Data Systems Manager
About The Position
The Data Systems Manager serves as the College’s lead technical administrator for enterprise analytics systems, including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, OneLake, semantic models, the SQL data warehouse, data pipelines, and related technologies. The role is responsible for designing, administering, securing, governing, and continually improving the College’s enterprise data environment. It manages the analytics architecture, including daily integration of data from the Ellucian Colleague operational data store and other enterprise systems into Microsoft Fabric. The manager develops and maintains enterprise semantic models, promotes data quality and governance standards, and expands use of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and self-service business intelligence tools. The role collaborates with the Business Intelligence team, Institutional Research, Information Technology staff, business units, and functional subject matter experts to support a data-informed culture. The position is approved for primarily remote work, with a required number of days on campus in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Campus dates will generally be scheduled in advance, but attendance may be necessary to respond to an unplanned IT incident. College employees must live in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware. Relocation assistance is not available.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data analytics, or a similarly applicable field.
- At least two years of professional experience in data analytics, business intelligence, data engineering, systems administration, or a related technology role.
- Working knowledge of data analytics platforms, data integration processes, relational databases, and business intelligence tools.
- Experience in at least one of the following areas: Microsoft Fabric architecture, administration, and governance; Power BI administration, semantic modeling, DAX, reporting, and dashboard development; data warehousing, dimensional modeling, and enterprise analytics architecture; ETL/ELT processes, data integration, and data pipeline development; SQL Server, relational databases, and data management principles; data governance frameworks, metadata management, and data quality practices; data security, privacy, and access control methodologies; artificial intelligence and analytics technologies, including construction of AI skills and agents; or higher education administrative systems and data structures.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Ability to develop and maintain enterprise semantic models and reporting structures.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to facilitate collaboration among technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Project management and prioritization skills.
- Ability to present complex data concepts to diverse audiences.
- Commitment to continuous learning and innovation.
- Must live in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware.
Nice To Haves
- Experience across multiple listed technology and analytics areas may receive stronger consideration.
- Experience with AI skills and agents using Microsoft Copilot capabilities is preferred.
- Experience with higher education administrative systems and data structures, preferably including Ellucian Colleague.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary administrator for Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Power BI, and related analytics technologies.
- Configure and maintain Fabric capacities, workspaces, security settings, deployment processes, and governance controls.
- Monitor system health, performance, utilization, capacity consumption, reliability, and cost.
- Develop and maintain standards for workspace management, report publishing, lifecycle management, and system security.
- Evaluate and implement new Microsoft Fabric and Power BI capabilities.
- Administer and support the College’s enterprise data warehouse environment.
- Manage and monitor data movement between the operational data store, Microsoft Fabric, and other institutional systems.
- Design, develop, maintain, and optimize data pipelines, dataflows, and ingestion processes.
- Integrate additional institutional, cloud-based, and third-party data sources into OneLake.
- Ensure the availability, integrity, accuracy, and performance of enterprise analytics data.
- Design, develop, maintain, and document enterprise semantic models used throughout the College.
- Ensure consistent data definitions, calculations, and measures across reporting environments.
- Optimize semantic models for usability, scalability, and performance.
- Support report developers, power users, and departmental staff using Power BI and related analytics tools.
- Participate in developing and maintaining institutional dashboards, visualizations, and analytical assets as needed.
- Maintain enterprise data definitions, business glossaries, metadata standards, and data dictionaries within Microsoft Purview and other tools.
- Facilitate collaboration among data stewards and subject matter experts to ensure consistency of institutional reporting.
- Identify data quality concerns and coordinate remediation activities.
- Promote responsible use of institutional data in accordance with College policies and regulatory requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve decision-making through analytics, automation, predictive insights, and artificial intelligence.
- Champion institutional adoption of Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and modern analytics practices.
- Promote effective use of Microsoft Copilot within Power BI and other analytics workflows.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
