Data Management Analyst II

Job Description

Primary Purpose:

The Data Management Analyst II plays a key role in collaboration with data architects, data engineers, key business stakeholders, and subject-matter experts to produce, test, maintain, and improve curated data products that add value to the business. You will apply standards and best practices, including data integrity, effective data literacy, and compliance with data governance and data security requirements. You will continuously reduce risk and improve the value and effectiveness of existing solutions, as well as efficiency of our tools and processes, via training, documentation, visualization, automation, testing, scalability, experimentation, supporting client analysts, as well as mentoring our own new and junior analysts.

Additionally, you will actively support client technologists in developing their own reports and data analysis, offering guidance and assistance as needed.

This position leverages practical knowledge of data solutions design and testing, business data domains, appropriate data and metadata management services such as Azure Synapse, Microsoft Purview, and PowerBI, plus data modeling and visualization/story-telling experience, as well as the basics of related infrastructure components such as identity, security, storage, servers, and networking.

ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY :

Located in the vibrant and diverse Tampa Bay region of Florida's gulf coast, the University of South Florida (USF) is a Preeminent State Research University with campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee. Rated as one of the top places to live in the U.S., Tampa Bay offers a high quality of life, year-round sunshine, and easy access to top-rated entertainment. USF is one of the nation's largest public universities, serving more than 50,000 students with an annual budget of $1.8 billon. Over the past five years, USF has been the fastest-rising university in the nation, public or private, on the U.S. News and World Report's list of best universities, which it ranks as the 44th best public university in America.

USF is proud to be an innovating partner within the Tampa Bay region, listed by Forbes as the top emerging tech city in the country.


USF Information Technology (USF IT) provides technology services and support for the University of South Florida. The IT team, led by the Vice President and CIO, provides the following services: Administrative Services, Client Support, Communication Services, Teaching and Learning, Analytics and Reporting, Mobile and Web Services, Consulting Services, Cybersecurity Service and Research Technologies. For more information, please visit : Information Technology | University of South Florida (usf.edu)

ADDITIONAL INFO FOR APPLICANTS:

The selected candidate must have current work authorization in the United States. This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

USF offers GREAT BENEFITS to full time employees!!

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation Days
• Paid Sick Days
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Various Retirement Options, including 401K employer match
• Tuition Assistance (available for yourself, spouse, partner or dependent)

For more information about your total compensation package and other USF benefits, please visit: Work at USF

Responsibilities

Primary Job Duties:

1. (25%) Collaborate on Data Solutions: Work with business (data) analysts in refining their data requirements for various data and analytics initiatives and their data consumption requirements. Work with data architects and data engineers to design, test, and support data solutions. Share data and modeling expertise, including with tools like Microsoft PowerBI and Microsoft Fabric. Mentor student-assistants and contractors on our data solutions processes. Leverage experience deriving business use-cases and visualizations/story-telling (including flowcharts, visual graphs, and/or dashboards) for management to make data-driven decisions.

2. (25%) Support Data Engineering, DevOps, and dependency management: Collaborate on support, internal documentation, and effective knowledge transfer, especially to student-assistants and contractors. Ensure regression testing and dependency risks are managed. Support re-design and re-engineering effort for use of modern tools and techniques, as well as automation. Leverage trend/pattern analysis skills, coding, and SQL expertise in development environments like Azure Synapse, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.

3. (30%) Promote data literacy. Design reporting examples and templates to mentor on visualizations and story-telling best practices. Provide metadata, catalog, and instructional material to improve effective use and adoption of developed data solutions. Co-design, manage, and provide instructor-led training. Leverage experience training and supporting clients and colleagues.

4. (10%) Promote data governance. Ensure data products meet compliance, organizational timeliness, quality and integrity standards and best practices through both design and support efforts. Ensure data products meet security and access control policies and standards. Manage data catalog resources. Leverage quality assurance and code maintenance/support experience.

