Advancement Data Infrastructure Engineer
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11 hours ago
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Job Summary
USF Advancement is on a trajectory of growth and transformation and we are seeking a forward thinking strategic Data Infrastructure Engineer to help build the next generation of our Advancement data ecosystem. This role serves as a critical change agent leading and collaborating with both technology and business stakeholders to shape an AI ready and human centered data foundation that supports our mission.
Reporting to the Director of Systems and Infrastructure the Data Infrastructure Engineer plays a key role in bridging the gap between development officer needs operational workflows and the analytics capabilities that power insight driven decision making. As a core member of the Technology Innovation and Strategic Solutions (TISS) team the incumbent will help address a fragmented data environment by engineering reliable scalable and well governed data pipelines and integrations. This work is central to our strategic plan to modernize Advancement systems improve data quality and strengthen the digital backbone that supports fundraising engagement and organizational effectiveness.
Responsibilities
Modern Data Architecture and Fabric Enablement
- Design and support a modern cloud based data environment using Microsoft Fabric services including Mirrored Databases Direct Lake and lakehouse oriented storage.
- Contribute to the architectural design of Advancements enterprise data estate ensuring structures support scalable analytics real time data access and readiness for future AI capabilities.
- Apply Fabric decision guides and best practices to ensure data is modeled stored and surfaced in the most appropriate Fabric experience (Warehouse Lakehouse Direct Lake Mirrored DB etc.).
Data Pipeline Engineering and System Modernization
- Engineer reliable maintainable data flows that ingest transform and deliver data from CRM Advance SQL Server SaaS platforms and additional internal or external sources.
- Modernize legacy on premises or file-based processes by transitioning them to Fabric cloud based connectors APIs and scalable ingestion patterns.
- Optimize data processing and delivery to support reporting analytics and emerging AI workloads across Advancement.
Data Governance Security and Quality Management
- Implement data governance and security practices that ensure Advancement data is accurate controlled and appropriately protected across the full data lifecycle.
- Apply access controls and identity standards using Microsoft Entra ID to safeguard sensitive donor and financial information.
- Support compliance with institutional policies and industry standards through well-structured metadata lineage and quality checks.
Platform Reliability Monitoring and Operational Excellence
- Establish monitoring and observability for Fabric workloads ingestion processes data refreshes and data quality exceptions.
- Support uptime and operational reliability of the data platform troubleshooting issues and identifying opportunities for system improvements.
- Ensure analytics teams have consistent well governed access to curated semantic models and stable dataset availability across tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science MIS or other field involving software and analytical training OR a Bachelors degree with no specific required field and one year of relevant work experience OR a combination of 4 years of relevant work experience and validated training. Preparation for a relevant IT certification validated through certification requirements and documentation of completion is considered to be related training.
Degree Equivalency Clause: Four years of direct experience for a bachelors degree.
Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate ( is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required not to exceed:
(a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
(b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelors degree;
(c) Six years of direct experience for a masters degree;
(d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
(e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure certification or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.
3 years in data engineering with specific experience in Microsoft Fabric or modern Lakehouse architectures and experience with Ellucian CRM or high-volume fundraising data is preferred.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Jenkins
- Ruby
- Python
- Active Directory
- Cloud
- PowerShell
- Windows
- AWS
- Linux
- SAN
- Java
- Troubleshoot
- Backup
- Puppet
- hardware
About Company
Working at USF With approximately 16,000 employees, the University of South Florida is one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area. We are dedicated to cultivating a talented, engaged and driven workforce that strives to be bold. Employees excel in USF‘s rich academic environme ... View more
