Data Systems Analyst 2 (7198U) About Berkeley

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Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: November 8, 2019

Departmental Overview




University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) strengthens Berkeley's excellence through engagement with alumni, parents, undergraduate and graduate students, and friends of the University, raising public awareness about Berkeley and increasing private philanthropy. UDAR provides overall direction for the campus' philanthropic advancement strategies and works to strengthen unit development in partnership with campus fundraisers. The Division handles a range of central activities and services encompassing communications, stewardship, prospect development, gift management, and more.

Responsibilities

• Applies professional data management concepts and defined data management and IT policies and procedures in completing assignments.
• Ensures accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of information maintained on alumni, donors, prospects, students, parents and friends.
• Identifies information requiring enhancement or correction.
• May identify, develop, and oversee data specializing in specific segments of data and/or data management techniques. This could include data cleanup of targeted sectors, global data enhancement projects by outside vendors, interdepartmental projects, and other initiatives with campuswide impact.
• Provides service to campus partners with data management, reporting and access requests, and advises users inappropriate procedures and sources to resolve issues. Identifies data issues and trends in user requests.
• Works with the Data Management Lead and Director to identify and develop new customer service guidelines and resources in response to trends in user needs.
• Identifies data sources, target populations, and/or new constituencies to be enhanced or established.
• Develops methodology for data enhancement or retrieval in assigned specialty area(s).
• Protects integrity, authenticity, and security of data in all assignment activities.
• Researches, gathers, and analyzes information requirements and documents them using formal data definition techniques and naming standards.
• Provides in-depth investigation, work and data flow analysis, uses well-developed problem-solving skills to identify data issues, gaps or needs.
• Provides comprehensive documentation to clearly articulate issues and opportunities and contextualize user requirements to improve data integrity and streamline processes.
• Utilizes or develops audit and reporting processes to investigate and detail the impact of projects and procedures, and monitors ongoing data integrity and quality.
• Provides feedback on the impact of system issues or improvements for data quality and delivery, and brings corrective strategies and recommendations to the Data Management Lead and other colleagues for project approval and development.
• Participates in analysis, documentation and testing of data for integration, exchange or migration projects; designs, administers, and executes test and requirement scenarios.
• Works with the Data Management Lead to document data access gates and provide issue and risk management proposals to ensure compliance to data security and privacy policies.
• Assists with implementation of business processes.
• Working closely with the Manager, identifies and implements new or reengineered business processes, based on improved data management or technical solutions, data integration strategies, or data acquisition techniques.
• Documents existing business processes and/or procedures for analysis.
• Develops process maps for new procedures.
• May develop and coordinate project plans including scope, methodology, timeline, and proposed budget requirements;
• May facilitate collaborative efforts with campus participants and serve as liaison between IT programming staff, users or contractors as required; monitors project progress and ensures completion as scheduled or successful maintenance handoff, providing written assessment of project status and results.
• Assists in the development of migration test-plan(s) and executes data migration testing.
• Provides results feedback as required.
• Participates in the preparation of logical data models, dimensional data models, and information schemas for a component of a project.
• Under general supervision, designs and implements capture of metadata from technical processes such as software design and database management.
• Maps process and data flow in the development of data integration and business process solutions to complete projects.
• Collaborates with AO Information Technology unit programmers in mapping data and the enhancement of data dictionaries and database translation tables to ensure clear use and understanding of data.

Required Qualifications

Requires knowledge of data management systems, practices and standards.

Must have knowledge relating to logical data design and data integration strategies

Must be able to prepare simple data models under guidance of more senior professionals.

Strong analytical and design skills, including the ability to abstract information requirements from real-world processes to understand information flows in computer systems.

Good critical thinking skills and attention to detail.

Good interviewing and listening skills; ability to extract the details of customer requests to ensure successful completion of the request.

Strong written and oral communication skills; empathetic and collegial with demonstrated ability to engage with customers, partners and colleagues successfully.

Education/Training:

Bachelors degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Salary & Benefits

This position is a non-exempt, bi-weekly paid position. Hourly pay for this role is commensurate with experience within the range of $29.12 - $42.39.

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit:

http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct



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