What You'll Do

  • Test software systems or applications for software enhancements or new products.
  • Review designs, codes, test plans, or documentation to ensure quality.
  • Provide or coordinate troubleshooting support for data warehouses.
  • Prepare functional or technical documentation for data warehouses.
  • Write new programs or modify existing programs to meet customer requirements, using current programming languages and technologies.
  • Verify the structure, accuracy, or quality of warehouse data.
  • Select methods, techniques, or criteria for data warehousing evaluative procedures.
  • Perform system analysis, data analysis or programming, using a variety of computer languages and procedures.
  • Map data between source systems, data warehouses, and data marts.
  • Implement business rules via stored procedures, middleware, or other technologies.

Essential Skills

Reading Comprehension 3.88/5
Critical Thinking 3.88/5
Programming 3.75/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.62/5
Active Listening 3.5/5
Systems Analysis 3.5/5
Speaking 3.38/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.38/5
Writing 3.25/5
Systems Evaluation 3.25/5
Coordination 3.12/5
Mathematics 3.0/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.

Common styles

Analytical Thinking, Attention to Detail, Initiative, Persistence, Cooperation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Written Comprehension 3.88/5
Information Ordering 3.88/5
Oral Comprehension 3.75/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.75/5
Inductive Reasoning 3.75/5
Near Vision 3.62/5
Oral Expression 3.5/5
Written Expression 3.5/5

Technologies & Tools

Adaptive Metadata Manager Adeptia ETL Suite Advanced business application programming ABAP Altova MapForce Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Amazon Redshift Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 Amazon Web Services AWS software Apache Avro Apache Cassandra Apache Flume Apache Hadoop Apache HBase Apache Hive Apache HTTP Server Apache Kafka Apache Oozie Apache Pig Apache Solr

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Analytical Thinking (High importance: 4.91/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.52/5)
  • Initiative (High importance: 4.36/5)
  • Persistence (High importance: 4.27/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.17/5)

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How to Become One

Most employers require a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Some positions may also require experience through internships, co-ops, or entry-level work to strengthen your candidacy.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Analytics Manager Big Data Engineer Data Integrity Specialist Data Management Engineer Data Management Manager Data Management Specialist Data Migration Specialist Data Quality Analyst Data Specialist Data Storage Specialist Data Warehouse Analyst Data Warehouse Developer Data Warehouse Engineer Data Warehouse ETL Developer (Data Warehouse Extract, Transform, and Load Developer) Data Warehouse Programmer Data Warehouse Solution Architect Data Warehouse Specialist Data Warehousing Engineer Data Warehousing Specialist Database Specialist ETL Developer (Extract-Transform-Load Developer) ETL Tester (Extract-Transform-Load Tester) Research Data Specialist Storage Engineer