Business Intelligence Technical Consultant

Opportunities at Oakwood continue to be abundant – we have been selling exciting, cutting edge opportunities.  Some of those opportunities are exclusive to Oakwood within the St. Louis marketplace.  Oakwood Systems Group is in its 27th year of business.  As one of the first partners with Microsoft in the Midwest, this year we achieved Microsoft’s Gold Partnership status for the ninth year in a row! 

 

The BI Technical Consultant will utilize their reporting, analytics, dashboard, ETL, and development experiences in working with BI Analytical Tools.

 

Role Summary:

The BI Technical Consultant is responsible for a variety of roles ranging from development to analysis and technical leadership.  The primary role is to serve on project development teams, providing technical solutions, tool/software alternatives and capabilities, design specifications, and recommendations related to technical issues.  Occasionally the position may mentor other team members including client personnel.

 

Required Skills and Experience:

Over 5 years of practical experience in development with consulting experience preferred

Diverse technical background with experience in various roles, platforms, architectures, packages and technologies

Proven track record in core skills for development, centering around customer, project and client/staff deliverables

Professional image and demeanor with the ability to present oneself in a consultative, confident manner

Strong career interest with a focus on professional improvement

Exposure to leadership role a plus

Minimum Bachelors Degree in an IT-related field

Development language certifications a plus

Strong verbal/written communication skills

Demonstrated ability to be productive independently and/or as a team member

Presentation skills a plus

Diverse understanding of industry based tools, software and techniques

Strong organizational, interpersonal and analytical skills

Demonstrated understanding of basic estimating procedures, capable of assembling a basic project plan and good work tracking habits

 

Required Technical Experience:

MS SQL Server

MS SQL Analysis Services

MS SQL Reporting Services

MS SQL DTS and Integration Services

Data Warehouse

 

Ideal additional experiences:

MS SharePoint

MS BSM

ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#.NET

HTML, SHTML, JAVA

Crystal Reports, Cognos, Business Objects, Oracle Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Project Work

ETL Work

Internet Information Services (IIS)

Active Directory Security

 

We have earned six Microsoft competencies and eight Specializations.  They are:

· Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Competency

o   (Active Directory Specialization and Systems Management Specialization)

· SOA and Business Process Competency

· Information Worker Solutions Competency

o  (Enterprise Project Management Specialization, Enterprise Content Management and Forms Specialization, Portals and Collaboration Specialization) 

· Custom Development Solutions Competency

o  (Web Development Specialization)

· Business Intelligence Competency

o  (Business Intelligence Platform Specialization)

· Unified Communications Solutions Competency

o  (Messaging Specialization)

 

Oakwood has four service offerings:

Advanced Infrastructure Solutions

Enterprise Project Solutions

Business Intelligence Solutions

Business Application Solutions

 

Oakwood hires permanent Consultants to support our project work.  Our corporate office is in St. Louis, MO, with a second office in Nashville, TN and intentions to open other offices in the future.

 

Why not join an innovative, growing team where your opinion matters!