Midtown Consulting Group’s Education Analytics practice is looking for a data engineer with the ability to own the data lifecycle from sourcing through consumption. This role may split time between our core product development and consulting projects, where we develop custom data solutions for both K-12 and higher-ed institutions.

This data engineer should be well-versed in Microsoft Azure suite of products, and have a long-standing history of working with Microsoft technology offerings.

While a primarily remote, work-from-home opportunity this job does require once monthly travel to Orlando, FL to collaborate in person with the team and our clients.

You Will

• Source complex data, manage and prepare for consumption into PowerBI visualizations for K-12 & Higher-Ed data products, including early warnings, live progress monitoring, graduation & school-grade predictors
• Be comfortable across the data lifecycle and be able to jump into tasks related to front-end prototyping and dashboard development as needed
• Contribute to data architecture and strategy for our core education analytics product development. Build for the scalability of a turnkey solution.
• Engineer custom data solutions for specific consulting clients, including contributing to data architecture and management. Work with cross-functional client stakeholders to gather, analyze, and understand the user requirements
• Act as a liaison to the client stakeholders for the models, analysis or reports created; understand the impact of specific drivers and provide insights. Continually refine models and/or reports and analyze results.
• Work with senior team members to successfully deliver to clients

You Have

• 2-6 years of data experience, preferably with consulting experience OR in an education institution
• Exposure to a variety of areas of data & analytics, including cloud data storage, data visualizations, and statistical programming.
• Experience with large enterprise level data environments and working with 1B record data sets
• Advanced level skills with the Azure Tech Stack, including: Data Lake, Data Factory, Data Bricks or Analytics, and Azure Machine Learning
• Knowledge of CoPilot and Fabric technologies and the ability to work in state-of-the-art technology developments into everyday practice
• Reporting & Dashboard development experience with PowerBI
• Understanding of management consulting functional skills including: business analysis, process improvement, solutions architecture, and project management

Extras we are looking for

• Experience in Education Analytics, either in a research or professional role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledgeable in back-testing, simulation, and statistical techniques (auto-regression, auto-correlation, and Principal Component Analysis)
• Graduate degree in data & analytics field preferred