Data Engineer

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UC Santa Barbara is consistently recognized for excellence across broad fields of study. Set alongside the glorious California coast, our dynamic environment inspires scholarly ambition and creativity. Information Technology Services (ITS), the Campus' central IT unit, contributes to UC Santa Barbara's mission of research, teaching, and community service by partnering with the Campus community to efficiently deliver IT infrastructure and enterprise application services to faculty, students, staff, and affiliates.

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Brief Summary of

Job Duties:

Technical leader with a high degree of knowledge in the data services area and recognized expertise in the UCSB central Data Warehouse systems. Applies problem-solving skills that require analysis of unique issues without precedent or structure. Manages data services programs that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, security and resources to ensure safe data use and to transform legacy UCSB data systems to effective data analytics systems.

Functions with a high degree of autonomy. Having significant experience in the UCSB data warehouse systems, applies advanced data and information management concepts and campus objectives to resolve highly complex issues where analyses of situations, information or data require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Selects methods and techniques to obtain desired results.

35% Technical Leadership and Project Management

• Applies professional and broadly defined business analysis, data administration, and data design and uses concepts to manage and perform complex assignments.
• Independently analyzes complex information requirements and documents them using formal data definition techniques and naming standards.
• Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes information from subject matter experts and technical personnel.
• Researches relevant problem-domain literature and information standards and develops recommendations for data management solutions including approaches, trends, sources and uses.
• Implements related business processes, develops logical data models, dimensional data models and schemas for the scope of a project or a component of a project.
• Develops data mapping specifications and data pipelines.
• Works closely with users and constituents to provide data solutions.
• Assigns and verifies work to other resources to ensure successful project execution.

35% Business Intelligence Engineer

• Maintains, expands, and improves current data reporting and data infrastructure environments.
• Develops, optimizes and monitors data pipelines using continuous development and continuous integration best practices.
• Plans, schedules, tests and coordinates all data platform changes and upgrades through Change Management Requests.
• Develops solutions to design and monitor customer security permissions, performs audits and monitors usage.
• Identifies problem areas, recommends solutions and establishes and documents standards.
• Works closely with users to design, support, improve and maintain Data Warehouse services.
• Designs, develops, maintains, data catalog, documents and supports clear and effective reporting applications and solutions.
• Constructs interface prototypes for iterative user testing and verification.
• Engages with clients to understand scope and criticality of new change requests.

25% Operational Support

• Provides customer support as…