Data Management Specialist

https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/84530

Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

College Computing

Northern VA Community College

Title: Data Management Specialist

Agency: Northern VA Community College

Location: Fairfax County - 059

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: $80,000 - $90,000

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

General Description:

Reporting to the Data Architect, the Data Management Specialist plays a vital role in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and accessibility of institutional data. This position is responsible for performing data quality checks, collaborating with stakeholders to maintain and update data dictionaries, and making updates to existing data models through programming and reporting tools. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and capable of balancing technical work with stakeholder communication in a higher education environment.

Duties and Tasks:

Development and support including staff within the CIS group as well as staff and faculty of the College
Respond promptly to user inquires and/or user requests for services regarding applications and telecommunication connectivity.
Provide clear and accurate information.
Communication by either phone, email or in person to help those that need assistance with correcting People Soft data; running SQR report, queries.
Provide technical support on current programming tools and processes within the IT group.
Develop queries and provide users with the information they need
identify customer needs, communicate with them effectively, and follow up to ensure excellent customer service is provided.
Uses super user access to SIS in order to troubleshoot and research problems for college users in the production system and to test business practices and new applications in the development and test systems
Conduct regular audits
Completion of interfaces between college information systems.
Update existing scripts and queries to extract and transform data to assist in internal and external reporting needs.
Provide training and support to staff on using and understanding institutional data that is currently being pulled daily
Participate in cross-departmental meetings to advocate for best practices in data management.
Stay informed about trends and best practices in data management and higher education.
Participate in professional development opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge.
Support data warehouse updates and integration efforts to new source systems as needed.
Manage and schedule daily feeds to over 20 target databases from source systems

Minimum Qualifications:

KSA's Requirements

Ability to conduct regular audits
Ability to Identify data anomalies and work with relevant departments to resolve issues
Demonstrated high-level analytical skills involving complex projects that utilize data from multiple sources.
Ability to complete projects on time and to work with a minimum of supervision and guidance.
Ability to work on the PC platform and to use applications software, data structures and utilities, operating systems, and communication interfaces within the computing environment.
Ability to work independently and determine methodology.
Skilled ability to be logical and detail oriented from requirement analysis to development and testing to ensure error free product solutions are robust and meet user needs.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience with customer service
Experience with data management
Experience with conducting data audits
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite and related query tools
Experience in Project Management

Additional Considerations:

Additional Responsibilities

Experience working in a college setting
Working knowledge/experience using People Soft Student Administration and Oracle SQL
Experience troubleshooting complex data problems in college information systems

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer

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