MicroStrategy Developer/Architect

Northstrat is seeking multiple experienced personnel with a focus on MicroStrategy to join our team. We are interested in MicroStrategy Administrators, Architects, and Reports/Dashboard/Dossier Developers. The ideal candidate will identify, define, and document client needs, determining which Business Intelligence/MicroStrategy functionalities will best support the customer's short and long-term goals. This role involves creating supporting metadata objects, reports, and dashboards using the latest version of MicroStrategy, and acting as a client liaison for ad hoc demonstrations and interactive design sessions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, define, and document client needs for Business Intelligence/MicroStrategy solutions.
• Create and maintain metadata objects, reports, and dashboards using the latest version of MicroStrategy.
• Facilitate client liaison, supporting ad hoc demonstrations and interactive design sessions.
• Act as part analyst/part developer, extensively working with clients.
• Collaborate respectfully with teammates, prioritizing user missions.
• Communicate effectively to solve problems and achieve mission goals.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with MicroStrategy’s dynamic dashboard, report development, and project design, including facts, attributes, hierarchies, and portal integration.
• Must have an active Top Secret clearance
• Extensive experience with project planning, estimating, and approach definition.
• Experience in reviewing and enhancing logical and physical database designs and optimization with the Business Intelligence platform.
• Extensive experience with MicroStrategy schema definition, design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Experience with application object development, including metrics, templates, and filters.
• Experience in configuring, governing, troubleshooting, and tuning the Intelligence Server.
• Extensive experience with MicroStrategy Security Administration.
• Experience with client server applications and architectures.
• Proficiency in relational structures, dimensional data modeling, SQL skills, Data Warehousing, and reporting techniques.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate details with all levels of management.
• Strong people skills to identify requirements and deliver results.

Desired Qualifications:

• Web SDK experience.
• Experience with MicroStrategy Administration toolkit.
• Experience with MicroStrategy Security Administration.
• MicroStrategy 9.X training or certification is highly desired.

Benefits

In order to attract and retain the highest quality staff, Northstrat provides a unique and versatile benefits package, the Individual Benefit Account (IBA), which places the power of choice in the hands of our greatest asset – the employee.

The purpose of the IBA is to provide attractive benefits to all full-time employees of Northstrat on a flexible basis that enables each covered employee to select a package that best suits his or her needs. Whether those needs are paid time off, medical expenses, prescription drug expenses, cash disbursement, or a combination of any of these, the IBA provides flexibility to help you meet your specific goals. The IBA can be used for such things as:

• Medical and Vision Insurance through United Health Care; Dental insurance through Delta Dental
• 100% Medical Reimbursement
• Time Off With Pay
• Profit Sharing Plan
• 401k
• Educational Benefits
• Additional Income

IBA Benefits accrue each month in the amount equivalent to 50% of the employee’s monthly compensation rate. That is, the effective dollar amount of this accrual is in addition to an employee’s salary.

Profit Sharing Plan (PSP)

The PSP is a qualified retirement plan that Northstrat funds semi-annually on the employee’s behalf through the IBA in the amount equivalent to 25% (up to the IRS contribution limit) of the employee’s compensation. That is, of the 50% accrual in the IBA, half of the amount accrued is applied to the PSP.

Stock Options

Because Northstrat is an employee-owned company, all new employees are offered stock options. Employees have the opportunity to receive additional stock options based on accomplishment of individual performance goals. Stock owners elect the Board of Directors and are directly impacted by the success of the company.

Flex Time

Northstrat does not mandate specific working hours. Although project requirements may dictate schedules, a Northstrat employee is only required to work an average of 8 hours per weekday over the course of a month. For example: John worked 12 hours on June 1st to meet a project deadline. On June 15th, John only worked 4 hours because he left early for a long weekend. John’s IBA was not debited for time off because flex time allowed him to carry over those 4 hours from June 1st.

Northstrat is an Equal Opportunity Employer – All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.