IT Specialist (0081800)

Title: IT Specialist

Position Number:

Hiring Unit: Office of the Vice President for Community Colleges Administrative Affairs

Location: Honolulu HI

Date Posted: July 30 2026

Closing Date: August 13 2026

Band: B

Salary :salary schedules and placement information

Full Time/Part Time: Full-time

Month: 11-month

Temporary/Permanent: Permanent

1. Develop test and evaluate new reporting software analytical tools and reusable reporting templates and data models for administrative and financial functions.
2. Lead the continued development maintenance and enhancement of fiscally related reports and transition these into modern dashboards for the Universitys Financial System of record (including the upcoming eKFS system) using Tableau or other emerging business intelligence data visualization and analytics tools as appropriate.
3. Write optimize and maintain complex SQL/MySQL queries to extract and transform financial data for the continued development of reports and dashboard integration.
4. Analyze and translate project specific requirements and user and system specifications into programming requirements to develop business intelligence solutions involving complex data exchange among multiple programs and/or requiring sophisticated program logic.
5. Work with data from institutional systems and other enterprise applications to support administrative data analytics conduct cost-recovery and efficiency analyses and streamline financial processes.
6. Evaluate modify and maintain existing budget and fiscal programs reports and automated processes. Assess the capabilities and limitations of new and emerging programming and scripting languages tools and technologies to enhance budget analysis financial reporting and related business processes.
7. Ensure projects are planned programmed tested and implemented by project deadlines.
8. Work directly with administrative stakeholders in implementing and testing the baseline assessing and making necessary programming modifications and maintaining and enhancing program functions and features.
9. Work directly with administrators in long-term and short-term planning to support the development of online data analytics to facilitate system-wide strategic administrative and financial goals.
10. Manage and coordinate data extract reports for the various administrative project development teams.
11. Provide recommendations and critical review of reporting design maintenance and implementation including operational considerations based on stakeholder requirements operational experience and technical knowledge.
12. *Follows and implements directives and guidance related to best practices from University of Hawaii System Information Technology Services.
13. *Ensures the consistent adoption implementation and enforcement of recommendations issued through University of Hawaii Information Technology Services.
14. *Keeps abreast of recommendations issued through University of Hawaii System Information Technology Service and takes timely action as needed.
15. *Continuously monitor and lead initiatives to enhance system reliability security and operational efficiency. Supervise and mentor IT staff to assure that administrative directives and industry best practices are understood and followed.
16. Provide technical support in a timely manner identify the cause(s) research assess solve and take action to prevent programming and/or system problems from recurring.
17. Travels as required to perform assigned duties includig occasional short-notice overnight and neighbor island travel.
18. Other duties as assigned.

1. Possession of a pertinent baccalaureate educational degree in Information & Computer Science (ICS) Information Technology Management Information Systems (MIS) Business Administration or a related field and 3 years of progressively responsible professional information technology experience with responsibilities for business intelligence data analytics or applications development of which 2 years of the experience must have been comparable in scope and complexity to the next lower pay band in the University of Hawaii broadband system; or any equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience which provides the required education knowledge skills and abilities as indicated.
2. Considerable working knowledge of principles practices and techniques in the area of applications development as demonstrated by the broad knowledge of the full range of pertinent standard and evolving concepts principles and methodology.
3. Considerable working knowledge and understanding of applicable federal and state laws rules regulations and theories and systems associated with organization and management.
4. Demonstrated ability to resolve wide ranging complex problems through the use of creative reasoning and logic to accurately determine the cause of the problems and the resolution of the problems in an effective innovative and timely manner.
5. Demonstratived ability to interpret and present information and ideas clearly and accuretly in writing verbally and by preparation of reports and other materials.
6. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organizations groups team leades and members and individuals.
7. Demonstrated ability to operate a personal computer apply word processing software.
8. If applicable for supervisory work demonstrated ability to lead subordinates manage work priorities and projects and manage employee relations.

1. Proven ability to comprehend interpret and implement administrative directives and guidance to ensure IT operations align with organizational standards and industry best practices.
2. Strong understanding of IT service management cybersecurity principles risk management and compliance requirements. Demonstrated expereince implementing and maintaining IT best practices standards and governance.
3. Considerable working knowledge of Structured Query Language.
4. Demonstrated experience working with data analytics and visualization tools (e.g. SPSS Tableau SAS) to build fisal reports and visualizations.
5. Demonstrated ability to develop clean structured data models and define efficient retrieval scripts for customized reports and ad hoc quieries.
6. Demonstrated ability to organize problem-solve document and monitor timelines benchmarks and deadlines in a detail-oriented manner.
7. Demonstrated ability to understand and apply information assurances protecting the universitys data in developing applications.
8. Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgement particularly in managing confidential information; understand and work within federal state
9. and unversity policies and practices such as FERPA.
10. Ability to work a variable work schedule and work outside normally scheduled work hours including day night weekend and/or holidays hours as directed.
11. Ability to travel independently to various work locations including but not limited to neighbor island locations.

1. Demonstrated experience with the Kuali Financial System and the underlying database schema.
2. Higher education expereince and knowledge of information management systems (e.g. Ellucian Banner Student Information System PeopleSoft etc.).
3. Experience utilizing Jaspersoft/Jasper reports for financial and administrative data.
4. Proficiency with Tableau.
5. Understanding of data visualization components (charts/infographic types and usages) particularly for migrating legacy reports to modern dashboards.
6. Working knowledge of using labor data and prosition control system.
7. Strong training skills.

1. Cover Letter indicating how you meet the minimum and desireable qualifications of the position;
2. Resume;
3. Name and contact information (telephone number and email address) of at least three (3) professional references; and
4. Graduate and undergraduate academic transcript(s) showing name and institution degree and coursework to date appropriate to the position. (Copies are acceptable but original official transcripts will be required at the time of hire). Applications lacking copies of transcripts issued outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services Inc. verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. Expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant.

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