Tableau Developer

The Workday Enterprise Solutions Team (WEST) is responsible for the administration and optimization of Workday and related systems for Finance, Human Resources, and Research Administration across the Universities of Wisconsin, while focusing on people, processes, and technology. The WEST Data and Reporting team supports data and reporting needs across the UW universities and the UW System through the development and maintenance of an enterprise data warehouse (the Enterprise Analytics Platform, EAP), Tableau dashboards, Workday reports, BIRT reports, Prism reports, Workday dashboards and discovery boards, and more.

We are seeking an experienced Tableau Developer to develop, document, support, and maintain enterprise-level Tableau dashboards built on top of EAP. This individual will also participate in appropriate communities of practice and training to ensure a consistent understanding of data across the UW and to raise awareness of resources that already exist and those that are planned. It is expected that there will be close collaboration between the Tableau developer, data warehouse engineers, and Workday report developers moving forward.

To be successful in this position, you will need to intentionally collaborate with customers and peers across WEST and actively foster a respectful, inclusive and safe team environment.

Schedule will be determined with the selected finalist upon hire. The primary schedule will be during business hours on Monday through Friday beginning no later than 9:00AM CST and ending no earlier than 3:00PM CST. There is no expectation of on-call or off-hour work. However, during a critical outage, working off hours and weekends may be required.

• Participates in Tableau communities of practice, knowledge sharing, and training to raise awareness of resources that are available and coming in the pipeline

• Designs and documents enterprise BI development standards, assesses impact on existing BI projects, proposes solutions, and shepherds them through stakeholder feedback and governance approval. Resolves highly complex BI development issues escalated from lower-level BI developers

• Works with multiple data domains/sets and data architectures (unstructured/structured) and using advanced expertise in a broad set of enterprise-scale tools, matches the right data presentation modality to user requirements. Employs deep expertise in data visualization and storytelling to design, prototype, test, and deliver accurate, sustainable enterprise solutions for large-scale user populations

• Review and approve, based on scope and requirements, BI developer resource effort and timing to design, build, test, and release BI developer solutions. Understand and balance developer resources across multiple competing projects to mitigate risks. Identify options for backfill or external resource acquisition to fulfil resource requirements

• Partners with a team of business analysts, business subject matter experts (SMEs), source system data analysts, data architects, and ETL developers to interpret documented user requirements for enterprise-wide stakeholders. Works with data warehouse architects, data modelers, and ETL developers to document and present highly complex options through mock-ups and prototypes, refining underlying data structures to best meet use cases

• Oversee, assess, and approve the content and quality of complex design/build documentation for approval by business SMEs and project team leads. Author documentation for highly complex design/build documentation outside of the expertise of lower level BI developers

Workday and Enterprise Solutions Team (WEST)

Well qualified applicants can expect to earn between $80,000 - $105,000, with final salary based on experience and qualifications.

In addition to salary, this position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits, please see: https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Tableau development including with relationships, joins, performance optimization and troubleshooting
• Minimum 3 years of experience writing, maintaining and optimizing complex custom SQL queries.
• Experience managing user roles, groups, and permissions within Tableau Server to ensure secure data access and appropriate row level security (RLS)
• Experience in maintaining Tableau Server including project organization, content migration, scheduling, and data source refreshes
• Experience working with and analyzing large datasets to optimize reporting and dashboard performance
• Excellent organizational, time-management, and decision-making skills
• Ability to work independently to diagnose and solve complex data and reporting issues
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with peers, customers and stakeholders
• Experience collaborating with multiple cross functional partners to understand business challenges, create detailed functional specifications, validate data, and test reports and dashboards

• Experience using AWS Redshift as a source in Tableau and strong knowledge of database structures, schema, and tables
• Knowledge and/or experience with other AWS products such as S3 and Athena
• Experience with SQL tools such as DBeaver
• Experience working with XML data and tools
• Experience with Workday and Workday Reporting
• Experience with HR & Finance business processes and data
• Experience with business processes & data at the Universities of Wisconsin or another higher-ed institution

To begin the application process, click the "apply now" button. Please submit a resume and cover letter detailing your related experiences and background as they relate to the qualifications and duties in this job description. Applications submitted without a cover letter will still be considered, but a cover letter is requested to more thoroughly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the qualifications outlined in the position description. Failure to adequately demonstrate experiences aligned with the required qualifications in either a cover letter or resume will result in your application not being considered for employment.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Daniel McCusky, HR Generalist

daniel.mccusky@wisc.edu

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