Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) · 22 hours ago
Sr. Business Intelligence Systems Specialist
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is seeking a results-oriented data professional with extensive expertise in Data, Business Intelligence, and Analytics. The role involves applying BI principles and technologies to provide performance metrics, analytics, and complex report products across the Authority, while ensuring the continued progress of WMATA's business intelligence program.
Association
Responsibilities
Works closely with customers to define requirements
Utilizes business intelligence technology and related tools to create dashboards, analytic workspaces, and reports in a range of presentation styles to satisfy requirements
Coordinate closely with database managers and data custodians to determine fit/gap of requirements against available data, assists in defining and applying data quality standards to the consumption of data for business intelligence purposes, and develops data models and repositories to support processing of data for BI products
Designs, develops and tests programs to select and move data from source databases into other repositories for consumption by BI tools
Manages the BI server and software environment, ensuring proper administration of security policies and procedures, coordinating with other IT infrastructure services, planning and executing upgrades to the BI software and operating environment, communicating with customers about service events, and responding quickly to resolve problems
Creates and maintains excellent technical documentation
Follows industry trends and performs best-practice research to support project goals
Qualification
Required
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering or a related field
Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible software development experience using the Cognos Studios, Framework Manager, and other Cognos tools to create reports, metrics, and business-intelligence-related products, including at least one year of responsibility for Cognos system administration functions (e.g., patches, upgrades, migration to production, configuration, maintenance of service level, documentation)
Or, an equivalent combination of post-high school education and minimum nine (9) years of progressively responsible software development experience using the Cognos Studios, Framework Manager, and other Cognos tools to create reports, metrics, and business-intelligence-related products, including at least one year of responsibility for Cognos system administration functions (e.g., patches, upgrades, migration to production, configuration, maintenance of service level, documentation)
Ability to satisfactorily complete the medical examination for this position
Must be able to perform the essential functions of this job either with or without reasonable accommodation(s)
Preferred
Hands-on experience with Azure, OCI, or other cloud environments
Proficiency in Python and modern data engineering practices
Demonstrated track record of transforming complex data landscapes into actionable insights that drive informed business decisions
Company
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
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