Data Analyst

Data Analyst

Apply now Job no: 509268 Position type: Staff Location: New York Categories: Academic Advising/Support, Administrative/Professional, Information Systems/Technology, Research

Job Summary/Basic Function: Support the administrative and research functions of the Digital Futures Institute by gathering data from multiple sources, organizing data, and preparing reports. The Data Administrator is responsible for coordinating the creation of systems to manage the flow of data between applications in support of the overall mission of the Digital Futures Institute. This position is responsible for ensuring data gathered in various systems is appropriate and the configuration of these systems is coordinated to provide for the efficient and effective flow of data.

Essential Responsibilities:

Retrieve data from various academic and administrative systems (e.g., Canvas, Zoom, YuJa, ServiceNow)

Combine data from multiple data sources

Database administrator for both academic and research data

Perform basic data analysis

Create data summary reports

Create data visualizations

Explore ways to enhance data quality and reliability

Work with users and stakeholders to gather functional and technical requirements around digital asset metadata, taxonomy, organization, and workflow

Create governance, process, and training documentation for the full range of users

Organize and create efficient metadata structures, taxonomies, and file- naming conventions

Assign appropriate metadata to assets, archive and delete assets as necessary, create curated groups of assets for end users as needed

Audit system performance and gather user feedback

Troubleshoot complex technical issues for academic platforms

Manage DFI initiated research projects and student research projects

Additional responsibilities as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience in cloud services. Ideally AWS services such as EMR, Glue, Athena, RDS and Redshift

Experience with Business Intelligence tools such as PowerBI, Tableau or SAS

Experience with data lakes in a Hadoop or AWS environment

Exposure to web services and APIs

Demonstrable experience with SQL

Understand of different data generation processes and pipelines, including for media and log files

Required Competencies:

Attention to detail and organization skills

Numerical and Analytical skills

Verbal, written, and visual presentation skills

Problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous analytics experience

Knowledge of BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau

Experience with statistical programming such as R

Understand rights management and archival issues and configure policies to address current and future needs

Experience working with geographically separate project teams

Experience building, deploying and supporting Internet-facing applications

Superior problem solving, organizational, decision-making, written, oral and interpersonal skills.

Fanatical about creating order from disorder

Outstanding attention to detail

Ability to apply sound judgment while working independently

Experience with the Widen Digital Asset Management System desirable

Salary Range:

$72,000 - $75,000

Competitive Compensation and Benefits

The salary range reflects the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for the position at the time of the job posting. Salary decisions are dependent on several factors including but not limited to market and organizational considerations, experience, and qualifications of a selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.

Our benefits contribute significantly to the total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance plans; flexible and hybrid work schedules; tuition remission; life insurance; short and long- term disability insurance; an exceptional employer retirement matching program; health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility, and a robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

If you would like to request any disability related accommodations to complete the job application or to participate in the interview process, please email:[email protected]

Hybrid/Remote

Teachers College maintains a hybrid work environment, which provides employees with flexible work arrangements, while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person college-campus culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite or in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days). Employees are expected to live within a 150-mile radius of the College.

We will consider qualified candidates that reside beyond this radius based on the responsibilities and duties expected of the position. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Teachers College is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic community and to providing equal opportunity in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or gender expression), religion, creed, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Advertised: Feb 15, 2023 Eastern Standard Time Applications close:

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