COSMOS - Data Engineer I
About The Position
The Project/Program Specialist (Data Engineer I) position is a full-time provisional position with the COSMOS Research Center (cosmos.ualr.edu) at the University of Arkansas and is funded through a grant or contract. The position renewal is contingent upon continued grant funding and satisfactory job performance. The Project/Program Specialist (Data Engineer I) will collect, manage, and convert raw data into usable information for analytics and decision-making. This role requires comprehensive data analysis skills, developing and maintaining datasets, improving data quality and efficiency through leveraging data systems and pipelines, interpreting trends and patterns of data, creating complex data reports, and building algorithms and prototypes. In addition, the other responsibilities include leading the development of social media data collection pipelines, inference methods and infrastructure, classification methods and infrastructure, and visualization dashboards. The Project/Program Specialist (Data Engineer I) will collaborate with researchers, participate in research projects, and interact with other developers at the COSMOS research center and partner organizations to achieve the best possible performance metrics across various projects. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills are essential for this on-campus position, as the data engineer's role is to find opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge research in the exciting field of social computing. This position is governed by state and federal laws and agency/institution policy. The position reports to Dr. Nitin Agarwal ([email protected]), Maulden-Entergy Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor and Director, COSMOS Research Center, UA-Little Rock.
Requirements
- The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline.
- Basic proficiency level in working with data models, data pipelines, ETL processes, data stores, data mining, and segmentation techniques
- Basic proficiency level in working with programming/scripting languages (e.g. Java and Python)
- Basic proficiency level in working with data integration platforms and SQL database design
- Basic proficiency level in working with numerical, analytical, and data security skills
Nice To Haves
- Master’s or Ph.D. degree.
Responsibilities
- Collecting and analyzing raw data from various sources, including social media platforms
- Organize and maintain datasets
- Improving data quality and efficiency
- Design and manage data pipelines that encompass the journey of data from source to destination systems
- Set up and manage the infrastructure required for ingestion, processing, and storage of data
- Evaluate the model needs and objectives
- Interpret trends and patterns of data
- Conduct complex data analysis and report on results
- Prepare data for analysis and reporting by transforming and cleansing it
- Combining raw information from different sources
- Explore ways to enhance data quality and reliability
- Identify opportunities for data acquisition
- Develop analytical tools and programs
- Collaborate with teams at COSMOS on several projects
- Work on other tasks as asked
- Leading the development of social media data collection pipelines, inference methods and infrastructure, classification methods and infrastructure, and visualization dashboards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
