Career Opportunity

Technology Expert I (Analytics/Business Intelligence Engineer) - SF Municipal Transportation Agency - Finance and Information Technology Division (9976)

Recruitment: RTF0142764-01152794

Published: December 22, 2023

Apply using SmartRecruiters, the City and County of San Francisco's application portal.

About:

In addition to submitting your application, you MUST submit the SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE.

Applicants must complete the supplemental questionnaire prior to starting the online application process. Your application will not be reviewed without the completion of the supplemental questionnaire.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Technology section strives to be a premier provider of technical services enabling the SFMTA to be the premier transportation agency in the country. The Data Services team is responsible for processing and structuring data for analytics and reporting as well as maintaining cloud-based and on-premise data infrastructure.

Role description

Number of Position(s): One (1)

Division: Finance & Information Technology

Section/Unit: Technology

Work Location: 1 South Van Ness, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA

Work Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM

Please Note: A resume must be attached to the online application. 

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Permanent Exempt, Full Time appointment – This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.

Annual Salary: $146,250 - $184,002 (Effective 1/6/2024)

Application Opening: December 22, 2023

Application Filling Deadline: January 9, 2024

Recruitment ID: 142765

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Analytics/BI Engineer will implement and manage a semantic layer atop our Synapse/Azure Data Lake warehouse in the form of Power BI datasets. They will play a key role in multifaceted teams consisting of data engineers, transportation planners, financial analysts, project managers and others. The work will span a wide range of areas including location based tracking and spatial analytics, asset management, and our real-time customer information system which is used to guide passengers to their destinations via multiple modes of transportation.  Over time, you will become a subject matter expert in multiple lines of business for the SFMTA. 

The Analytics/BI Engineer will help ensure data in the lake and Synapse pools are properly structured, optimized, and secured to support analytics in our Power BI environment. Additionally, they will build out, manage, and maintain our semantic layer (i.e., Power BI workspaces and datasets/models).

EXAMPLES AND IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Leads build-out of semantic layer.
• Works with business units to develop agency-wide best practices for modeling data.
• Ensures datasets are available and reports are performant.
• Supports general data management and governance efforts.
• Leads Power BI related knowledge share efforts via brown bags, presentations, and office-hour sessions.
• Collaborates with business units to define and refine KPIs, metrics, and measures.
• Other job duties and responsibilities as assigned.

How to qualify

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. An associate degree in computer science or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units [i.e., at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in computer science or a closely-related field]; AND

2. Three (3) years of professional data analytics experience including modeling, processing, OR structuring data to support analysis and reporting.

Substitution:

Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years). One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester units/ forty-five (45) quarter units with a minimum of 10 semester / 15 quarter units in computer science or a closely related field.

DESIRABLE QUAIFICATIONS:

The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring. 

• Experience working with Spatial data.
• Ability to create and manage data pipelines using at least one technology (e.g., Databricks, Airflow, Data Factory, Talend, etc.).
• Experience with data related services including Synapse, Azure Data Lake, Data Explorer, Fabric, One Lake, Purview, or Cosmos. Familiarity with Transportation related data operations.
• Experience with Python, Julia, Java, or equivalent language.
• Experience working with SQL.
• Experience with Power BI modeling.
• Ability to create complex measures and columns using both DAX and Power Query.
• Data warehouse related skills (e.g., understands star schemas, slowly changing dimensions, etc.).
• Comfortable working with relational database systems such as SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL databases or SQL Server.
• Familiarity with Azure or other cloud platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, etc.).

What else should I know?

VERIFICATION:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. More information can be found at: https://sfdhr.org/information-about-hiring-process#verification. Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

SELECTION PROCESS:

Applications will be screened for relevant qualifying experience.  Additional screening mechanisms may be used to determine candidates' qualifications.  Only those applicants who most closely meet the needs of the Agency will be invited to move forward in the selection process.

• Information About the Hiring Process
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• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

This recruitment may be utilized to fill similar positions in this classification at SFMTA.

For questions or inquiries, please contact the analysts, Lisamarie Chavis at Lisamarie.Chavis@sfmta.com or Tracy Pon at Tracy.Pon2@sfmta.com.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.