Senior Software Analyst: Office of Innovative Technologies - UTK

Position requires experience implementing Fabric’s Medallion architecture, row-level security, pipelines, dataflows, semantic models. Architect and implement Azure Active Directory (AAD) security and deliver access control for analytics/Power BI environments using row‑level security. Experience using Oracle 19c PL/SQL, SQL Server 19.1 or higher.

This position will work with a Senior Data Analyst to convert our existing Argos reporting platform to Power BI, architect and secure Azure data lakes for Power BI reporting, use Github for deployment and version control.

Other responsibilities include:

  • Lead analysis and problem-solving efforts.

  • Create new and modify existing database objects, analyze queries and perform tuning.

  • Provide technical guidance and assistance to other staff members in my group, department, and campus user community.

  • Assist in setting direction for the growth and maintenance of the campus data warehouse

  • Develop procedures for loading data from enterprise systems into the campus data warehouse.

  • Create packages, stored procedures, tables views, etc. to extract, transfer and load data into the campus data warehouse, Power BI, and data marts from Oracle and SQL Server.

  • Design/Develop new programs/subsystems as directed by management within the parameters of UT standards and OIT group standards. This can include but is not limited to views, tables, programs, systems, data bases, security, and complex SQL code.

Required Qualifications

  • Education and Experience:

    • Associate’s degree with 10 years of Application Development experience

  • Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

    • Knowledge of Oracle, SQL Server, Power BI Platform, Excel, Word, Outlook, Sharepoint, etc.

    • Significant knowledge of relational databases

    • Ability to create packages, stored procedures, functions, triggers, tables, views, etc.

    • Ability to analyze business requirements and systems to design effective automated solutions

    • Ability to work independently, within a team and/or as an effective team lead to achieve results and meet deadlines

    • Ability to apply effective oral and written skills to communicate with user and technical audiences

    • Strong development skills and ability to reverse engineer source code

    • Ability to mentor and support lower-level employees

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Education: Will also accept the following degrees and years of experience -

    • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of Application Development experience

    • Master’s degree with 6 years of Application Development experience

    • Doctoral degree with 4 years of Application Development experience

  • Experience: Higher Education experience.

  • Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

    • Argos

    • Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence

    • Oracle Report Writer OTBI

    • Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

    • Facilitation skills to help move projects along as needed

Work Location

  • Location: Knoxville, TN

  • Hybrid - 2 days per week in Office, 3 days per week remote.

Compensation and Benefits

  • UT market range: MR16

  • Anticipated hiring range: $90,000 - $106,000

  • Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here

  • Find more information on UT Benefits here

Application Instructions

To express interest, please submit an application with the noted below attachments:

  • Resume

  • Cover Letter

About The Department

IM&A provides data to our campus partners. We manage and maintain the data warehouse that houses Banner data. We manage and maintain college-level data marts in SQL Server, provide 14th day and end-of-term freeze events for State reporting and we provide point-in-time reporting, ad hoc, and dashboard reporting for our campus partners.