MicroStrategy Developer

MicroStrategy Developer
Location: Media, PA — Onsite 4 days/week
Contract: 6 months, with possibility of extension
Relocation: Accepted — candidate must be able to work onsite from Day 1

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced MicroStrategy Developer to support a client's Applied Marketing Analytics team. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on MicroStrategy development experience, advanced SQL skills, and the ability to work effectively with both business and technical teams.

This is a fast-paced contract opportunity for someone who can quickly understand reporting and analytics requirements, develop scalable BI solutions, troubleshoot production issues, and deliver reliable reporting solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain MicroStrategy Dossiers, Reports, Dashboards, Documents, Metrics, Filters, and Prompts.
• Develop and manage MicroStrategy metadata and schema objects, including attributes, facts, hierarchies, transformations, and semantic/reporting layers.
• Write, analyze, tune, and troubleshoot complex SQL queries against large datasets.
• Work with database views, stored procedures, cubes, and reporting data structures.
• Partner with Business Analysts, Product Owners, Data Engineers, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Integrate and validate data from multiple sources to ensure reporting accuracy and consistency.
• Troubleshoot MicroStrategy, data, and performance issues across development, test, and production environments.
• Support testing, defect resolution, deployment validation, production support, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
• Work collaboratively in an Agile/Scrum environment and independently manage assigned deliverables.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on MicroStrategy development experience.
• Strong experience with:
  • MicroStrategy Dossiers
  • Reports
  • Dashboards
  • Documents
  • Metrics
  • Filters
  • Prompts
  • Schema and metadata development
  • Attributes, facts, hierarchies, and transformations
• Advanced SQL skills, including writing, tuning, and troubleshooting complex queries.
• Experience with relational or cloud databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Teradata, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing and dimensional modeling, including star/snowflake schemas, facts, dimensions, and aggregated reporting.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with both business and technical teams.
• Ability to gather requirements, identify data dependencies, clarify assumptions, and communicate technical solutions.
• Experience supporting production analytics/reporting environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior consulting or contract experience.
• Agile/Scrum experience.
• Experience working independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong documentation and knowledge-transfer skills.

Important Requirement

This position is ONSITE in Media, PA, 4 days per week. Candidates must be able to work onsite from Day 1. Relocation candidates are welcome as long as they can meet the Day 1 onsite requirement.