Sightline Data Engineer I (Sightline Information Technology)

manipulation, cleaning, filtering, and preparation of data outputs to be used for data visualization or web display. This will also include creating parts of systems to monitor and guarantee data quality, perform daily data quality assurance tasks, maintain, and troubleshoot the infrastructure, and audit data sources. The Data Engineer I will help explore and analyze data to answer policy-related questions as needed. Specific Duties & Responsibilities Assist with the design, production, and maintenance of data pipelines for data acquisition, management, and transformation, and back-end code development to power data web applications and convert raw data into usable information. Contribute to writing and maintenance of ETL/ELTs that operate on a variety of structured and unstructured sources. Assist with the development and maintenance of web data scraping systems for automatic data acquisition. Assist design data architecture and provide ongoing support. Assist with input/output data from databases and perform queries. Assist in the creation of scripts to clean, transform, and analyze data. Contribute to production data pipelines using data warehousing systems. Create and implement production software to monitor data quality and detect data anomalies. Perform daily manual data quality assurance tasks. Support, maintain, and troubleshoot the software infrastructure. Source data, conduct analyses, visualize data, and generate insights to support ongoing research projects and other requests across the organization. Assist developers, analysts, data scientists, researchers, policy experts, and other partners. Communicate with division leadership, and others on the team. Collaborate with external partners, contractors, and vendors. Other duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree. Three years of related experience. Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. Preferred Qualifications Experience working with Microsoft Fabric or similar cloud-based analytics and data engineering platforms. Experience designing and maintaining data pipelines in cloud environments. Experience developing and maintaining Python-based data engineering solutions. Familiarity with DevOps methodologies, version control systems, and CI/CD deployment practices. Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using industry-standard tools and frameworks. Knowledge of modern data lake, lakehouse, and data warehouse architectures. Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and related data services. Understanding of data governance, security, and data lifecycle management principles. Preferred Technical Skills Microsoft Fabric - Intermediate Lakehouse Architecture & Data Management - Intermediate Cloud Data Engineering (Azure Preferred) - Intermediate Python Development & Data Engineering Notebooks - Intermediate CI/CD and DevOps Practices - Intermediate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Intermediate Data Platform Monitoring & Observability - Intermediate Cloud Data Architecture - Intermediate Classified Title: Data Engineer I Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sightline Data Engineer I (Sightline Information Technology) Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PF Starting Salary Range: $87,635 - $153,545 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Mount Washington Campus Department name: Sightline Personnel area: University Administration