Education Data Systems Specialist

Summary

Join Rocketship Public Schools as a Data Analyst and contribute to the transition of our data architecture. You will work on cross-functional data streams, building data models and sources, updating visualizations, supporting ETL pipeline rebuilds, and documenting systems. This role requires strong data analysis skills, experience with various tools (DBT, Looker, Tableau, Dagster), and the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess experience with K-12 education data and a collaborative team-oriented approach. Rocketship offers competitive compensation, excellent health and wellness benefits, a 403b retirement plan, a flexible spending account, and generous paid time off.

Requirements

• At least one year of professional experience in a data field
• Experience writing code to create data sources for visualization
• An ability to critically think WITH stakeholders and iteratively create the solution they NEED (as opposed to the one they initially want)
• Ability to clearly document data systems and organize the documentation for internal technical support and end users

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements from stakeholders and technical documentation from data vendors and provide initial data schema solutions
• Build data models and data sources in in DBT
• Build and rebuild Looker and Tableau visualizations under the new data architecture
• Use dagster to support data orchestration and ETL pipelines
• Document data systems for internal and end user support
• Administrate security access controls to secure both data and systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with K-12 Education data
• Proven success in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Specific coding skill in R, Python and SQL
• Experience with visualization tools Tableau and Looker
• Experience with ETL tools DBT and Dagster
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in mathematics, computer science, economics or statistics
• Experience with Google BigQuery
• Experience using code repository software to maintain code and version control
• Experience administrating security access controls to secure both data and systems
• Preferred location in San Francisco Bay Area, Washington DC, Milwaukee or Nashville

Benefits

• Excellent health and wellness benefits
• 403b retirement plan
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Generous paid time off