Microsoft -Senior Business Intelligence Reporting Consultant, NY

Don Graney — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:14:47 GMT

Come join a unique team of smart and passionate people
who truly enjoy helping customers do amazing things with leading-edge technology.

Microsoft Services is looking for a Senior Business Intelligence Reporting Consultant who has a mix of advanced technology and strategic business acumen. The role requires both broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to architect solutions by mapping common customer business problems to reusable end-to-end technology solutions. Demonstrated ability to engage in senior level technology decision maker discussions related to agility, business value, and end to end information technology security is also a must. Senior Consultants are key enablers for other consultants and partner staff. They manage the complete lifecycle of large and complex projects. Senior Consultants have a passion for the customer which is demonstrated through professionalism and striving for excellence in all aspects of the customer experience.

The Senior Consultant applies advanced analysis skills and experience in principals of software design to define appropriate customer solutions. To be credible he or she must have current and deep experience with implementation of large software systems. Senior Consultants are expected to maintain effective product group relationships. Understanding of competitive technology enables the Senior Consultant to properly assess feasibility of migrating customer solutions from, and/or integrating with customer solutions hosted on, non-Microsoft platforms. Advanced domain knowledge in one or more vertical industry is also an asset.

strong knowledge in several of the following areas is required:

Demonstrated experience with SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005
Demonstrated experience in the area of Business Intelligence, including multi-dimensional modeling, BI architectures, Reporting Services, Accelerators, SQL Integration Services, Data Mining and Analysis Services, ETL Services
Demonstrated experience in SQL Server Programmability including T-SQL, ADO.NET, OLEDB, SNAC, ODBC, SQL XML, XQuery/XPath
Demonstrated experience in Core RDBMS subjects including RDBMS internals, architecture and tuning, performance and scalability, replication, notification services, HA including clustering, SAN and 32/64 bit SQL
Familiarity with .NET, Object Oriented Programming, C#, ASP, Visual Studio
Familiarity with competitive products, technologies and solutions, including UNIX, Linux, Mainframes, J2EE/J2SE, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, Business Objects, SAP, PeopleSoft, Informatica, Crystal Reports, Java, J2EE, Cognos, SAS, Developer, Discoverer, mySAP, Finapps, Manufacturing, Sales, Distribution

The Senior Consultant helps customer account teams identify, pursue and close strategic business development opportunities while continually driving add-on business within existing projects. To accomplish this, Senior Consultants must be effective in fostering executive level relationships. They also play a key role in employing and developing partners as part of the overall Microsoft services delivery model. When asked, senior consultants help translate business requirements into technology requirements for inclusion in contracts and/or statements of work (SOW). In some cases Senior Consultants will also assist in contract negotiations.

The successful candidate will have a BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience combined with a minimum of 8 years relevant working experience including expertise in enterprise architecture as well as infrastructure deployment and/or distributed system implementation.

Travel is an integral part of this position as are high levels of recognition and visibility. Travel can be as high as 50% as is demanded by the needs of our customers and our business. Candidates can be located in and around the New York/New Jersey area.
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Microsoft -Senior Business Intelligence Reporting Consultant, NY