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Technical Specialist (TS) - More than 10 years relevant experience.
Complete Description:
Technical Specialist – Level, Emerging 
The Technical Specialist is a senior level resource with specialized knowledge and experience in a specific technology. The Technical Specialist has an overall knowledge and understanding of application development and architecture that serves as a strong base for technical expertise in a specific product or program. The TS also has an advanced experience in the required technical subject matter.
Role Description: 
As a Technical Specialist You will help design and analyze educational data sets to understand ecosystems, student behaviors, and long-term trends You advocate for strong analytical methodologies and metadata standards across the organization You assist with the definition, evaluation, and calculation of key educational performance metrics You will help foster a culture of data-informed analytical evaluation to improve education You sit at the intersection between technology, policy, and executive leadership to inform, influence, and support data informed decisions on educational policy You build complex data sets and visualizations to empower operational and exploratory analysis asking creative questions to expose hidden insights in the data and inform decisions impacting millions of students 
Your skillset:Ability to interpret large amounts of data, multi-task, and produce results independently or collaboratively in a team environment Capable of in taking and integrating large sets of information from multiple sources, formulate/validate hypotheses, make recommendations, and summarizing complex data nuances to senior stakeholders Experience extracting data from a variety of sources, and a desire to expand those skills Willing to learn new technologies and methods related to data analytics, data visualization and statistical analysis Thinks holistically to create innovative scalable solutions to data analysis problemsDevelop various complex and advanced items using T-SQL, SSRS, SSAS and SSIS.
SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof Experience4 year college degree or equivalent technical studyRequired4YearsWritten and Spoken CommunicationRequired10YearsSQLRequired10YearsSSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)Required5YearsSSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services)Required5YearsSSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)Required5YearsData ModelingRequired10YearsWorking with and cleansing dataRequired10YearsData AnalysisRequired10YearsStatisticsRequired5YearsEducation Data (NCES, IPEDS, CEDS, CDS)Desired2YearsUI/Data Visualization Tools (Tableau, QlickView, iDashboards)Desired2YearsFile Manipulation (Python)Desired2Years