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Jobs

From: Karen La Torre
Date: 8 Dec 2004
Subject: San Francisco, CA: Data Analyst/Architect (16 weeks project) at M Squared

Project Name: Data Analyst/Architect
Project Number: 4110885
Expected Duration: 16 weeks, 40 hours per week
Start Date: ASAP

Responsibilities
A seasoned, Data Analyst/Data Architect is needed to work closely with Director Data Management in the Information Warehouse group of a leading financial services organization. The consultant's main responsibility will be to work closely with business and technical users to support the data management function. The consultant will be expected to bring expertise in process and methodology and to collaborate with peers and share ideas synergistically.

The consultant will be expected to work for 3-6 months. Project will be full time, on site, in San Francisco.

Value to the Client The consultant's data management experience and ability to work within a team environment will contribute to the overall success of the projects, driving of the group's strategic direction.

Industry Experience Knowledge of financial services and brokerage industry is helpful. Affiliation with DAMA or other similarly recognized data management associations is a plus.

Functional Experience

  • Must have 6+ years IT experience with a focus on data and data management
  • Direct Marketing and Financial Marketing experience
  • Needs to have experience working with a range of DBMS systems and in different operating environments
  • Must have a strong customer service focus
  • Must be able to communicate with users at all levels of the organization-especially the business, understand the impact of change and communicate back to all impacted areas
  • Should be detail oriented and able to handle multiple tasks at one time
Technical qualifications:
  • 5+ years experience in mainframe and/or distributed technology with at least 5 of those years in data warehousing, data marts, and data architecture for business intelligence
  • Hands on project experience in data requirements management, data analysis, data modeling, dataflow design, and metadata administration is required
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to translate complex business intelligence requirements into logical/physical data models
  • Must have successfully participated in the deployment and support of a large, complex data warehouse/data mart, containing millions of records with up to 7 terabytes of data
  • Must be familiar with a variety of computing environments and software, including mainframe (OS/390), DB2, Oracle, UNIX, and Windows NT/Server 200.
Personality/Other Attributes
  • Outstanding written and verbal communications skills
  • Committed individual, focused on delivering on assignments
  • Organized and detail oriented
  • Results driven, hands-on, and able to think strategically in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment
  • A tech evangelist able to interact with Business Managers to address how data will be used.
HOW TO APPLY: If you are interested, please forward VIA EMAIL to klatorre@msquared.com the following information ASAP in a Word Document:

1) 5-6 bullet points highlighting your most relevant experience
2) an updated resume in a Word document (specifically highlight any relevant experience!)

ABOUT M SQUARED:
M Squared is the leading provider of professional-level independent consultants and interim senior management. For over 15 years, M Squared has provided the best and the brightest qualified professionals for both short and long term project assistance and for filling those critical interim management gaps.

Areas of Expertise: Senior management and strategy, marketing, human resources, finance, operations, and IT

www.msquared.com


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