Lead Business Intelligence Developer (Caesar-Informix/4GL)

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Business Intelligence

About Us

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

Who We Are

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

What We Do

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.

Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.* For more information, visit transamerica.com

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Job Description Summary

Transamerica/TFA is looking for a candidate with expertise in Informix 4GL and/or 4Js Genero BDL to support Caesar and lead the development of Business Intelligence and Analytics products. Responsibilities include managing data warehouse, creating visualizations, and generating interactive reports to drive organizational profitability and strategic goals

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities:
• Lead Development: Spearhead the development of database solutions and data presentation systems.
• Database Expertise: Demonstrated extensive knowledge and experience with SQL and relational databases, particularly Informix.
• Programming: Investigate and troubleshoot issues, create and modify programs in Caesar using Informix 4GL and/or 4Js Genero BDL.
• Operating System Proficiency: Experience with AIX or similar operating systems, alongside shell scripting capabilities.
• User Needs Analysis: Analyze, document, and understand user requirements to ensure accurate fulfillment of internal business customers’ requests.
• Business Intelligence Knowledge: Maintain continuous development of expertise in Business Intelligence technology, data warehousing, dimensional modeling, OLAP functionality, and reporting tools.
• ETL Processes: Execute and optimize Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes using SQL/4GL.
• Project Collaboration: Contribute to and lead project teams in the development or modification of sophisticated information solutions.
• Data Warehouse Administration: Administer, maintain, and enhance the data warehouse.
• Model Construction: Potentially construct data models, data dictionaries, and report glossaries as needed.
• User Training: Conduct user interviews and provide training sessions to enhance understanding and usage of data solutions.
• Testing Facilitation: Conduct and facilitate internal testing and user acceptance testing to ensure quality deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Seven years of experience in business intelligence or data management.
• Strong understanding of BI concepts and tools.
• Experience leading a full lifecycle BI project team from a technical leadership perspective.
• Experience with Microsoft BI stack.
• Experience with Tableau or other visualization tool.
• Significant experience developing physical dimensional models or data visualizations.
• Significant experience in data modeling, data discovery and the application of data to resolve business problems.
• Problem-solving ability and a willingness to think “outside-the-box”.

Compensation

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