5. (5%) Keep abreast of latest trends in analytics and data management, and make recommendations to improve efficiency, automation, modularity, and facilitate the team's goals based on experience. Promote continuous improvement and innovation across teams (and Agile Release Train) as well. Mentor junior team members, sometimes in other groups and sometimes student-assistants and contractors.

6. (5%) Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree in information technology, business/operations analysis or a related field, with five years of experience in related positions; or a Master's degree and three years of related experience.

Degree Equivalency Clause: Four years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree.
• Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate ( is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
• SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
• A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required, not to exceed:
• (a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
• (b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree;
• (c) Six years of direct experience for a master's degree;
• (d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
• (e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
• Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure, certification, or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
• Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Technical Skills:

Critical skills: Data Management (including data analysis, organization, quality, and protection) and Data Engineering (including SQL scripting and the ability to learn/debug/build data pipelines and orchestrate data flows, ideally in Azure Synapse and Microsoft Fabric).

Important skills: Data Governance, security/access-control, metadata and data discovery (ideally using Microsoft Purview).

Desirable skills: Experiences with agile methodology and tools (e.g. JIRA), PowerBI semantic modeling, report development, Data and AI Literacy, self-service enablement, DevOps, LogicApps, data platform admin/engineering.

Soft Skills:

The ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with the team and our clients is crucial.
Business-customer-centric analytical/problem-solving skills are critical.

IT Core Competencies:

• Growth Mindset - Takes ownership of personal growth and embraces the concept that intelligence and talent can be developed through continuous learning. Willing to take on new challenges, and views failure as an opportunity to grow.
• Communication - Comfortable using a broad range of communication styles, and chooses appropriate, effective ways to communicate. Adapts communication style depending on the audience and situation. Listens and asks questions to develop a better understanding.
• Collaboration- Collaborates with others in the pursuit of common missions, visions, values and goals. Fosters a sense of community within and across teams, building on mutual respect, trust, and drawing on the strengths of others.
• Client Obsession-Client focused when creating solutions or solving problems, believing that everything we do is to earn and keep our clients' trust.
• Ownership-Takes responsibility, accountability and proactively focuses on areas they can directly influence. Understands their role within the team and recognizes that they share the team's successes and failures.
• Outcome Driven-Focuses on desired results, business outcomes, and how to achieve them. Takes appropriate actions to ensure commitments are met and results achieved.

Industry Knowledge:

Higher Education experience is desirable.

About Us

Working at USF

With approximately 16,000 employees, the University of South Florida is one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area. We are dedicated to cultivating a talented, engaged and driven workforce that strives to be bold. Employees excel in USF's rich academic environment, which fosters their development and advancement. In 2025, Forbes recognized USF as one of Florida's best large employers, ranked No. 1 among the state's 12 public universities. Our first-class benefits package includes medical, dental and life insurance plans, retirement plan options, employee and dependent tuition programs, generous leave, and hundreds of employee perks and discounts.

About USF

The University of South Florida is a top-ranked research university serving approximately 50,000 students from across the globe at campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee and USF Health. USF is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top 50 public university and the best value in Florida. U.S. News also ranks the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine as the No. 1 medical school in Florida and in the highest tier nationwide. USF is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a group that includes only the top 3% of universities in the U.S. With an all-time high of $738 million in research funding in 2024 and as a top 20 public university for producing U.S. patents, USF uses innovation to transform lives and shape a better future. The university generates an annual economic impact of more than $6 billion. USF's Division I athletics teams compete in the American Athletic Conference. Learn more at

Compliance and Federal Notices

This position may be subject to a Level 1 or Level 2 criminal background check.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws:


The University of South Florida is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on any characteristic protected by law. The University maintains programs for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws.

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Applicants for USF employment are entitled to request reasonable accommodation(s) in the application process. A request is to be made at least five (5) working days prior to the time the accommodation(s) is needed. Visit the Central Human Resources ADA Accommodations webpage for more information on requesting an accommodation during the application/interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of South Florida is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on any characteristic protected by law. The University maintains affirmative action programs for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws. This job description does not constitute an employment contract.