What are the responsibilities and job description for the BI Developer position at Wawa, Inc.?
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Job Description
Job Summary:
The BI Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting enterprise business intelligence solutions, including dashboards, reports, semantic models, and self-service analytics capabilities. This role supports multiple BI and analytics platforms, with a strong focus on MicroStrategy while also leveraging tools such as Tableau and Power BI to deliver scalable reporting and analytics solutions from enterprise data platforms and cloud-based data warehouses.
This position requires a combination of technical expertise, analytical thinking, and business acumen to help stakeholders solve complex operational and strategic challenges through data-driven insights.
Principal Duties
Wawa, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Wawa maintains a work environment in which Associates are treated fairly and with respect and in which discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. In accordance with federal, state and local laws, we recruit, hire, promote and evaluate all applicants and Associates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Unlawful discrimination will not be a factor in any employment decision.
We believe we can make life a little better every day – one smile, hoagie, or experience at a time. And there’s one secret ingredient that truly sets Wawa apart: Our Associates. At Wawa, you’ll be part of a caring team that’s dedicated to helping all of us fly high – together. We’re team players, day-brighteners, and go-getters: and we know that Wawa is a place where we can build skills to thrive and open doors to new career opportunities. We’re proud to be a part of a winning team of Associate owners who shape our success. We’re committed to helping our communities and one another at every turn, because we know that when we fly together, there’s no limit to how far we can go. Ready to be part of a team that helps you reach new heights? Join our flock and get ready to soar.
Job Description
Job Summary:
The BI Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting enterprise business intelligence solutions, including dashboards, reports, semantic models, and self-service analytics capabilities. This role supports multiple BI and analytics platforms, with a strong focus on MicroStrategy while also leveraging tools such as Tableau and Power BI to deliver scalable reporting and analytics solutions from enterprise data platforms and cloud-based data warehouses.
This position requires a combination of technical expertise, analytical thinking, and business acumen to help stakeholders solve complex operational and strategic challenges through data-driven insights.
Principal Duties
- Design, develop, and maintain dynamic dashboards, scorecards, visualizations, and analytical reporting solutions using BI platforms including MicroStrategy, Tableau, and Power BI.
- Build and support responsive dashboards and reporting solutions for both web and mobile users.
- Develop and maintain semantic layers, data models, datasets, and reporting structures to support enterprise analytics and self-service reporting initiatives.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, analytics teams, and data engineering teams to define reporting requirements and deliver scalable BI solutions.
- Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand operational challenges, identify opportunities for data-driven decision making, and proactively recommend analytics solutions that improve business outcomes.
- Translate ambiguous business problems into scalable reporting, visualization, and analytical solutions by combining technical expertise with strong business acumen and critical thinking.
- Act as a consultative partner to functional teams by helping define KPIs, success metrics, and analytical approaches rather than solely executing predefined reporting requirements.
- Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams to ideate and deliver innovative BI solutions that drive process improvements, operational efficiency, and strategic insights.
- Develop and maintain schema objects including logical tables, attributes, facts, hierarchies, metrics, filters, prompts, reports, and dashboards within BI platforms.
- Monitor system performance, troubleshoot reporting issues, and provide recommendations for optimization and scalability improvements.
- Provide production support and maintenance for BI applications and reporting platforms as needed.
- Develop technical design documentation, implementation plans, and BI development best practices.
- Recommend enhancements to BI architecture, reporting standards, and development methodologies to improve scalability, usability, and performance.
- Support deployment, upgrades, and administration of enterprise BI platforms as needed.
- Follow security standards for all data and tools that are part of Technology landscape.
- Manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a high-velocity environment with competing timelines and stakeholder demands.
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders; translate business needs into engineering requirements and vice versa.
- Work collaboratively within cross-functional teams and build trusted relationships with business partners.
- Exercise sound judgment in solution design, evaluating tradeoffs, anticipating downstream implications, and recommending the right approach rather than the easiest one.
- Apply mature project management discipline: scope definition, milestone tracking, and proactive risk communication.
- Establish and maintain a working environment conducive to positive morale, individual style, quality, creativity, and teamwork.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline preferred
- 8 years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, reporting, or data warehousing environments
- Strong experience with enterprise BI platforms, particularly MicroStrategy, along with exposure to Tableau and/or Power BI
- Proven ability to partner with business stakeholders to translate complex or ambiguous business challenges into scalable analytics and reporting solutions
- Strong analytical, consultative, and problem-solving skills with the ability to recommend data-driven approaches, KPIs, and visualization strategies aligned to business objectives
- Experience designing and developing enterprise dashboards, semantic layers, reports, scorecards, and self-service analytics solutions
- Hands-on experience with enterprise BI tools, including semantic/data layer development in MicroStrategy and/or Tableau.
- Experience developing and supporting schema objects, metrics, filters, prompts, dashboards, and reporting frameworks within BI platforms
- Experience supporting enterprise BI platform administration, deployment, governance, performance tuning, and security models
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, SDLC best practices, and enterprise data governance concepts
- Understanding of data governance principles and data security standards.
- Experience with MicroStrategy platform components such as Intelligence Server, Architect, Developer, Web, Mobile, Enterprise Manager, Command Manager, and Object Manager preferred
- Exposure to SAP systems preferred.
Wawa, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Wawa maintains a work environment in which Associates are treated fairly and with respect and in which discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. In accordance with federal, state and local laws, we recruit, hire, promote and evaluate all applicants and Associates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Unlawful discrimination will not be a factor in any employment decision.