Cloud Data Engineer III - BIDP

Salary

$76,617.00 - $90,137.00 Annually

Location

800 W University Parkway, Orem

Job Type

FT Exempt Salaried Staff

Job Number

FY2604855

Division

VP Digital Transformation/CIO

Department

VP Digital Transformation/CIO

Opening Date

09/03/2025

Closing Date

9/10/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

Required Documents Needed to Apply

Resume

Applicant Support

1-855-524-5627

Support

Support@schooljobs.com

Position Announcement

Utah Valley University is seeking a Data Engineer to play a key role in advancing our Business Intelligence and Data Platform initiatives. This position will design and implement scalable, secure, and governed solutions that move data seamlessly across on-prem, cloud-based, and API-managed systems. By developing next-generation platforms and blending structured and unstructured data, the Data Engineer will enable advanced analytics and support the institution's growing need for timely, reliable, and accessible information.

As part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, you will help build systems that directly support critical decision-making across campus. This role offers the opportunity to shape UVU's data ecosystem, ensuring it is modern, transparent, and consumer-friendly. If you are passionate about designing innovative solutions, working with emerging technologies, and contributing to meaningful institutional impact, UVU provides an exciting environment where your expertise will drive lasting value.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Development and Design: Design, build, implement, and maintain data processing pipelines for the movement of data between various source systems/processes and the UVU Data Lake. Ensure the data integrations are accurate, consistent, and timely. Develop robust and scalable solutions that transform data into a useful format for analysis, enhance data flow, and enable end users to consume and analyze data faster and easier. Design API connections, write complex SQL queries to support integration and analytics needs. Lead in the development, design, and maintenance of data marts, data cubes, queries, and data warehouses. Design and build scalable data integration ELT/ETL pipelines using SQL, Python, Synapse, Oracle Data Integrator, Fivetran, Informatica, Pentaho Data Integrator, or other similar tools. Experience blending relational, non-relational, and API data.
• Design/Engineer/Advise: Own API Management space at UVU. Define and document standards and scalable processes enabling broader API development and democratization of API development within Dx. Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, data analysts, product teams, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements to technical specifications and coded data pipelines. Evaluate and recommend tools and technologies for data infrastructure and processing.
• Troubleshooting/Management: Monitor ETL processes, systems, and databases and ensure optimal performance. Ensure consistent, accurate delivery of data as well as troubleshooting any data anomalies in a timely manner. Create and implement effective metrics and monitoring processes.
• Define Dx Data Engineering Standards. Coach, train, and guide other team members to apply these standards.
• Professional Development: Contribute to a robust culture of professionalism and personal development. In this position, it is expected that you will spend time keeping up with current trends in the BI space and help UVU prepare to adjust and lead in those trends.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications / Licenses / Certifications

Graduation from an accredited institution with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, plus four years of experience related to the summary of duties, OR a combination of education and relevant work experience totaling eight years.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Knowledge

• ETL Best practices in a blended on-prem/cloud hybrid environment.
• Experience with a language used to build APIs, including Java, .NET Core, Node, or Python.
• Knowledge of data processing flowcharting techniques.
• Knowledge of Microservices Architecture and API Strategy development.
• Knowledge of data privacy practices and laws.
• Knowledge of PaaS infrastructure.
• Knowledge of data processing frameworks and databases (e.g., Oracle, TSQL, SQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse).
• Experience with a team-oriented, collaborative environment with limited supervision.
• Knowledge of deploying APIs using API Management solutions (e.g., Azure API Management, MuleSoft).

Skills

• Proven skills in scalable API Design & Development.
• Experienced with implementing solutions using Java & J2EE technologies, REST, and Web Services.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Skilled at agile project management.
• Strong analytic skills.
• Strong aptitude and willingness to learn and master new technologies.
• Skills with technical documentation.
• Good interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Experience building APIs to share data.
• Experience with generating complex queries using SQL.
• Experience calling APIs within applications or software.
• Experience with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).
• Experience building APIs to share data.
• Experience in optimizing the code for high data throughput and low latency.
• Experience working with the Microsoft Azure Cloud.

Abilities

• Ability to work with structured and unstructured data from a variety of data stores, such as data lakes, relational database management systems, and/or data warehouses.
• Ability to manage competing priorities with limited direct management.
• Ability to organize and plan effectively in a maturing agile environment.
• Ability to provide excellent written and verbal communication with strong personal skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and priorities.
• Ability to problem-solve critical issues and be proficient at troubleshooting production issues.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

EEO Statement:

UVU employment decisions are made on the basis of an applicant's qualifications and ability to perform the job without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 and over), disability, veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or other bases protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Utah Valley University's dedication to exceptional care offers quality service and benefits to employees while staying committed to meeting the needs of a diverse workforce.

Benefits of Working with TP

UVU is pleased to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package that supports employees and their family's overall physical and mental health, protects their income in case of unforeseen illness and life events, and assists in building financial security for retirement and the future.

• Medical network and plan options with low employee premiums
• Employer HSA contribution for those that elect the university's High-Deductible Health Plan
• Other tax advantage, reimbursement account options (i.e. Flexible Spending Account & Dependent Care)
• Dental and vision plan options
• Incentivized wellness program
• Employer paid basic life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D), and Long Term Disability (LTD) coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan with an employer contribution of 14.2% based on employee's compensation (100% vested on first day of full-time employment)
• Undergraduate tuition remission benefit waiving up to 18 credit hours (each semester) for employees and their eligible dependents (spouses & children dependents unmarried and up to age 26)
• Generous leave package which includes sick, vacation (staff only), and personal leave; 13 paid holidays; paid medical maternity and parental leave

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Do you meet the minimum requirements for this position as outlined:

Graduation from an accredited institution with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, plus four years of experience related to the summary of duties, OR a combination of education and relevant work experience totaling eight years.

• Yes
• No

What is your highest level of education?

• High School or equivalent
• Associates
• Bachelors
• Masters
• Ph.D.
• Ph.D. (abd)
• Juris Doctorate

How many years of experience do you have in this type of position?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8+

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