Data Management Analyst II

Data Management Analyst IIThe Data Management Analyst II plays a key role in collaboration with data architects, data engineers, key business stakeholders, and subject-matter experts to produce, test, maintain, and improve curated data products that add value to the business. You will apply standards and best practices, including data integrity, effective data literacy, and compliance with data governance and data security requirements. You will continuously reduce risk and improve the value and effectiveness of existing solutions, as well as efficiency of our tools and processes, via training, documentation, visualization, automation, testing, scalability, experimentation, supporting client analysts, as well as mentoring our own new and junior analysts.Additionally, you will actively support client technologists in developing their own reports and data analysis, offering guidance and assistance as needed.This position leverages practical knowledge of data solutions design and testing, business data domains, appropriate data and metadata management services such as Azure Synapse, Microsoft Purview, and PowerBI, plus data modeling and visualization/story-telling experience, as well as the basics of related infrastructure components such as identity, security, storage, servers, and networking.ResponsibilitiesPrimary Job Duties:1. (25%) Collaborate on Data Solutions: Work with business (data) analysts in refining their data requirements for various data and analytics initiatives and their data consumption requirements. Work with data architects and data engineers to design, test, and support data solutions. Share data and modeling expertise, including with tools like Microsoft PowerBI and Microsoft Fabric. Mentor student-assistants and contractors on our data solutions processes. Leverage experience deriving business use-cases and visualizations/story-telling (including flowcharts, visual graphs, and/or dashboards) for management to make data-driven decisions.2. (25%) Support Data Engineering, DevOps, and dependency management: Collaborate on support, internal documentation, and effective knowledge transfer, especially to student-assistants and contractors. Ensure regression testing and dependency risks are managed. Support re-design and re-engineering effort for use of modern tools and techniques, as well as automation. Leverage trend/pattern analysis skills, coding, and SQL expertise in development environments like Azure Synapse, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.3. (30%) Promote data literacy.

Design reporting examples and templates to mentor on visualizations and story-telling best practices. Provide metadata, catalog, and instructional material to improve effective use and adoption of developed data solutions. Co-design, manage, and provide instructor-led training. Leverage experience training and supporting clients and colleagues.4. (10%) Promote data governance. Ensure data products meet compliance, organizational timeliness, quality and integrity standards and best practices through both design and support efforts. Ensure data products meet security and access control policies and standards. Manage data catalog resources. Leverage quality assurance and code maintenance/support experience.5. (5%) Keep abreast of latest trends in analytics and data management, and make recommendations to improve efficiency, automation, modularity, and facilitate the team's goals based on experience. Promote continuous improvement and innovation across teams (and Agile Release Train) as well. Mentor junior team members, sometimes in other groups and sometimes student-assistants and contractors.6. (5%) Performs other duties as assigned.QualificationsMINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:Bachelor's degree in information technology, business/operations analysis or a related field, with five years of experience in related positions; or a Master's degree and three years of related experience.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIESTechnical Skills:Critical skills: Data Management (including data analysis, organization, quality, and protection) and Data Engineering (including SQL scripting and the ability to learn/debug/build data pipelines and orchestrate data flows, ideally in Azure Synapse and Microsoft Fabric).Important skills: Data Governance, security/access-control, metadata and data discovery (ideally using Microsoft Purview).Desirable skills: Experiences with agile methodology and tools (e.g.

JIRA), PowerBI semantic modeling, report development, Data and AI Literacy, self-service enablement, DevOps, LogicApps, data platform admin/engineering.Soft Skills:The ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with the team and our clients is crucial. Business-customer-centric analytical/problem-solving skills are critical.IT Core Competencies:Growth Mindset - Takes ownership of personal growth and embraces the concept that intelligence and talent can be developed through continuous learning. Willing to take on new challenges, and views failure as an opportunity to grow.Communication - Comfortable using a broad range of communication styles, and chooses appropriate, effective ways to communicate. Adapts communication style depending on the audience and situation. Listens and asks questions to develop a better understanding.Collaboration- Collaborates with others in the pursuit of common missions, visions, values and goals. Fosters a sense of community within and across teams, building on mutual respect, trust, and drawing on the strengths of others.Client Obsession-Client focused when creating solutions or solving problems, believing that everything we do is to earn and keep our clients' trust.Ownership-Takes responsibility, accountability and proactively focuses on areas they can directly influence. Understands their role within the team and recognizes that they share the team's successes and failures.Outcome Driven-Focuses on desired results, business outcomes, and how to achieve them. Takes appropriate actions to ensure commitments are met and results achieved.Industry Knowledge:Higher Education experience is desirable.About UsWorking at USFWith approximately 16,000 employees, the University of South Florida is one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area. We are dedicated to cultivating a talented, engaged and driven workforce that strives to be bold. Employees excel in USF's rich academic environment, which fosters their development and advancement. In 2025, Forbes recognized USF as one of Florida's best large employers, ranked No. 1 among the state's 12 public universities. Our first-class benefits package includes medical, dental and life insurance plans, retirement plan options, employee and dependent tuition programs, generous leave, and hundreds of employee perks and discounts.About USFThe University of South Florida is a top-ranked research university serving approximately 50,000 students from across the globe at campuses in Tampa, St.

Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee and USF Health. USF is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top 50 public university and the best value in Florida. U.S. News also ranks the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine as the No. 1 medical school in Florida and in the highest tier nationwide. USF is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a group that includes only the top 3% of universities in the U.S. With an all-time high of $738 million in research funding in 2024 and as a top 20 public university for producing U.S. patents, USF uses innovation to transform lives and shape a better future. The university generates an annual economic impact of more than $6 billion. USF's Division I athletics teams compete in the American Athletic Conference. Learn more at