Description

External Retirement Plan TRS or ORP Employment Type Employee Benefits Eligibility Benefits Eligible Full/Part time Full Time Work Schedule Additional Schedule Information
Work schedule will be determined by supervisor.
Advertised Salary Commensurate with education, experience and training Posting Date 09/13/2024 Open until filled Yes Closing Date Proposed Starting Date 10/01/2024 Special Instructions to Applicants
This position is located in Tifton, GA, which is approximately 200 miles southwest of Athens, Georgia, 200 miles south of Atlanta, GA and approximately 70 miles north of the Florida line.

Location of Vacancy Tifton Area EEO Policy Statement
The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status or other protected status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR ([email protected]).
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Position Information

Classification Title IT Database Support Professional FLSA Exempt FTE 1.00 Minimum Qualifications
Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.
Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with sufficient experience to show competence and innovation in application development.
• Two or more years of experience in developing ETL and reporting workflows.

Position Summary
This position is part of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia - Tifton Campus (Bugwood). The Center develops, maintains, and hosts a large number of digital tools and resources including web, smartphone, and database applications. The IT Database Professional is responsible for working with center staff, federal and state agencies, and other stakeholders to maintain and develop data Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) routines for data import and export. They will also serve a key role in creating data exports to summarize the data and deliver that information to data stores for other applications in compliance with data usage policies. Both the ETL and data summarization routines must run on schedule with little user interaction needed. Each should also include checks for Quality Control and Quality Assurance with notifications when potential issues are detected.

This is a grant funded position and the possibility of renewal of this position for subsequent years will depend on the availability of funds.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies

• Familiarity with AWS Services for Data warehousing including Glue, Athena, Data Pipeline, Data Exchange
• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server
• Preferred experience with Spatial Data
• SQL, Python, or other ETL related languages
• Able to maintain appropriate documentation for data formats and schemas
• Working knowledge of or proven capability to quickly learn additional programming languages, systems, and other tools as needed.

Physical Demands

• Work in an office setting
• Sit at a desk for extended hours

Is driving a responsibility of this position? No Is this a Position of Trust? No Does this position have operation, access, or control of financial resources? No Does this position require a P-Card? No Is having a P-Card an essential function of this position? No Does this position have direct interaction or care of children under the age of 18 or direct patient care? No Does this position have Security Access (e.g., public safety, IT security, personnel records, patient records, or access to chemicals and medications) No Credit and P-Card policy
Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.
Background Investigation Policy
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including, a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with the University of Georgia; confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials (including reference checks) as they relate to the job-based requirements of the position applied for; and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. You may also be subject to a pre-employment drug test for positions with high-risk responsibilities, if applicable. Please visit the UGA Background Check website.

Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities
Data Import and Export

• Develop Extract, Transform, and Load routines for data import and export. Data destinations and sources include AWS Athena, Microsoft SQL Server, Excel, CSV, TSV, JSON, Line-Delimited JSON, Parquet, Google Big Query, Geospatial databases and files, ArcGIS.
• Analyze data in source format, understand source data types, schema, and ontology to accurately match with concepts in destination data formats.

Percentage of time 60 Duties/Responsibilities
Develop Queries

• Develop queries to summarize data for use in data reports and value added export. Understand the context of the data and work with stakeholders to produce meaningful outputs that can highlight utilization of resources, impact of available resources, and connection between groups working as a collaborative team.
  • May include use of Microsoft SQL Server, R, Qlik, e-Charts, d3, or other tools that can summarize data and produce needed graphics.
  
  
  
• Work collaboratively with programmers at the center for delivery of some reports to users online or through scheduled report delivery.

Percentage of time 15 Duties/Responsibilities
Debugging, Quality Control and Quality Assurance

• Routine Debugging, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance for both data products and automated routines.
  • This duty applies to both of the above job duties and ensures that the movement of data in and out of the system is working smoothly and has high fidelity between source data end downstream products.
  
  
  

Percentage of time 15 Duties/Responsibilities
Documentation, Research, and Product Development

• Responsible for documenting the current routines that are in place, researching other methods for achieving the same or similar outcomes and determining which are most effective for meeting the expectations of the end users. In some cases, this may also mean negotiating what is expected for functionality to be able to fit within the constraints of available budget.
  • All of the above duties are dependent on different technologies and tools. Every solution generates cost in terms of time, money, and compute resources used.
  
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Other duties as assigned

Percentage of time 10

Contact Information

Recruitment Contact

Contact Details
For questions concerning this position or recruitment progression, please refer to the Recruitment Contact listed below.
Recruitment Contact Name Joe LaForest Recruitment Contact Email [email protected] Recruitment Contact Phone

Posting Specific Questions

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Applicant Documents

Required Documents

1. Resume/CV
2. Cover Letter
3. List of References with Contact Information

Optional Documents