Microstrategy Developer Resume
San Mateo, CA
SUMMARY
- AWS Cloud Solution Architect Associate (current) with MSTR certs (expired)
- 10+ years of experience in MicroStrategy Suite (Desktop/Architect, Web/SDK/Narrowcast, & System/Integrity/Enterprise/Object/Operations Manager)
- Good experience with other tools like Tableau and Power BI
- Experience in working with the full project life cycle development process, involving analysis, design, development, implementation and testing phases
- Experience in migrating objects between Development, Testing and Production environments.
- Work closely with ETL/DBA teams to troubleshoot data issues and enhance database performance.
- Design, developing, deploying, maintaining and integrating complex Microstrategy reports, dashboards, scorecards, freeform SQL reports, objects (Attributes, Logical Views, Filters, Metrics, Transformations, Hierarchies, Drill maps, Facts and Prompts).
- Extensive experience in designing and developing interactive Dynamic Dashboards using Report Service Objects like Panels, Selectors, Grouping and Grid/Graph combinations.
- Good experience with Microstrategy Visual Insight reports.
- Experienced in using Project Merge, Object Manager and Enterprise Manager.
- Proficient in designing reports through Microstrategy Desktop with optimal usage of key features like Advanced filters, Filters, Prompts, Transformations, Custom Groups, Consolidations.
- Good experience in Microstrategy Report Service Documents and Dashboards.
- Good experience in Narrowcast Server and Distribution Services.
- Created Intelligent Cubes and shared to reduce the database load and decreasing the report execution time by using the Cube Services.
- Used VLDB Properties such as Joins, Query Optimization, Metrics (Null check and Zero check), Select/Insert and Tables.
- Worked with large databases like Teradata, Oracle.
- Capable of translating complex business needs into technical solutions (i.e. ability to understand the users’ requirements).
- Created Analytic based selectors’ grid/graphs that control other grid/graphs through a panel stack, inserting as many panels as needed within a panel stack.
- Ability to work in multiple projects simultaneously and independently as well as in a team environment.
- Good knowledge and understanding on data warehouse concepts.
- Front End Development (JS/CSS/HTML) with D3.js visualizations package experience
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Reporting Tools: MicroStrategy 8.x/9.x/10.x/11/2019, Tableau 10.x, Power BI 2.x
Operating Systems: Windows & Linux Servers
Data warehouse: Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL
Data Modelling Tools: Erwin
Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google
Dev Ops: Docker, Serverless + API Gateway
Front End: HTML, CSS, JS, Bootstrap, React/Redux
Web Server Scripting: Unix, PHP, Python
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, San Mateo, CA
MicroStrategy Developer
Responsibilities:
- Attend meetings to monitor progress of development team upgrade tasks and help drive the process by developing testing requirements
- Research and test new features of the version 2019 platform and compare the environment from previous sandbox upgrade to v 11.0
- Conduct regression testing of features from previous versions and assess the new features in upgrade version in view of business requirements fulfillment
- Assess alternative solutions to business requirements with scope risk
Environment: Windows Server 2016, MicroStrategy 10.x/11/2019, Hadoop & DB2
Confidential, Folsom, CA
MicroStrategy Developer
Responsibilities:
- Perform administrative tasks including implementation (install software, setup new project) and maintenance (manage database instances, cubes, caching and security privileges for new users)
- Architect solutions (build schema objects and devise creative solutions for join scenarios to remove cross joins and provide correct data)
- Work with stakeholders to define reports and dashboards, build dashboards and reports with documents dashboards and visual insight uploads/cubes
- Majorly involved in understanding the data model from scratch required to generate the reports.
- Analyzing the existing Excel based reports and transforming them to Microstrategy reports.
- Created Dashboards with interactive views, trends, ad - hoc reporting and drill-downs.
- Extensively designed, developed and tested reports and dashboards using best practices for Microstrategy Report Development.
- Involved in writing complete SQLs required for reporting based on requirement.
- Hands on writing complex calculations and using the same logic in different ways.
- Developed dashboards that provide clear visualizations of various industry specific KPIs.
- End to end experience in designing and deploying the dashboards in Microstrategy.
- Closely working with stakeholders in gathring project requirements.
- Closely working with existing devlopers and project lead to understand the application functionality.
- Generated context filters and used performance actions while handling huge volumes of data.
- Experience in modifying existing reports and dashboards and analyzing it to develop better visualizations with more detail.
- Ability to work quickly and under tight delivery deadlines with focus on detail.
- Working under Agile methodology to deliver the changes to business
Environment: Windows Server 2012, MicroStrategy 10.x, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2014
Confidential, Universal City, CA
MicroStrategy Developer
Responsibilities:
- MicroStrategy developer and architect - develop solutions to fulfill Order-to-Cash requirements for Salable Materials order processing and finance operations
- Build reports, dashboards, presentations, and ad-hoc studies for various internal and external technical and business teams
- Refactor material sales mobile dashboard to improve performance, change look and feel of user interface
- Assist in handling production support tickets for Narrowcast Services (edit users of dynamic subscription lists, edit schedules)
- Involved in identifying the business requirements and translating them into logical design
- Presented the logical data model to the business and incorporated their suggestions
- Created a physical data model based on logical design
- Developed macros in Teradata to load the data from base tables to Businesslayer tables
- Worked under Agile methodology to deliver the changes to business
Environment: Windows Server 2012, MicroStrategy 9.x/10.x, Teradata 13, Oracle 9i
Confidential, Phoenix, AZ
MicroStrategy Developer
Responsibilities:
- Lead on and offshore MSTR and other BI tool consultant resources (10 Reporting, ETL, and QA)
- Develop produce reports, dashboards, presentations, and ad-hoc studies for various internal and external technical and business teams
- Build MSTR metadata model to enable enhanced reporting of relational database structure for marketing campaign effectiveness analytics
- Develop dashboard for gauging real-time effectiveness of click-through rates and other metrics associated to social media advertising
- Manage reporting architecture through a transition from a single marketing channel interface to a multiple marketing channel interface as well as from DB2 to Netezza database platforms
- Develop reporting capabilities to include new dimensionality associated to the enhanced MSTR metadata model
- Debug existing reporting applications to meet business requirements and technical specifications
- Develop architecture documentation surrounding the build plan and associated steps
- Provide sizing & scope estimates for the projects associated to metadata architectures for enhanced marketing campaign level effectiveness analytics
- Assist developers in troubleshooting Tableau reports
- Involved in identifying the gaps and and business reporting requirements and translating them into database requirements.
