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Data Warehousing Specialists

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Design, model, or implement corporate data warehousing activities. Program and configure warehouses of database information and provide support to warehouse users.

What you’d do

  • Develop data warehouse process models, including sourcing, loading, transformation, and extraction.
  • Verify the structure, accuracy, or quality of warehouse data.
  • Map data between source systems, data warehouses, and data marts.
  • Develop and implement data extraction procedures from other systems, such as administration, billing, or claims.
  • Design and implement warehouse database structures.
  • Develop or maintain standards, such as organization, structure, or nomenclature, for the design of data warehouse elements, such as data architectures, models, tools, and databases.
  • Provide or coordinate troubleshooting support for data warehouses.
  • Write new programs or modify existing programs to meet customer requirements, using current programming languages and technologies.

Skills that matter

  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Programming
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Active Listening
  • Systems Analysis

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Data Warehouse Analyst
  • Data Warehouse Solution Architect

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