Data Specialist, Technology Division
Job Description
Title: Data Specialist, Technology Division
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ BSc / MSc (Computer Science, Information technology)
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Location: BRAC Head Office, Dhaka
∎ JOB PURPOSE
∎ Data specialists will transform information on papers into electronic format which can be then analyzed for decision making. The position will be responsible for the entire transition process by working directly with the concerned data owners and migrating accurate and precise information into an electronic system for further mining of information.
∎ BRAC uses many different applications for mission-critical workloads and it is very important to employ an integration specialist with the process by determining the feasibility of custom integrations taking into account use cases, internal & external API capabilities, data integration and data pipeline. This position is responsible for the overall management of data sources throughout its different programmes and projects in BRAC.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Participating in the creation of a statement of work and addendums to highlight the recommended integration method and its associated cost/effort based on the scoping outcomes
∎ Designing and developing the data conversion software and solution to convert mission-critical data as and when needed
∎ Working closely with our product team to identify gaps in our API offerings, and providing visibility on new integration use cases by providing detailed requirements and associated timelines to help with prioritization
∎ Discharging responsibilities for logical design, physical design, external model design, and integrity control
∎ Partnering with the product team to scope and design new standard integrations so they are built in a scalable way and can be deployed with minimal effort
∎ Grooming of all feature/bug tickets including refining the acceptance criteria and providing realistic effort estimation
∎ Subsequent building of all integrations managed and ensuring its readiness by conducting thorough testing against identified acceptance criteria
∎ Managing data integrity accurately to protect data from unauthorized access and manage the relationships between the data to maintain data consistency
∎ Ensuring best practices are followed to facilitate code/configuration clarity and re-usability
∎ Implementing and maintaining cloud databases in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
∎ Providing regular updates using relevant channels and raising any concerns or blockers
∎ Taking an end-to-end business process and designing the appropriate API integrations for desired business value outcomes
∎ Ensuring the creation and ongoing maintenance of the organization's internal/external documentation related to our integrations to support/streamline/accelerate their deployment
∎ Working with key business stakeholders, data owners, end-users, application designers, and architects to model the current data (where models do not already exist) and for the said system
∎ Creating data model structures to enhance the performance of the application by creating aggregation and summarization structures.
∎ SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
∎ Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Data Warehouse, Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Cleansing, Data Collection, Database Design
∎ Direct experience with large-scale relational and NoSQL database models for data management systems
∎ Sound experience in GCP/AWS/Azure cloud base database administration
∎ Experience with Linux and Windows Server environments
∎ Expertise in database languages and management systems both RDMS and NoSQL
∎ Familiarity with data warehousing and data mining
∎ Understanding of database architecture principles.
∎ 5-7+ years of experience in administering on-premise/cloud-based multi-user environments with expertise in planning, designing, building, and implementing complex data management systems. Experience with data warehouse, architectural knowledge would be an added advantage.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and Life Insurance, Maternity/ Paternity Leave, Wellness Centre Facility, Day Care Facility, Work from Anywhere, and others as per policy.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 17 Dec 2023
Company Information:
∎ 9 Dec 2023
∎ BRAC
∎ Business : BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Category: IT/Telecommunication
