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Position : Data Quality Analyst

Location : Carnegie Mellon University

Job Summary :

Carnegie Mellon University is embarking on a data project for aligning and aggregating graduate application and admission data.

The overall project goal is to provide solution(s) for routine and standard access to CMU’s graduate application and admission data allowing the university and academic colleges to perform analysis and assessments in areas like enrollment trends and enrollment management as well as overall program success and routine and future planning.

We are looking for a new team member who will develop a deep understanding of the graduate application data from the various graduate programs and application systems and primarily support this new data solution that combines all of this data for the University.

The Data Quality Analyst will work on cleaning data, person matching, and other data quality related tasks. The position may also prepare the data for use in Tableau dashboards and reports and may even stretch into developing them.

The position will primarily work on the graduate application data, but may also work on other similar data quality needs over time.

Responsibilities :

• Identify, compare, and resolve data quality problems.
• Evaluate large datasets for quality and accuracy.
• Perform complex analyses on data quality issues and share results and recommendations.
• Assess business impact for issues and work to resolve them
• Develop and implement data cleanup measures.
• Maintain a record of original data and corrected data.
• Ensure consistency with data quality standards.
• Resolve all internal data exceptions in a timely and accurate manner.
• Identify areas of improvement to achieve data quality.
• Collaborate with other team members to understand data requirements and implement solutions.
• Create and maintain documentation.
• Support the development and maintenance of Enterprise data quality initiatives.
• Continuously improve the data quality processes and procedures.

You should demonstrate :

• Ability to perform data quality activities (data quality rule creation, profiling and deployment, edit checks, identification of issues, root cause analysis, value case analysis, remediation planning)
• Experience in cleaning and validating large datasets.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Proficiency in SQL and Excel.
• Knowledge of at least one additional coding language that can be used for analysis (i.e. SAS, Python, R).
• Knowledge of visualization tools such as Tableau.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Statistics or related field.
• At least 3 years of data quality analysis experience
• Experience in higher education is a plus.

Are you passionate about data quality analysis and want to join a dynamic team that is dedicated to delivering high-quality data-driven solutions?

In that case, we encourage you to apply for this position!

CMU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements : As a condition of employment, Carnegie Mellon University requires all staff and faculty working in the United States to be fully vaccinated, including a booster when eligible, against COVID-19.

Prior to commencement of employment, new hires in the United States must provide proof of vaccination or obtain an approved exemption.

Exemptions may be requested for medical reasons or for religious or strong moral or ethical conviction.) Staff and faculty must comply with all applicable COVID-19 mitigation requirements.

Please see Minimum Requirements to Return to Campus for details regarding the university’s current COVID-19 mitigation requirements.

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function

Data Analysis

Position Type

Staff Regular

Full Time / Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary

More Information :

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Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran .

Statement of Assurance

For over three decades, the Software Engineering Institute has been helping government and industry organizations acquire, develop, operate, and sustain innovative, affordable, enduring, and dependable software systems.

SEI serves the nation as a not-for-profit, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), specifically established by the U.

S. Department of Defense (DoD) to focus on software, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. The SEI is embedded within Carnegie Mellon University, a global research academic institution annually rated among the best for computer science and engineering programs.

As an FFRDC, the SEI fills voids where in-house and private-sector research and development centers are unable to meet DoD core technology needs.

For government and industry, the SEI is an objective, unbiased, honest broker that maintains a critical mass of top-caliber software and cyber professionals, provides a central repository for information about software engineering and cybersecurity, develops and maintains core competence in areas critical to the DoD, and serves as an intellectual crossroads and catalyst for change.

Our team, Platform Insight, seeks individuals with strong interest in understanding and resolving technical challenges in the national security space.

Our group focuses on applied research into the functionality of emerging and already ubiquitous technologies at all constituent logical layers, from component-level aspects through system and software implementation to communication protocols.

We examine the variation between expected and actual functionality that results from real-world implementation. Finally, in support of stakeholders throughout the US Government, we reason about and advise on the implications of our findings.

Qualified individuals will have a strong aptitude to reformulate open questions; devise creative solutions; deliver concise, rigorous prototype implementations;

and clearly articulate this process in discussions, presentations, and formal reports. Recent examples of our work have included novel approaches to analyzing network traffic, reasoning about automated imaging analysis, and software implementation of novel file and format extraction techniques.

