Altus Analytics, a business of Altus Group, is the leading global
technology partner to the commercial real estate industry and is poised
for significant growth and expansion over the next three years.
Altus
Analytics brings together the collective expertise of ARGUS and Voyanta
as the leading provider of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) solutions
worldwide. Our technology and industry expertise empower CRE clients and
partners to work collaboratively to enhance decision making, drive
performance and optimize transactional efficiency. From property
budgeting, making strategic decisions about acquisitions or working with
different teams, different organizations and different data, we can
bring it all together.
Our tech, our stack.
Voyanta
and ARGUS On Demand are Amazon Web Services hosted applications. We
build our cloud-based applications using multi-tier architectures, for a
SaaS environment. We primarily use Linux-based technologies as well as
.NET framework and Microsoft technologies.
The opportunity
With
highly demanding requirements of the BI systems supporting the reports,
dashboards and user generated analyses, Voyanta is introducing a new
stack of BI including Data virtualisation and Jaspersoft enhanced with
Javascript and Java backed by a variety of database technologies.
We
need a BI Developer who is seeking a meaningful and challenging change.
A BI Developer who wants to see the results of their work directly
influence our product suite. We want someone who enjoys learning new
technologies and is eager to work with complex data sets to support and
create data models, customized reports and solutions using new tools.
What’s in it for you?
You
will be part of a top class team of data and BI experts, using an
innovative suite of development and data tools to produce challenging
data transformations, data models and report visualisations. Joining now
is a chance to work with the richest and most comprehensive data sets
in the industry to produce responsive and actionable reports, dashboards
and analytics.
Where are you now?
You are
working with complex data sets using a range of data manipulation tools
and techniques (e.g. ETL, data virtualisation, SQL, procedural
processing) to exacting specifications and performance expectations.
You
are producing attractive and functional visualisations in a variety of
technologies (ideally including Jaspersoft and perhaps Javascript and
Java).
You have a true development background, and you understand
the processes, tools and techniques for working in an Agile development
team (scrum, code control e.g. git, estimation, devops techniques, code
reviews, pairing and documentation).
What will your career path look like?
We
aren’t big data, but we work with large volumes of the most
comprehensive and complex data in a complex industry. We deal with
Broad Data. Joining us now is an opportunity to expand your skills and
dig into complex data sets. From day one, your career will start to grow
beyond standard report building. You will gain cross-functional team
exposure, learn new technology, and become an expert in integrating
responsive and attractive BI within web applications.
Business
Intelligence and the BI team is a fundamental part of the value that
Altus Analytics provides. Over the coming months and years, the BI
features will become even more prominent. As we grow, your role will be
pivotal to the product suite we are working with. It is a chance to
directly impact the growth and direction of our product development, and
to grow with a rapidly developing team.
If you are excited by
this and ready for rewarding challenges, under the guidance of a strong
mentor, this is the BI Developer opportunity to consider.
Here’s what our BI Developer will do:
- Produce.
You will work with user stories to produce quality coding of advanced
reports, dashboards and data models from a broad set of complex real
estate data.
- Execute. You will work across teams to execute
projects from initial brainstorming and technical design through to
programming and unit testing.
- Interpret. You will take business
requirements and translate them into technical specifications that are
well documented, implementable and maintainable.
- Analyse. You will analyse source data for compatibility with specification and model assumptions.
- Transform.
You will transform source data into reporting data models capable of
supporting reports and dashboards in a maintainable and performant
manner.
How do we know that’s you? You have:
- A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related numerate discipline.
- Proven experience as a BI Developer:
- You have been actively developing within Agile teams and processes
- You want to apply your understanding of related technologies to create solutions.
- You are a logical thinker;
- You are adept at thinking of all possible answers.
- You insist on keeping up with industry standards and trends.
- An
analyst’s mindset with the ability to create, manipulate and build
reports and solutions from complex data sets and custom data models.
- Professional coding and code control experience using JavaScript, Java, etc.
- Deep experience data querying and transforming including SQL, MySQL and ETL tools.
- Ideally, exposure to data virtualisation, database architecture, JasperSoft reports, dashboard and domain creation.
- Initiative; you are highly capable of meeting deadlines. You are customer-focused and self-motivated.
- An interest in new technologies, tools and methodologies.
- Outstanding
communication skills. You are concise, on point and effective. You are
able to understand complex requirements and relay technical details
clearly across a multi-functional team.
Need any more reasons to want to work with us?
As
we continue to grow, the possibilities for the people that join Altus
Analytics are huge. From professional growth to innovation to
collaboration we are committed to continuing to foster the right
environment to help our people realize their full potential. We give our
people the freedom and responsibility to take charge of their career
path, bring new ideas to the forefront and work on critical projects
that will shape the success of our clients.
We thank you in
advance for taking the time to learn more about what makes Altus
Analytics a great place to grow your career and do some of your best
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