Manager, Data Integration

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students.  Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

The Manager of Data Integration Services is responsible for ensuring the efficient and secure management of  data across the enterprise and Cloud vendors for the Application Services team.  Develops and maintains efficient and high-quality integrations (connecting data, applications and third parties) that support business processes and customer needs. Creates the strategy to monitor and analyze existing integrations to improve their performance and efficiency.

Specifically:

• Work closely with architects, developers, analysts, and business partners to support the timely and reliable delivery and management of new integration tools, services and features.
• Support the critical integration infrastructure and services to meet the daily operating needs of our internal and external partners.
• Provide successful solutions within our application and database framework that meet the security constraints for ITS Security, our auditors, and business partners.
• Assist with developing  and continually enhancing integration proof-of-concepts and  strategies for on-premises, Cloud, Multi Cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Monitor and ensure the performance, accuracy, completeness, and reliability of integrated data. Troubleshoot, resolve, and report integration issues to impacted teams and stakeholders.
• Proactively contribute and take on responsibility, setting best practices for the team, while being flexible, detail-oriented and passionate about meeting the needs of ITS and our business partners.

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $126,150 to $157,700; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Bachelor’s degree required in Computer Science or Information Systems or relevant work experience, advanced degree preferred.  5 years performing data integration work, 2 years of project management experience and 3 years of supervisory experience.

This individual should possess the following demonstrated functional and technical competencies:

• Identify and articulate organizational trends and potential opportunities from an overall operational perspective.
• Create roadmaps and proactive solutions and changes to optimize these opportunities.
• Ability to effectively identify and prioritize initiatives and present supporting data.
• Business domain, data/content and process understanding (which are more important than technical skills).
• Experience managing and mentoring staff, including their professional development.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience leading multiple small to midsize projects.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Expert level knowledge integration tools, ETL processes, and data designs like EDW, ODS, and MDM.
• Strong understanding of database architecture and features and applying models towards performance and robust data integration solutions.
• Experience with data modeling and mapping.
• Implement and manage required security and authorization requirements for data.
• Experience mentoring and training staff of all levels on data integration tools and data design.
• Proficient in SQL and PL/SQL skills for Oracle, SQL Server, and in scripting languages like Python.
• Knowledge of data lakes and cloud processing for structured/unstructured data.
• Some knowledge of BI tools for reporting, analytics, and visualization.
• Strong understanding of data quality and governance best practices.
• Good understanding of regulatory aspects impacting our data ( e.g. FERPA, HIPAA, etc.) and how to work within these constraints.
• May be required to work additional hours to meet project/unit deadlines and timeframes.
• Must be available to address critical issues during off hours.