Data Reporting Engineer

My client is a global financial services firm offering a complete range of sophisticated financial products to a large and diversified group of clients and customers, including sovereign governments, corporations, institutions and individuals throughout the world. Qualifications The position's main responsibilities involve: - Liaising with our clients to understand their data needs - Responding to urgent Regulatory related data inquiries. - Report development (SQL, Business Objects, Qlikview, PERL, Python) - Database query performance tuning (DB2, Sybase, Snowflake) - Analysis on reporting tasks to identify the most appropriate data sources/extraction techniques - Working with an offshore team of developers, helping with task prioritization and escalation. Skills Required - SQL development experience (Sybase, DB2, Greenplum, Snowflake) - Strong knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and SQL tuning - Strong UNIX/PERL/Python scripting skills - Self-starter with strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills - Team player able to learn quickly and work collaboratively across global teams - Highly motivated to expand their technical and business knowledge and understanding - Fluent understanding of the complete software development lifecycle Bonus skills: - Experience in the financial services industry - Proficient in PERL, Python (Can substitute proficiency in Java or C# if interested in learning PERL). - Knowledge of Business Objects, Qlikview, Tableau, and Sigma. Originally posted on Himalayas