Education Data Platform Engineer

Illinois State Board of Education; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 142,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois State Board of Education is seeking a Platform Developer (Personal Services Contract) to support data and analytics initiatives from Springfield. The role focuses on integrating and analyzing education, demographic, and socioeconomic datasets to inform policy and funding models.

Strong SQL, Python, R, and GIS skills are required. The position involves end-to-end data preparation, district planning insights, and dashboard development using Power BI, with cross-functional collaboration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent IT coursework + relevant experience.
• Strong experience with U.S. Census data, ACS datasets.
• Proficiency in Python, R, SQL for data manipulation.
• Hands-on statistical analysis: normalization, standardization, multivariate techniques.
• Experience building dashboards with Power BI.
• GIS experience with ArcGIS or QGIS.

Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end data prep and integration across education data systems and external sources.
• Analyze enrollment trends, demographic shifts, and projections using ACS/census data.
• Support equity-based funding analyses with SQL-based models and weighted indices.
• Apply advanced statistical methods and data transformations for insights.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations using Power BI to inform policy planning.
• Conduct geospatial analyses and spatial data transformations in ArcGIS.

Skills

Python (pandas, NumPy, SciPy)

SQL

R

Power BI

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or Computer Science

Tools

ArcGIS

QGIS

Job description

Illinois State Board of Education is seeking a Platform Developer (Personal Services Contract) to support data and analytics initiatives from Springfield. The role focuses on integrating and analyzing education, demographic, and socioeconomic datasets to inform policy and funding models.

Strong SQL, Python, R, and GIS skills are required. The position involves end-to-end data preparation, district planning insights, and dashboard development using Power BI, with cross-functional collaboration