Remote Data Integration Specialist - Contract-to-Hire

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

DataKind is seeking a Data Integration Specialist for a remote US contract opportunity (contract-to-hire). The role focuses on unifying data across university systems, mapping and transforming data, and ensuring data quality for a higher education product.

Reporting to the Director, Research, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet real-world operational data needs and support student outcomes through accurate data models.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to translate data between structures and preserve meaning.
• Experience with data architecture and governance as the basis for insights.
• Proven ability to map, transform, and validate data across multiple systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive data mapping and transformations to create a unified data model for a higher education product.
• Work with SIS/LMS schemas and ed-tech databases to enable integration.
• Review and analyze data columns from various systems for inclusion in the integrated model.
• Evaluate data mappings and transformations for accuracy and consistency.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data mapping

Data governance

Project management

Communication

Tools

dbt

Great Expectations

Git

Job description

DataKind is seeking a Data Integration Specialist for a remote US contract opportunity (contract-to-hire). The role focuses on unifying data across university systems, mapping and transforming data, and ensuring data quality for a higher education product.

Reporting to the Director, Research, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet real-world operational data needs and support student outcomes through accurate data models.