TEXAS RESIDENTS ONLY

I.  DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Texas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of 1 Business Intelligence Analyst 3, hereafter referred to as Candidate(s), who meets the general qualifications of Business Intelligence Analyst 3, Data/Database Administration and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Analysts use data to figure out market and business trends for companies to increase profits and efficiency. They may work directly for a company or as a consultant. They able to look at large chunks of data and understand trends, and then communicate those trends to the company.
As part of HHSC IT Applications – Social Services Applications initiatives, the worker will perform the following activities to accomplish the following goals:

• Performs advanced metrics and reporting development in Informatica and Cognos, and performance monitoring & tuning for TIERS DataMart. Work involves providing for the effective and efficient storage, retrieval, customization, and archiving of data by managing diverse data sets and to ensure integrated and stable database systems.
• Supports and performs the planning, design, administration, operation and maintenance of the TIERS DataMart database. Performs database design & development and provides database related support to the application development teams that are performing application enhancements planned to support new program & business requests and to enhance Scalability & Stability of the applications. Provides technical expertise for data retrieval and update programs. Writes and debugs complex reports in Informatica and Cognos. Plans, develops, and implements database policies and procedures; and ensures data integrity as maintenance and modification projects to existing applications are undertaken. Participates in the development of and enforces programming standards for programs interfacing with the databases. Provides technical assistance to programming personnel.
• Configures and monitors alerts. Develops and implements appropriate monitoring tools. Plans for future data needs ensuring that needed capacity is available. Develops policies and procedures to ensure consistent implementation of database and programming best practices. Contributes to development of budgets and recommendations for future upgrades. Contributes to improving and creating database application processes and procedures
• Work with other teams as necessary to accomplish goals.
• Create technical and design documentation, as required.
• Perform system analysis and problem resolution, as required.
• Analyze software for configuration & performance tuning opportunities, as required.
• Develop and maintain data and process models, as required.
• Employ contemporary testing methods to ensure applications function properly and without error.
• Provide technical support for testing and implementation efforts.
• Participate in program design, coding and test walk-through meetings to provide input regarding technical standards and customer requirements.
• Provide database support (defect repair, maintenance, and production operations support) for State Portal DataMart reports. Perform system analysis, troubleshooting, diagnosis and problem resolution. Analyze software for defects and performance tuning opportunities. Develop and test code/scripts to resolve defects and improve application reliability and performance
• Other duties as assigned.

II.  CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
 

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will not be displayed to customers.
Years	Required/ Preferred	Experience
8	Required	Knowledge of Informatica 10.5
8	Required	Developing reports in Cognos Analytics 11.1
8	Required	Experience Using Unix cron
8	Required	Experience Writing Unix shell scripts
8	Required	Experience Writing moderate to advance SQL queries
8	Required	Extensive Knowledge of Oracle 19
8	Required	Basic knowledge of star schemas/dimensional data structures
8	Required	Exceptional Technical writing
3	Preferred	Knowledge of TIERS or HHSC Programs and Types of Assistance