- Set up new folder structures, User groups and security filters
- Developed schema objects needed for report development needs
- Ensured Row Level Security at database level to access single Timezone data at any point of time
- Ensured there shouldn’t be data duplication because of various Timezones
- Worked under Agile methodology to deliver the changes to business
Environment: Windows Server 2008/2012, MicroStrategy 9.x, Tableau 9.x, Netezza, DB2, Oracle 9i
Confidential, Walnut Creek, CA
Tech Lead (.NET Build Manager)
Responsibilities:
- Manage SDLC Build & Release to QA environment of VB.NET code for OPUS (mortgage originations & tracking) proprietary software application
- Debug configuration runtime as well as compile time errors related to XML, IIS and VB.NET codes
- QA business functionality of the application (smoketests) related to HP Quality Center defects
- Track and develop communications around related application functionality and status of defects
- Provide guidance to offshore developers related to business functionality and code fixes; participate in code review and design process
Environment: Windows Server 2012, Visual Basic.NET TFS, SQL Server 2012
Confidential, Moffett Field, CA
MicroStrategy Developer
Responsibilities:
- Data Modeling for the Supercomputing facility (NAS) simulations regarding space flight and other physics related theoretical and practical batteries / tests / simulations
- Work with Business Intelligence executives to coordinate ad-hoc studies and produce presentations
- Prototyping a Data Warehouse design for MSTR reporting to facilitate inclusion of different aspects of NAS simulations
- Consulting the research center regarding solution architecture in the Business Intelligence space
- Involved in identifying new business reporting requirements and translating them into database requirements
- Identified the existing reporting needs and ensure that they all delivered in the new business layer
- Discussed the new model with various business users and ensured that all their requirements are met in the new model
- Created a new project in MicroStrategy as per the new business layer
- Created new folder structures, User groups and security filters
- Developed schema objects needed for report development needs
- Ensured all reporting standards are met
- Developed Intelligent Cubes as part of optimizing the load on Data warehouse and support faster data retrieval
- Worked under Agile methodology to deliver the changes to business
Environment: RHEL 7, MicroStrategy 9.x, Oracle 9i
Confidential, San Francisco, CA
MicroStrategy Developer
Responsibilities:
- Consult the Bank on its MicroStrategy Architecture - Translate semantic and physical layers into logical models for integration into MSTR Reporting (Teradata)
- Worked with the end users to gather requirements, generate design documents, develop, and support BI applications developed using MicroStrategy.
- Created / updated MicroStrategy schema, dashboards, and reports per requirements
- Install, configure and upgrade MicroStrategy servers (Intelligence Server, Narrowcast, Web, Mobile, etc)
- Played key role in understaing the reports in Business Objects and identifying the business logic
- Mapped business objects understandings in Microstrategy requirements
- Developed a reporting schema based on the understanding
- Developed and proposed the data model for new business layer
- Set up new project for this purpose and developed new schema from scratch
- Designed and deployed security access in MicroStrategy
- Ensured all reporting standards are met
- Developed RSD’s as per the user requirements
Environment: Windows Server 2008, MicroStrategy 9.x, Teradata 13
Confidential, Dublin, CA
MicroStrategy Developer
Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of 4 MSTR reporting consultants
- Implement Summary Mart Project as Administrator and upgrade server environment from 9.0.2 to 9.2.1
- Worked with the end users to gather requirements, generate design documents, develop, and support BI applications developed using MicroStrategy.
- Created / updated MicroStrategy schema, dashboards, and reports per requirements
- Install, configure and upgrade MicroStrategy servers (Intelligence Server, Narrowcast, Web, Mobile, etc)
Environment: Windows Server 2008, MicroStrategy 9.x, Oracle 9i
Confidential, San Francisco, CA
MicroStrategy Developer
Responsibilities:
- Implemented MicroStrategy BI platform, MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager, and MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server applications. Assist IT personnel with troubleshooting, development, and knowledge transfer regarding the MicroStrategy toolset.
- Managed full development lifecycle implementation involving many different levels of user groups. Management functions include facilitating crossfunctional teams of developers, analysts, and users to create fully-functional MicroStrategy projects. Other functions included managing user expectations, user scope, and project deliverables to ensure project success.
- Served as an administrator in a production environment that included ensuring availability, performance, and change control to provide seamless usage for the users.
- Worked with the end users to gather requirements, generate design documents, develop, and support BI applications developed using MicroStrategy.
- Created / updated MicroStrategy schema, dashboards, and reports per requirements
- Install, configure and upgrade MicroStrategy servers (Intelligence Server, Narrowcast, Web, Mobile, etc)
- Develop Narrowcast Services and automate delivery of jobs through Command Manager scripts (Unix)
Environment: Windows Server 2008, MicroStrategy 9.x, Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2008