderate working knowledge of an ETL tool (Data Stage, etc) a plus
• Working experience with relational database, such as Oracle, SQLServer is required
• SAP Business Objects experience a plus
• Relational databases, filtering, aggregating data, joins
• Solid SQL skill and be able analysis the data and issue root cause, as well as create complex analytical procedures
• Source to target data mapping
• Ability to trace where data comes from
• Analysis of source systems that feed the data warehouse
• Source to target data mapping (application to data warehouse; data warehouse to data marts; data marts to reports)
• Work in collaboration with various teams to develop target models
• Develop transformation rules based on profiling results
• Developing user stories based on business and system requirements
• Support and improve business process, data management and governance standards
• Assist in the identification and assessment of potential new data sources
• Participate in meta data documentation, data profiling, and monitoring
• Strong English and technical documentation writing skill is required
• Perform impact and root cause analysis
• Drill into business processes, data quality, data relationships, and data flows to gain insight and understanding
• Partner with other team members to translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure a smooth hand off to developers and quality assurance analysts
• Utilize existing artifact templates to capture requirements and proactively identify opportunities for improvements to existing standards or additional artifacts that will ensure high quality contents and delivery
• When applicable, create test conditions and test scripts as a basis for user acceptance testing
• Identify risks or barriers early in projects that would impede successful completion of tasks and make recommendations for approaches/solutions
• Promote a culture that values attention to detail, repeatability, traceability, in depth questioning and communication Soft Skills: Oracle IBM Data Architect