Data Visualization Specialist

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About the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE):
The Indiana Department of Education provides innovative support to Indiana schools, teachers, students, and parents. We proactively work with educators, policymakers, business leaders, and community-based organizations to build student success. Our strategic priorities include:

• Delivering quality, purposeful educational opportunities for each student
• Elevating and supporting Indiana's educators
• Increasing partnerships and delivering aligned, effective, and efficient support

Salary:
This position traditionally starts at an annual salary of $70,122. Salary for this position may be commensurate with education and job experience.
Role Overview:
The Data Visualization Specialist collaborates with a cross-functional team to transform complex data into insightful and visually appealing dashboards, reports, and presentations. You will design and develop custom visualizations and communicate data insights effectively to stakeholders. You will also maintain existing dashboards for the agency and update them with new data as they become available.
Key outcomes include:

• Work with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and develop Data Visualization solutions to meet their needs
• Design, develop, and implement visually appealing dashboards, reports, and presentations that effectively communicate insights from complex data, with a focus on education-related data
• Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to understand data sources, data models, and business requirements
• Develop custom visualizations using industry-standard tools such as Power BI, or other Data Visualization software

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Data Visualization and be able to understand data needs. A background in education or experience with education data is a plus.
A Day in the Life:
The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Coordinate with key business stakeholders to understand their analytical and operational challenges;
• Design, develop, and format polished Data Visualizations (reports and dashboards) to support generated user stories from stakeholders;
• Prioritize requirements and create prototypes for end users;
• Work closely with end users to gather requirements and translate them into effective/meaningful visual reporting tools;
• Determine the structure, content, and quality of the data through examination of source systems and data samples;
• Conduct data quality checks, as needed, to ensure the validity and cleanliness of agency datasets prior to their use in analysis and reporting;
• Publish workbooks to appropriate QA, production, and public servers;
• Provide maintenance and support for production products;
• Document and communicate technical specifications to ensure that proper and optimized techniques, queries, and final deliverables are understood and incorporated into data and analytics processes;
• Support a portfolio of data domains to identify and implement continuous ideas for visualizing data for self-service analytics
• Use source code repositories for source code version control;
• Present data in a fashion that is easy to understand with proper documentation and user testing for successful adoption;
• Provide end-user education for interpretation of business data;
• Test and evaluate upgrades to existing software;
• Collaborate with other BI professionals and data engineers around data/table structures to optimize dashboards and other self-service needs;
• Look for opportunities to improve current processes or find efficiencies by applying industry best practices;

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.
What You'll Need for Success:
The ideal candidate in this role should minimally have either

• a Bachelor's Degree with 3+ years of experience, or
• at least 5+ years of experience applying the below, outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role.
• Related certifications and coursework may be considered for education or experience.

Skills and competencies:

• Experience manipulating very large datasets;
• Experience in working with one or more BI platforms (ex: Tableau, Power BI);
• Strong understanding of relational and dimensional databases and data warehousing structures, theories, principles, and practices;
• Experience with geocoding and map visualizations;
• Experience generating public-facing visualizations;
• Experience in optimizing visualizations for web and mobile device platforms;
• Effective communicator and problem solver;
• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities;
• Visual and artistic creative skills;
• Strong written/oral communication and presentation/interpersonal skills;
• Advanced SQL coding and troubleshooting skills;
• Experience with data modeling, database design, and query performance tuning and optimization;
• Experience with database development and data manipulation using PL/SQL and T-SQL;
• Strong understanding of relational and dimensional databases

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:
This role may be utilized in a supervisory capacity based on agency needs.
Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:
The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees which includes:

• Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
• Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
• Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
• Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities
• Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match
• Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
• A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:
  • 150 hours of paid new parent leave
  • Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave
  • Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
  • 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Group life insurance
• Referral Bonus program
• Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
• Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Free Parking for most positions
• Free LinkedIn Learning access

Equal Employment Opportunity:
The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruit, select, develop, and promote employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at [email protected].
The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.
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