Sr Data Analyst

The Senior Data Analyst will play a critical role in empowering undergraduate students, advisors, and administrators at The University of Texas at Tyler with data-driven insights. By developing comprehensive PowerBI dashboards, the Analyst will facilitate informed decision-making and planning across various campus functions. Key responsibilities include executing projects involving data mining, analysis, dashboard creation, and effective presentation. This position is funded by a 5-year grant.

Major Responsibilities/Duties/Critical Tasks

• Provide sophisticated output in the form of reports, analyses, research, and data.
• Work with operational analytical team and software developers to interpret data and statistical results to produce unique and compelling data visualizations.
• Work with multiple, large datasets to create analytic longitudinal datasets for analyses.
• Gather and integrate data from various sources including Oracle and other databases.
• Clean and preprocess data to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Design and create initial prototypes of interactive dashboards to visualize data effectively.
• Present dashboards to appropriate stakeholders (chairs, advisors, students, administrators).
• Develop and execute complex SQL queries to extract, manipulate, and analyze data from relational databases.
• Work closely with UT System’s Institutional Research and data team to align data initiatives and ensure data quality.
• Sit on the grant leadership team.
• Work with the registrar’s office on undergraduate Patriots Advising reports.
• Train undergraduate advisors, department chairs, deans and centralized administration.
• Other duties as assigned., The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

• Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, business analytics, applied mathematics, computer science, or comparable discipline or from an industry approved credential (e.g., Google Data Analytics certificate).
• Five (5) years of experience in data analytics or dashboard creation.
• Data Analytics, data science, business analytics certificate or similar industry approved credential.
• May accept a combination of education and experience.

Accompanying Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

• Advanced proficiency in query-writing, data analytics, and dashboard generation.
• Must exercise confidentiality and discretion.
• Ability to effectively work on a small team.
• Ability to work independently without significant supervision.
• Advanced organizational and professional skills leading to successful and timely task completion.
• Proficiency in using PowerBi, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools.

The University of Texas at Tyler is part of the prestigious University of Texas System that includes 14 institutions located throughout the state. Founded in 1971, UT Tyler today enrolls 10,000 students and consists of six colleges.

Designated an R2 research institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, UT Tyler supports our surrounding region through innovation intended to uplift communities, spearhead sustainability initiatives, preserve ecosystems and support entrepreneurship. UT Tyler has the highest Carnegie classification in East Texas.

Our beautiful Tyler campus features more than 200 acres nestled along a lake and surrounded by thick pine and oak forests, providing a picturesque location for study and recreation. We also offer instructional sites at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and in Palestine, Longview, and Houston.

With more than 80 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs offered, UT Tyler provides a wealth of learning opportunities and dynamic programs., For more information regarding benefits offered by UT Tyler, please visit https://www.uttyler.edu/offices/human-resources/employees/benefits.