Principal BI Developer

Job Description
The Company:
Cognex is the global leader in the exciting and expanding field of machine vision!  We are a rapidly growing, financially strong, international company that is fast paced with many career growth opportunities.  Our “Work Hard, Play Hard, Move Fast” culture recognizes our employees for their innovation, perseverance, and hard work in a fun, rewarding, and unique environment. Our employees take their work seriously, but not themselves.  This is an opportunity to be on the ground floor using the latest and greatest tools and technology to drive value for our Company.

The Role:

• You will be responsible for working with business stakeholders and performing all development related activities such as requirements gathering, design architecture, development, unit testing, implementation, documentation, and support of Power BI. 
• To be successful, you must demonstrate proficiency in Data Warehousing concepts, use of multiple Data Sources including SAP BW4HANA, adhere to global standards, and suggest architectural improvements.
• Ideal background and experience include implementing Power BI integrated with BW4HANA, S4HANA, Salesforce, and other Microsoft Tools

Essential Functions:

• Function independently for delivering Reports/Analytics by working with the business stakeholders to gather requirements, solution design, develop, test, document, and support
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the company’s SAP applications owners, IT Infrastructure team and Server/Network team
• Build strong relationships with the Business to drive value through Data and Analytics

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated working expertise in Power BI
• Strong knowledge of Databases, structures, and data modeling
• Excellent Troubleshooting skills in areas such as performance, data accuracy, load failures, and other technical issues
• Strong working knowledge of Power BI system architecture
• Be motivated to seek opportunities to use our technology and information to innovate
• Strong communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities 
• Strong organization and time management skills required including ability to react to quickly changing priorities.
• A team player with the ability to work independently as well as cross-functionally.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
   

Minimum education and work experience required:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years’ experience in Information Systems or a related field
• In depth knowledge of Power BI, Data Modeling techniques, and solution design
• Knowledge on implementation, support and performance monitoring of Power BI.
• Power BI certification preferred
• AI/Data Science thought leadership encouraged