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University of Utah lists this Data Architects opportunity in salt lake city, Utah. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Data Architects
Job Summary
The University Analytics & Institutional Reporting (UAIR)office houses a transformational group of data professionals thatturn complex university data into meaningful, highly valuedinformation that is trusted by university leadership to drivestrategic decisions, and generate official figures reported toregulatory, external and public agencies.
The UAIR team operates with an iterative mindset of continuousimprovement, learning and adapting strategies as we go. We believethe strengths and knowledge each person brings to the team bolsterour collective work and aim for a collaborative environment wherewe thrive together while tapping into our strongest individualcontributions. If you're the type of person who loves data andwants to know your work has meaning, you may find your career homein our office.
We are seeking an experienced data architect to participate in thedesign, build, testing, implementation, and maintenance of datatransformation pipelines. As a member of the team, you'll work witha group of data management professionals who are dedicated todesigning and delivering thoughtful data models and wrangling datawith care.
Like many areas at the University of Utah, our office is a hybridwork environment and requires residence in the state of Utah withthe ability to work from campus 3 days per week. More details canbe discussed in an interview. Our office is not currently able tosupport individuals seeking sponsorship for visa—living in andworking from the Utah is a requirement.
About the University of Utah
Located in Salt Lake City, in the foothills of the WasatchMountains, the University of Utah is the flagship institution ofthe State of Utah's system of higher education, a tier-one researchinstitution with membership in the Association of AmericanUniversities (AAU) and Big 12 Athletic Conference.
Benefits
personal (401a) retirement account with employer contribution of14.2%
highly competitive health insurance
generous paid leavetime
free public transportation pass (UTA)
50% tuition reductionfor eligible employee and family members
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Responsibilities
Research source data structures, relationships, content andquality. Support requirements discovery.
Design, build, implement, and maintain data transformationpipelines, processes and reporting structures formatted to supportdata science, strategic reporting, master data sources, enterpriseintegrations, point-in-time snapshots and more
Help automate and manage data quality audits and correctionprocesses
Write complex SQL queries to support analytics needs
Develop and maintain data and process documentation, includingdata flow diagrams, data concepts, keys, definitions, processsteps, etc.
Share your ideas and knowledge, be open to learning fromothers, and grow with the team as we explore new ideas, methods andtools in our journey of continuous forward progress
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience, or master's degreeand 4 years of work experience in institutional research, businessanalytics, data science or related field
Proficiency in querying, manipulating and analyzing complexdatasets
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and theability to present complex data to both technical and non-technicalaudiences
Demonstrated experience with data visualization tools such asTableau, Microsoft Power Bi, etc.
Experience with data querying languages such as SQL
Proficiency in python coding
Experience working with API's
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and workcollaboratively across teams
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher educationcan be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience(Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related workexperience).
Department may hire employee at one of the following joblevels:
Data Architect, II: Requires a bachelor's (orequivalency) + 4 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 2 years ofdirectly related work experience.
Data Architect, III: Requires a bachelor's (orequivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years ofdirectly related work experience.
Data Architect, IV: Requires a bachelor's (orequivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years ofdirectly related work experience.
Data Architect, V: Requires a bachelor's (orequivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years ofdirectly related work experience.
Data Architect, VI: Requires a bachelor's (orequivalency) + 12 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 10 yearsof directly related work experience.
Preferences
Advanced Oracle SQL skills to query and manipulate data, createand manage objects.
experience and acumen to move complex data transformationprojects forward under minimal supervision.
6 or more years of experience in any of the followingareas:
Relational database or data warehouse programming/developmentwith an aptitude for translating business needs into soundtechnical solutions.
Data reporting and analysis, building queries from largerelational databases to audit data, perform ad hoc analysis,generate standard reports, with a strong understanding of theback-end structures that facilitate reporting.
Higher education administration with broad and deep knowledgeof student, faculty, HR or finance data and processes, orexperience managing data in an institutional research (IR)setting.
Business systems analysis with a strong understanding ofrequirements analysis, data and process flows, liaising withfunctional and technical groups, testing, auditing data,troubleshooting and issue resolution.
Experience with PeopleSoft data, Tableau, Lucid Chart, and/orsimilar ERP systems, visualization and diagramming tools.
Experience building data pipelines in AWS using tools such asGlue and Apache Airflow
A Master's degree in MIS or related field
Requisition Number: PRN46305B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: 8am-5pm MT Monday – Friday
Department: 00822 - University Analytics & InstitutionalReporting
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range:
Close Date: 12/21/2026
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Worksite address
salt lake city, UT, 84193, US
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