Requirements :

• BS in Computer Science or related quantitative discipline
• Willingness to occasionally travel to customer sites, conferences, and offsite meetings (5%)
• You will be subject to a background investigation and you must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance.
• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work for CMU in the United States. CMU will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this opportunity.

Desired Expertise :

The Platform Insight team values experience in the following areas :

• Hardware and software reverse-engineering
• Deep technical knowledge of Internet protocols
• Contemporary vulnerability exploitation techniques and respective mitigation
• Data structures and algorithms
• Operating System internals (esp. UNIX and Linux)
• Development of Proofs of Concept
• Mobile and embedded platforms

CMU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements : As a condition of employment, Carnegie Mellon University requires all staff and faculty working in the United States to be fully vaccinated, including a booster when eligible, against COVID-19.

Prior to commencement of employment, new hires in the United States must provide proof of vaccination or obtain an approved exemption.

Exemptions may be requested for medical reasons or for religious or strong moral or ethical conviction.) Staff and faculty must comply with all applicable COVID-19 mitigation requirements.

Please see Minimum Requirements to Return to Campus for details regarding the university’s current COVID-19 mitigation requirements.

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function

Software / Applications Development / Engineering

Position Type

Staff Regular

Full Time / Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary

More Information :

Please visit Why Carnegie Mellon to learn more about becoming part of an institution inspiring innovations that change the world.

Click here to view a listing of employee benefits

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran .

Statement of Assurance

About the SEI

For over three decades, the Software Engineering Institute has been helping government and industry organizations acquire, develop, operate, and sustain innovative, affordable, enduring, and dependable software systems.

SEI serves the nation as a not-for-profit, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), specifically established by the U.

S. Department of Defense (DoD) to focus on software, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. The SEI is embedded within Carnegie Mellon University, a global research academic institution annually rated among the best for computer science and engineering programs.

As an FFRDC, the SEI fills voids where in-house and private-sector research and development centers are unable to meet DoD core technology needs.

For government and industry, the SEI is an objective, unbiased, honest broker that maintains a critical mass of top-caliber software and cyber professionals, provides a central repository for information about software engineering and cybersecurity, develops and maintains core competence in areas critical to the DoD, and serves as an intellectual crossroads and catalyst for change.

Our team, Platform Insight, seeks individuals with strong interest in understanding and resolving technical challenges in the national security space.

Our group focuses on applied research into the functionality of emerging and already ubiquitous technologies at all constituent logical layers, from component-level aspects through system and software implementation to communication protocols.

We examine the variation between expected and actual functionality that results from real-world implementation. Finally, in support of stakeholders throughout the US Government, we reason about and advise on the implications of our findings.

Qualified individuals will have a strong aptitude to reformulate open questions; devise creative solutions; deliver concise, rigorous prototype implementations;

Requirements :

• BS in Computer Science or related quantitative discipline with three (3) years of applicable work experience or MS in the same fields with one (1) year of applicable work experience.
• Willingness to occasionally travel to customer sites, conferences, and offsite meetings (5%)
• You will be subject to a background investigation and you must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance.

Desired Expertise :

The Platform Insight team values experience in the following areas :

• Hardware and software reverse-engineering
• Deep technical knowledge of Internet protocols
• Contemporary vulnerability exploitation techniques and respective mitigation
• Data structures and algorithms
• Operating System internals (esp. UNIX and Linux)
• Development of Proofs of Concept
• Mobile and embedded platforms

CMU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements : As a condition of employment, Carnegie Mellon University requires all staff and faculty working in the United States to be fully vaccinated, including a booster when eligible, against COVID-19.

Prior to commencement of employment, new hires in the United States must provide proof of vaccination or obtain an approved exemption.

Exemptions may be requested for medical reasons or for religious or strong moral or ethical conviction.) Staff and faculty must comply with all applicable COVID-19 mitigation requirements.

Please see Minimum Requirements to Return to Campus for details regarding the university’s current COVID-19 mitigation requirements.

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function

Software / Applications Development / Engineering

Position Type

Staff Regular

Full Time / Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary

More Information :

Please visit Why Carnegie Mellon to learn more about becoming part of an institution inspiring innovations that change the world.

Click here to view a listing of employee benefits

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran .

Statement of Assurance