Analyst Programmer, Lead

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunity

Mentorship

Knowledge-sharing organization

Job summary

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc. is seeking a Lead Analyst Programmer to join the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at Georgia State University. This role provides technical and professional expertise for the development and management of the university's enterprise data warehouse.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, three years of experience in related fields, and extensive knowledge of data management practices within higher education. Responsibilities include supporting data governance, ensuring compliance with coding standards, and facilitating optimal use of the university's data resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and three years of related experience.
• Experience in higher education and institutional data warehousing.
• Extensive experience in Hitachi Vantara Analytics platform.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and professional expertise in planning, developing, testing, and documenting integrated computer application programs.
• Assist in business process analysis and evaluation of user requests for new or modified programs.
• Support Pentaho servers and client environments.

Skills

Data management in higher education

Hitachi Vantara Analytics platform

Workday integration technologies

Ellucian Banner systems

PeopleSoft systems

BI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Pentaho Data Integration

Oracle Apex

Argos reporting application

Job description

Analyst Programmer, Lead

Enterprise Data Management and Analytics (EDMA)

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness/ Enterprise Data Management and Analytics (EDMA) is responsible for the collection, development, and maintenance of data resources to provide the foundation for all data analysis and reporting needs and support the strategic planning and policy-making processes at Georgia State University. EDMA facilitates the flow of accurate, timely information and all levels of management in obtaining information and interpreting results. For more information, please visit https://oie.gsu.edu/our-services/edma/

WHAT MAKES EDMA A GREAT PLACE?

• A knowledge-sharing organization that works collaboratively with diverse partners.
• Professional development opportunity and mentorship.
• A rapidly growing center within an academic setting.

HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL DO

The position will provide technical and professional expertise in planning, developing, testing, and documenting integrated computer application programs for enterprise data warehouse and ensure that program modules conform to coding standards under general supervision.

• Provides strategic, analytical, governance and systems support for a data warehouse aimed at optimizing the utilization of Georgia State University's data resources.
• Assists in business process analysis and evaluation of user requests for new or modified programs. Provides support to end users regarding data definitions and usage. Assists end users in query writing against warehouse tables.
• Assists in developing the warehouse data dictionary and the documents of warehouse business practices.
• Assists in a Data Governance project as a role of a functional and technical writer.
• Provides support for Pentaho servers and client environments. Monitors nightly ETL processes.
• Assists in source to target mapping data. Assists in building data modeling by designing rules and key constraints.
• Tests, documents, and performs quality assurance on code. Assists in peer code review.

Qualifications

Minimum Hiring Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and three years of related experience; or a combination of education and related experience.

• Work experience in higher education, particularly institutional data warehousing, is highly desirable.
• Extensive experience in Hitachi Vantara Analytics platform especially in PDI (Pentaho Data Integration) and Spoon client components.
• Experience supporting the design, development, testing, and deployment of Workday integrations and workday integration technologies such as EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, BIRT, or Workday web services/APIs.
• Knowledge in Ellucian Banner student systems and PeopleSoft Human Resource Systems and PeopleSoft Financial Systems.
• Experience in data management in higher education. In-depth knowledge of database and data warehouse structures as well as business intelligence tools and system implementation.
• Experience with reporting application Argos and BI application Oracle Apex a plus.