Job Summary:
Are you an experienced IT professional who is looking for a way to apply your programming expertise in a dynamic academic environment? Would you like to utilize your skills within an organization that serves a vital role to members of the Kalamazoo community? If so, we may have the perfect full-time opportunity for you.
About Us
Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a comprehensive, fully accredited, public, two-year college in Kalamazoo, MI. We offer associate degrees in more than 60 areas of study and 50 certificate programs. Kalamazoo Valley Community College creates innovative and equitable opportunities that empower all to learn, grow, and thrive. We offer a superior work environment where we seek to support employees’ ambitions and their desire to achieve and maintain a healthy work/life balance. We also offer numerous benefits, including the following:
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Generous paid time off (vacation, sick, business)
- Paid holidays
- State retirement plan or alternative pension options
- Paid tuition for Kalamazoo Valley courses
- Use of onsite fitness center and swimming pool
About the Opportunity
Kalamazoo Valley is seeking a Business Intelligence Developer to work as part of a team within information technologies to implement and maintain business intelligence solutions.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities
- Works with stakeholders to understand reporting and analytics needs.
- Collaborates with other data professionals to analyze and extract data from multiple sources and transform it into useable formats.
- Automates data movement, transformation and refresh processes.
- Schedules and monitors routine reporting processes.
- Follows best practices to analyze, troubleshoot and support information systems to meet defined business requirements.
- Designs, develops, tests, implements and maintains reports and deliverables.
- Assists stakeholders and other data professionals with data quality validations.
- Provides production support, troubleshooting and performance optimization for business intelligence applications.
- Works with managers to provide role- and user-based security for access.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of acceptable computer and information technologies applications and operations.
- Skill in meeting the needs of internal customers.
- Skill in researching and analyzing data and reports.
- Skill in problem solving and creating solutions, both technically and procedurally.
- Skill in the use of computers and software applications related to the essential functions of the job.
- Skill in effective communication, both verbally and in writing.
- Skill in managing multiple projects.
- Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other personnel and the public.
Minimum Qualifications: Appropriate education, training, experience and talents are requirements. An example of this would be an associate degree in computer science or a related field, and two (2) years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. . Preferred Qualifications and Experience: Physical Demands: The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Requires mental acuity including the ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes, the ability to express ideas by means of the spoken word and have close visual acuity.