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a starting up consulting company in San Francisco Bay Area,
Projectdesk, Inc. is on the lookout for smart, talented,
and highly motivated individuals to join our team!
We
offer competitive compensation packages for qualified
candidates at every level.
Projectdesk,
Inc. is committed to the principle of equal employment
opportunity. Applicants are considered for all positions
without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national
origin, age, disability (so long as such disability can
be reasonably accommodated) or any other status protected
by applicable law.
At
the moment we have the following positions:
Sr. Cognos Data Warehouse Consultant
Business
development Manager/Associate
BI
Professional Services Consultant
If
you are interested in joining the ProjectDesk team, please
send us an email with your resume to
careers@projectdesk.com
Sr.
Cognos Data Warehouse Consultant
This
individual needs to be knowledgeable in aspects of full
life cycle management and must have experience in automating
"manual" processes using Cognos and report writing.
This individual must be "seasoned" as he/she
will have face time with Sr. Business constituents.
Technical
Skills Required
* 7+ years Information Technology
* 5+ years Oracle, version 8.x or greater
* 4+ years Cognos Impromptu, PowerPlay, Visualizer
* 4+ years Data Warehouse ETL skills, including Best Practices
and approaches
* 3+ Excellent PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, SQL*Loader development
skills
* Knowledge of UNIX (vi, shell scripting, etc.)
Desired
Skills
* Knowledge with ETL tools (Informatica, DataStage, XML,
etc., are a plus, but not required)
* Ability and desire to learn the Energy industry.
* Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication
skills
* Familiar with Kimball Star Schema approaches
* Financial Experience
* Ability to read Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD)
* Knowledge of SQL tools (Toad, Rapid SQL, etc,)
* College degre

Business
development Manager/Associate
Projectdesk
Corporation is currently looking for Business Development
Managers for its SF Bay Area operations, responsible to
develop and expand our IT consulting activities.
Major
Responsibilities - Developing a network of strategic customers
and partners within the assigned territory - Kick-starting
business solutions and deals - Applying specific business
knowledge and vertical expertise in order to support the
whole Sales & Business Development team within this
specific area - Managing the relationship with local sales
teams in order to leverage potential joint businesses
- Working closely with Organization's functions to provide
direction to the sales territories in developing specific
business development strategies that address market opportunities.
Skills:
- 1-2 years of directly related experience performing
business development , market development , service and
solution sales and consulting in complex sales environment.
- Professional demeanor and style. - Ability to work independently
and handle numerous tasks under pressure. - Strong communications
skills a must.

BI
Professional Services Consultant
This
senior consulting position is responsible for the delivery
of detail consulting services to customers and partners
regarding Cognos, Business Objects or Brio's product lines
and application products.
Responsibilities:
-Develop business-focused solutions for customers
using Cognos, Business Objects or Brio product suites.
-Assist with customer requirements and scope
determination.
-Develop and implement application for customers
based on identified requirements.
-Assist in the development of best practices
(i.e., white papers, presentations and methodology).
-Provide installation, configuration and
trouble shooting services.
-Provide development, testing, implementation
and rollout services.
-Deliver demonstrations and proof of concept
engagements.
-Provide phone and/or email support before,
during and after a project.
-Provide pre-sales support including needs
analysis, ROI estimate, implementation plan, customized
demo's,
and answering business and technical questions
related to implementing the application.
-Assist partners on projects, enabling them
to complete the project effectively.
-Train partners who sell and implement the
application for their customers.
-Provide technical consulting presales support.
Special Skills:
-Ability to travel, on short notice, to domestic
and international locations.
-Comprehensive knowledge of UNIX and NT operating
systems.
-Comprehensive knowledge of Oracle and DB2
database systems.
-Extensive knowledge of web architecture
and concepts, Data Warehousing.
-Java and/or Java Script skills are a plus.
-Extensive knowledge of development methodologies
and Business Intelligence tools.
-Extensive knowledge of dimensional data
modeling and CASE tools.
-Basic knowledge of Extract-Transform-Load
(ETL) strategies and processes.
-Some experience with Informatica's data
warehousing software products a plus.
Education / Experience:
-BS/BA in Computer Science o Business related
field, with 5 years of consulting experience.
-Minimum of 5 years of experience in Information
Technology and web environments.
-Some experience with Brio product lines
and competitor products a plus.
-Minimum of 3 years experience in analysis
of database and reporting applications.
-At least 3 years of experience in at least
two of the following business intelligence and analytic
application
disciplines: Data Quality, E-Intelligence,
Data Warehousing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP),
Supply Chain Management (SCM), Data Marts,
Query & Reporting, Meta Data and Data Transformations.

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