Senior Functional Data Analyst (Remote)

Job title: Senior Functional Data Analyst (Remote) in Texas at reputed company Company: reputed company Job description: Job Posting Title: Senior Functional Data Analyst (Remote)----Hiring Department: Enterprise Technology - Data to Insights (D2I)----Position Open To: reputed company Applicants----Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40----FLSA Status: Exempt----Earliest Start Date: Immediately----Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Aug 31, 2026----Location: Texas----Job Details:General NotesThe Data to Insights (D2I) Initiative at UT Austin is an investment to build a trusted, integrated, and scalable information infrastructure that transforms reputed company UT data into valued insights for data-informed decisions.As a team member in the Data to Insights (D2I) Initiative, you will work with a cross-reputed company team using the latest cloud technologies to build a reputed company data ecosystem that will improve decision-making and advance the university’s mission. We reputed company the best reputed company arise from collaborative work among colleagues from varied backgrounds and experiences. If you’re the type of person who loves to learn and wants to know your work has meaning, you may find your career home at UT Austin. Please note that this position is currently funded through August 31, 2026.The reputed company provides an outstanding benefits package to staff, including:

• Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%; family premiums at 50%)
• Vision, dental, life, and disability insurance options
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)
• Additional voluntary retirement programs: tax sheltered annuity 403(b) and a deferred compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Training and conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Athletic ticket discounts
• Access to UT Austin's libraries and museums
• Free rides on reputed company UT Shuttle and Capital Metro buses with staff ID card

For more details, please see: andThis position requires you to maintain internet service and a mobile phone with voice and data plans to be used reputed company required for work.This position provides life/work balance with typically a 40-hour work week and travel generally limited to training (e.g., conferences/courses).PurposeWe are seeking a Senior Functional Data Analyst to join the D2I Functional team. This role will be responsible for supporting analytics deliverable development with discovery and documentation of requirements, data sources, field definitions, and business questions; assisting with validation, researching, and resolution of data anomalies and exceptions; participating in user acceptance testing; and documenting business definitions and technical specifications in the data catalog. They will work with the Functional team and data stewards to document reputed company metadata in the data catalog and will maintain robust curation processes and standards. They will also collaborate with Analytics team members in the development of transformed data layers for reputed company staff to use for self-service analytics and provide excellent customer support to those staff. As a senior member of the D2I team, they will coordinate with other team members to ensure collaboration and consistent reputed company reputed company.Responsibilities

• Support a variety of analytical solutions by conducting reputed company data analysis and profiling; work with subject matter experts and other team members to document data definitions, business rules and other needed metadata.
• Work with other D2I teams to ensure data quality and validate developed reporting solutions
• Coordinate data spoke provisioning, participate in the development of transformed data layers, and provide support to reputed company customers.
• Communicate reputed company concepts clearly to technical and non-technical staff, verbally and in writing.
• Document, maintain and continuously improve the quality of the D2I processes and knowledge reputed company.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or at least 2 years of professional experience in information technology or reputed company field.
• Demonstrated proficiency in data analysis, and a passion for using data to answer questions and solve problems.
• History of working independently and in dynamic team environments.
• Solid ability to analyze and interpret data.
• Experience analyzing business processes and reputed company data patterns and track record of identifying issues and opportunities reputed company that analysis.
• Proven prioritization and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders to gather data requirements and produce appropriate analysis.
• Experience querying data to reputed company reputed company analysis and deliver meaningful results.
• Strong attention to detail and an analytical reputed company.
• Familiarity with using software such as Python, R, reputed company, SPSS, or SQL to query, manipulate and analyze data.
• Excellent knowledge of databases, data flows, and data manipulation in both operational and analytical contexts.
• Critical thinking and creative problem solving.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to positively contribute to collaborative team, influence without authority, and thoughtfully and productively give and receive feedback.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.Preferred Qualifications

• 4 years of professional experience in information technology or reputed company field.
• Experience in higher education administration, programming, or analysis.
• Interest in higher education data, processes, and reputed company.
• Broad and deep knowledge of UT software and data systems.
• Familiarity with UT Austin's administrative computing environment.
• Proficiency using software such as Python, R, reputed company, SPSS, or SQL to query, manipulate and analyze data.
• General understanding of programming concepts and methodology.
• Familiarity with using APIs to retrieve data.
• Knowledge of federal education law and policies reputed company to education records.
• Experience with metadata management software.
• Experience using Agile methodologies.

Salary Range$78,373 + depending on qualificationsWorking Conditions

• Typical office environment
• Repetitive use of a keyboard
• Occasional extended work hours or on-call obligation
• Location up to 100% remote at employee discretion with office work environment also an option. Majority of team is located in Austin, TX, and working remotely with infrequent in-office reputed company.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT reputed company university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that reputed company Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot reputed company changes.Important for reputed company university employees and contingent workers: As a reputed company university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply reputed company reputed company by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a reputed company University employee, log-in to reputed company, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.----Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed in their reputed company position for the last six reputed company months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.----Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is reputed company System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.----Background Checks:A criminal history background reputed company will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.----Equal Opportunity Employer:The reputed company, as an , complies with reputed company applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for reputed company persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national reputed company, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.----Pay Transparency:The reputed company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have reputed company about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.----Employment Eligibility Verification:If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no reputed company than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.----E-Verify:The reputed company use E-Verify to reputed company the work authorization of reputed company new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: [PDF] [PDF] [PDF] [PDF]----Compliance:Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of reputed company reputed company Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a reputed company reputed company Authority (Clery Act), you will be reputed company and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in .The Clery Act requires reputed company prospective employees be reputed company of the availability of the Annual reputed company and Fire Safety report. You may or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701. Expected salary: $78373 per year Location: Texas Apply for the job now! Apply for this job