Data and Systems Specialist

Cornell University•Ithaca, NY

19h•Remote

About The Position

The Student & Campus Life (SCL) division at Cornell University inspires transformation in all students through individual, academic, and personal evolution. This division comprises leading student affairs experts who support campus life matters including public service, health, wellbeing, connection, belonging, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities. The University Career Development (UCD) department, under SCL, is part of the Cornell Career Network and offers comprehensive services to students and alumni, complementing college-specific career offices. UCD strategically leads a "One Cornell" approach to employer engagement, advising, and education in partnership with university-wide teams. This role serves as a Data and Systems Specialist within the Career Network, responsible for supporting technical infrastructure and analytical needs. The position involves managing critical career technologies and platforms, overseeing user access and onboarding in Handshake, and ensuring system reliability. As a data leader, this individual will drive high-quality data collection, governance, reporting, and analysis across multiple platforms, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to data security and confidentiality standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required with up to 2 years of related experience in managing data, data analytics, operations or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
Intermediate knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables and working with large datasets.
Fluency in standard software including Microsoft Office suite, reporting applications, data cleaning and analysis.
Familiarity with Tableau or Power BI.
Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information, display sound judgement and ethics.
Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.
Experience modeling values that support inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a related field: data analytics, data management, etc.
Data analysis experience in a higher education setting.

Responsibilities

Manage critical career technologies/platforms.
Oversee user access and onboarding processes in Handshake.
Ensure system reliability across the Career Network.
Drive high-quality data collection, governance, reporting, and analysis across multiple platforms.
Ensure accuracy, consistency, and adherence to data security and confidentiality standards.