Data Warehouse Programming Specialist jobs in Nashville, TN

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, ADMINISTRATION DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

For more information, visit the site below:

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/human-services/documents/Data_Specialist_Davidson_041524.pdf

This is a remote position.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree with 6 semester hours in a quantitative discipline (e.g., computer science, statistics, engineering, etc.) and one year of full-time experience sourcing, collecting, validating, analyzing, or presenting data in a professional environment.

Substitution of Experience for Education: Additional full-time experience sourcing, collecting, validating, analyzing, or presenting data in a professional environment may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis up to four years.

Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional graduate course work in a quantitative discipline may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis up to one year.

Necessary Special Qualifications: None.

Summary

This classification has an average workload functioning at the working level performing data querying and reporting work. An employee in this class may validate data, conduct data analysis, deliver data-driven communications, develop reports, and perform related work as needed. An employee in this class will receive general supervision on assigned tasks. This classification differs from the Statistical Research Specialist in that an incumbent of the latter performs independent research/statistical analytic studies and may supervise.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ad hoc analysis utilizing existing data, metrics, and reports. Extract and interpret reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver professional data-driven communications and summary documents.
• Develop and maintain reporting schedule and provide regular updates to internal and external stakeholders. Serve as point-of-contact for program-specific data resources.
• Query, collect, and validate data from disparate enterprise systems and internal/external partners. Improve data collection methods or propose efficient alternatives.
• Identify areas for improvement in data collection and partner with technology and analytics resources to implement.
• May assist in conducting joint analytics training sessions and act as facilitator for training materials.
• Develop plans to maintain integrity of internal databases and/or sources. Continuously identify and solve data quality issues.
• Identify business needs/challenges related to data and reporting. Facilitate business requirements collection and deliver summary documentation as necessary.
• May participate in data governance workflows as program subject matter expert.
• Create and track summary metrics for new or updated program initiatives.
• May support implementation of advanced analytics and dashboarding.

Competencies

• Knowledge of the principles of data manipulation and reporting.
• Skilled in active learning/listening, complex problem solving, critical thinking, mathematics, and operations analysis.
• Ability to use deductive/inductive reasoning, mathematical reasoning, and number facility.
• Competency in dealing with ambiguity, drive for results, comfort around executive leadership, integrity/trust, and peer relationships.
• Competency in presentation skills, process oriented, time management, and functional/technical competency.

Tools & Equipment

• Laptop
• Data visualization software
• Microsoft Office
• Public databases

TN Driver Standards

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver's license
• For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.

**Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.