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Job Title: Data Engineer
Division: Information Technology
Evaluation Group: Staff
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Director, Information Technology Enterprise Systems and Application Development
Positions Supervised: N/A
Job Summary
The data engineer is responsible for the design and build of systems for collecting, storing, and analyzing data at scale from disparate sources. This position collaborates with stakeholders across the university to ensure the system meets the needs of the organization and users. This position also provides technical support to department users, manages system upgrades and enhancements, and is responsible for security configuration. As part of the IT team in Enterprise Systems, the data engineer’s efforts will also adhere to direction from the chief information officer, chief data officer, director of enterprise systems, and other university administrators.
Essential Job Functions and Performance Indicators
The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and level of responsibility that will be required of positions given this title. This job description shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Job Responsibilities and Execution
- Collaborates with stakeholders across departments to understand the university data reporting and analysis objectives
- Designs, implements, documents, and maintains a data lake according to university data requirements
- Prepares university data environment for artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and use
- Recommends solutions or alternative methods to meet requirements
- Provides technical support to department users of the system
- Develops and maintains system documentation, including user manuals, technical guides, and standard operating procedures
- Manages any necessary system upgrades and enhancements, including testing and documentation updates
- Troubleshoots issues related to the data access and manipulation and provide timely solutions
- Develops and implements system security policies and procedures
- Ensures compliance with university data governance and security policies
- Develops algorithms to transform data into useful, actionable information
- Create new data validation methods and data analysis tools
- Monitors system and integration performance and identifies opportunities for improvement
- Participates in project planning and implementation for system-related initiatives
- Supports the mission of the University and serves as an ambassador of the Q2 culture of service excellence
- Models, supports, and holds others accountable to the University’s values – integrity, dedication, excellence, creativity, and teamwork
- Provides excellent customer service to both internal and external customers
- Collaborates with staff to coordinate application upgrades or fixes
- Serves as a liaison with third parties and other stakeholders
- Participates in user group meetings and conferences
Required Qualifications – An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered. Additional requirements may be designated by position.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
- Minimum of 3 years working with Microsoft Data Products, including Azure Database and Power Platform tools.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures
- Strong understanding of university processes and data in order to ensure correct implementation
- Thorough knowledge of Microsoft data management tools
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure administration
- Effective organizational and interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication skills
- Understanding of data lake and star schema configuration and management
- Strong understanding of database design, structure functions and processes and experience with databases tools
- General office setting
- Standard Flex
- Ability to work effectively at a computer for up to eight hours daily
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function
Lindenwood University is an Equal Opportunity employer. The University complies with appropriate federal, state, and local laws and provides equal employment opportunities and access to educational programs without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected status to all qualified applicants and employees. Lindenwood University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and dedicated to providing a positive discrimination-free educational work environment.