How to Apply

Please Note: This is a term-limited position for a duration of approximately 18 months from the date of hire; dependent upon the availability of work and funding.

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The salary for this position will be commensurate with the qualifications, experience, and education of the selected candidate.

Summary

Come join a team of passionate individuals at a non-profit serving Michigan’s public universities, colleges, K-12 organizations, libraries, state government, healthcare and other Michigan non-profit organizations! You will be an important contributor to the Merit team.

We operate in Esri and 3-GIS systems to manage our fiber optic network, make data more available to users, integrate with other enterprise systems, share story maps and dashboards internally and externally, and conduct analysis on the digital divide, in addition to many other projects.

The Business Systems GIS & Data Analyst will participate in Business Systems-related projects requiring GIS data.

• Work with our users to define data needs.
• Help develop and maintain geospatial databases.
• Use GIS to perform spatial analysis and database development, extraction, and manipulation to support a variety of Merit’s projects.
• Converts data received from internal and external sources to make them usable in the GIS.
• Maintain metadata and documentation, perform topology checks, and other data quality checks to identify and correct errors or omissions in data.
• Perform fiber optic data entry and quality control analysis on existing network data.

Finally, the Business Systems GIS & Data Analyst will participate in service delivery to external parties related to GIS, data collection, and mapping. These efforts will be a part of Merit’s “Michigan Moonshot” initiative to improve student access to broadband. See https://www.merit.edu/services/moonshot/data-mapping/ for more information.

You will be within the Technology Services department reporting to the Director of Business Systems. You will work with the Senior GIS & Data Analyst on a daily basis.

To learn more about Merit, please visit our website: https://www.merit.edu

Responsibilities*

Service Delivery: (75%)

• Provide GIS mapping and data analysis assistance as part of Merit’s “Michigan Moonshot” broadband data collection service engagements. (E)

• Provide dashboards and visualizations of important data and findings.

• Provide support to research projects that require geospatial data analysis. (E)

Service Support: (25%)

• Contribute to the strategic development of Merit’s GIS data analysis projects and "Michigan Moonshot” service roadmap. (E)
• Develop and maintain database schemas for relevant systems. (E)
• Help with fiber optic data entry and quality control analysis on existing data to position GIS systems as the source of truth for network infrastructure data. (E)
• Help with the data validation, error checking, and data mismatch resolution in multiple databases in partnership with other departments at Merit to ensure accurate enterprise data.

Skills You Have

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Desire to provide exceptional service.
• Demonstrated experience with GIS, database, and IT service technologies, including 3-GIS and Esri/ArcGIS.
• Demonstrated SQL skills (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle).
• Experience with data visualization and reporting.
• Programming experience in R and Python.
• Fluency with conducting statistical analysis, such as regressions and predictive analysis.
• Fluency with Microsoft Excel (can perform complex functions).

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript.
• Understanding of networking technology and topology.
• Experience with Qualtrics or survey data extraction and manipulation.

Additional Information

Merit Network offers excellent benefits and wellness opportunities. You will receive 12 days of vacation per year, paid sick leave with provisions for extended benefits, opportunities for professional development, and retirement options with 2-for-1 matching including TIAA-CREF and Fidelity Investments. Please visit https://hr.umich.edu/benefits-wellness for full benefits information.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Other Responsibility

Please note this job description is not designated to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities or responsibilities that are required of you for this job. Responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibility

You will have no formal supervisory responsibilities, and will lead and direct work on projects as necessary.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional environment. You will use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee (with or without accommodations) to perform the essential functions of this job.

Employee must frequently work at computer station, respond to emails, participate in formally managed projects, and conduct forms of internal and external communication. Employee may on occasion move items of different sizes and weights throughout the office or building.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. The work schedule will be determined by the position supervisor and may change if necessary. There may be some occasional work required outside of established schedule, which may include weekends and holidays. Typical work schedule is 8am – 5pm, Monday through Friday for most staff. This is a term-limited position for a duration of approximately 18 months from the date of hire; dependent upon the availability of work and funding.

You will work within Merit's existing hybrid work environment, spending time in Merit's office as determined by the Director of Business Systems

Travel

Travel may be required.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Contact Information

• If you have any questions regarding this job, please contact: merithr@merit.edu
• If you need assistance completing this application, please call (734) 615-2000, option 1

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.