Data Analyst

Support accurate, secure, and responsibly used institutional data while helping power Cincinnati State’s reporting environment. This onsite Data Analyst role works closely with data stewards, functional departments, and information security to strengthen data governance, improve data quality, and enable consistent institutional and state reporting.

What you’ll do

• Help develop and maintain institutional data governance frameworks, including policies, standards, and procedures
• Assist with data dictionaries, glossaries, and metadata repositories to keep definitions and metadata current
• Partner with data stewards and functional leaders to document data definitions, ownership, usage rules, and IT data retention
• Monitor and analyze data quality issues across enterprise systems, identify root causes, and recommend corrective actions
• Support governance activities tied to FERPA and other applicable regulatory or institutional requirements (including GDPR where applicable)
• Assist in defining data classification standards and appropriate data access controls
• Collaborate with information security on data-related risk assessments and controls
• Maintain and enhance the College’s institutional reporting environment (Entrinsik Informer), including reports, datasets, dataviews, jobs, and data security
• Analyze trends and patterns to support institutional decision-making
• Provide technical support for state reporting (HEI)
• Deliver training and guidance to campus users on data standards and best practices
• Serve as a business analyst by connecting business needs to IT solutions, including modifying existing solutions and building new data solutions
• Use the ITS ticket system to support production systems and respond to support issues in a well-documented and auditable way, while adhering to Service Level Agreements
• Support troubleshooting, monitor tickets, and provide support documentation for ITS staff and end users
• Provide project management updates for assigned projects; participate in assigned initiatives under direction from your supervisor
• Receive cross-training from senior staff and interface with internal clients and ITS staff as needed

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer/data science (or related IT degree) and 4 years of experience
• OR an associate’s degree and 6 years of experience
• OR 8 years of experience

Specific experience

• Data warehousing, data governance, and data dictionary
• Reporting tools including Entrinsik Informer, Tableau, Power BI, and Crystal Reports
• Database experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Access, MySQL, and other SQL tools
• Higher education ERP knowledge/experience with Ellucian Colleague
• Working with large/complex datasets
• State and federal reporting experience, including experience with federal financial aid
• Software development experience with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Java, or other SQL tools

Tools you’ll work with

Entrinsik Informer, Tableau, Power BI, Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Access, MySQL, Ellucian Colleague, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Java

Compensation and role details

• Location: Cincinnati, OH (onsite)
• Salary: USD 75,000 per year
• Reports to: ERP Colleague Supervisor
• Paygrade: 21
• Contractual affiliation: SEIU
• Exempt classification: Exempt
• Status: Full-Time

Benefits

• Medical Insurance: PPO (employer covers up to 92% of premium) and HDHP (employer covers 100% of premium)
• Dental Insurance: employer covers 100% of premium
• Vision Insurance
• NO WAITING PERIODS: Medical, Vision, and Dental benefits effective from day one
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account (employer contributions)
• Short-Term Disability: 60% of salary with a max of $500 weekly
• Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance: employer paid
• Optional: Supplemental Life Insurance, Critical Illness, and Accident (employee expense)
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan for employees, spouse, and dependents
• Tuition Waiver for employees, spouse, and dependents
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free parking
• 11 annual paid holidays plus generous paid time off options including vacation, sick, personal leave, and winter season days
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness: employees at Cincinnati State qualify

E-Verify employer

If hired, you must complete a Form I-9 to verify identity and legal right to work in the U.S. You will need original, acceptable documents (no photocopies). A list of acceptable documents is available on the USCIS I-9 website.

Institutional commitment

Cincinnati State declares its commitment to free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry; to providing equal standards and equality of opportunity; and to supporting a community dedicated to civil and free inquiry that respects individual autonomy and tolerates differences in opinion within public higher education.