Senior Data Analyst

WGU; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

WGU in Salt Lake City seeks a Senior Data Analyst to extract, process, analyze, and report data to produce rigorous, actionable insights and research. You will collaborate with IAR, Data Engineering, Product Management, Finance, EdTech, and Faculty staff to build standard reports and visualizations, delivering information that drives data storytelling and time-to-action.

You will establish relationships, translate complex questions into data-driven answers, and present findings to peers and

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL proficiency with extensive querying experience.

Responsibilities

• Drives documentation of data and analytics needs in high-complexity projects with a student and equity-centered lens.
• Translates user stories into technical requirements.
• Answers complex business questions using the university's data assets across several domains.
• Identifies data sources and datasets to evaluate hypotheses, build forecasts, and support research findings.
• Collaborates with Data Engineering on ETL/ELT processes and data pipelines.
• Identifies, investigates, and resolves data issues to improve data quality.

Skills

SQL

Job description

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Professional 308

Pay Range: $75,200.00 - $112,700.00

Job Description

The Senior Data Analyst is responsible for extracting, processing, analyzing, and reporting on data to produce rigorous, actionable insights and research. They establish and maintain strong relationships with peers and leaders across IAR, Data Engineering, Product Management, Finance, EdTech, and Faculty staff. They perform ad hoc analyses, build standard reports and data visualizations, and deliver information and insights through various methods and media that privilege data storytelling and compress time-to-action.

Primary Responsibilities

• Drives the documentation of data and analytics needs in projects of high complexity with a student and equity-centered lens, collaborating with peers, cross-functional partners, faculty staff, and leaders.
• Translates of user stories into technical requirements.
• Answers complex business questions requiring extensive knowledge of the university's data assets across several domains and departments.
• Identifies adequate data sources and data sets to evaluate hypotheses, build forecasts, and support findings of research projects and experiments.
• Collaborates with Data Engineering in the development of complex ETL/ELT processes and data pipelines.
• Identifies, investigates, and solves complex data issues, contributing to the accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and validity of the university's data.
• Collaborates with Data Engineering and other data & analytics partners to define standards and best practices that increase data quality across the university.
• Combines data analysis, visualization, and narrative structures to convey information in compelling ways that instigate deliberate action.
• Conveys information effectively to peers, partners, and senior leaders, using a variety of resources and formats (synchronous and asynchronous, verbal and written) such as e-mails, presentations, meetings, and workshops.
• Creates and organizes information about processes, projects, operations, data assets, and insights from analyses and research, making it accessible in ways that increase the university's knowledge and efficiency.
• Writes and interprets technical documentation (e.g., Entity-Relationship, Conceptual, Logical, and Physical data models).
• Contributes actively to the development of the university's data management platforms (e.g., data dictionaries, catalogs, etc.).
• Supports and accelerates other team members' development through constructive feedback and sharing of technical and institutional knowledge.
• Drives tasks, activities, and small-scale projects with high levels of autonomy, confidence, and collaboration with peers and partners.
• Tracks and reports own progress, dependencies, and challenges diligently. Breaks down complex goals into concrete tasks and activities.
• Works actively to improve own skills and knowledge through internal and external, formal and informal, structured and unstructured learning. Is a lifelong learner and embodies a growth mindset. Stays abreast of innovative developments in their area of work and plays an active role in deploying them at the university.
• Understands and abides by the relevant policies and methods to access, use, transform, store, and delete data in responsible, secure, and compliant ways.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

This job description includes a general representation of job requirements rather than a comprehensive inventory of all required responsibilities or work activities. The contents of this document or related job requirements may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Advanced SQL proficiency, with experience writing