The Council for Professional Recognition is the nation’s leading credentialing organization for early childhood educators and the home of the Child Development Associate (CDA)® Credential—the most widely recognized certification in early childhood education. For more than 45 years, the Council has advanced the professionalization of the early childhood education workforce by establishing rigorous standards that ensure educators have the skills and knowledge to support the healthy development of children from birth to age five.
We are seeking a highly skilled and solution-oriented IT Data Integration & DevOps Analyst to serve as the Council's primary technical data specialist, responsible for managing, integrating, and optimizing enterprise data across our Microsoft technology ecosystem. This role will play a critical part in ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable data solutions that support analytics, reporting, business operations, and emerging AI-enabled capabilities. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in data integration and engineering with strong DevOps experience to drive automation, reliability, and operational excellence across the organization.
About the Rol e
The IT Data Integration & DevOps Analyst is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting enterprise data integrations, pipelines, and deployment processes that power critical business operations and decision-making. This position manages data movement and transformation across systems including YourCouncil, Dataverse, Azure Synapse, Dynamics 365, and related Microsoft platforms while supporting DevOps practices that ensure efficient and reliable software and data releases.
Working closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and IT leadership, this role helps ensure the Council's data is accurate, accessible, secure, and positioned to support reporting, analytics, automation, and future innovation initiatives.
Position Details
Location: Remote/Onsite as needed
Reports to: Director, Information Technology
Classification: Full-Time, Exempt
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Travel: Minimal, as needed
Salary: $105,000-$110,000/annually
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain data integrations, data flows, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, and data pipelines across YourCouncil, Dataverse, Azure Synapse, Dynamics 365, and related Microsoft technologies.
Ensure the accuracy, integrity, availability, security, and consistency of data across operational and analytical systems.
Develop and maintain data models, transformation processes, and data structures that support reporting, analytics, business intelligence, machine learning, and AI-enabled solutions.
Monitor, validate, and improve data quality through data profiling, reconciliation, quality controls, and governance practices.
Support data governance, security, compliance, and stewardship initiatives to ensure adherence to organizational and regulatory standards.
Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release management processes using DevOps best practices.
Manage environment configurations and support reliable deployments across development, testing, and production environments.
Monitor system performance, troubleshoot and resolve integration, data, and deployment issues, and implement enhancements to improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to align data solutions, integrations, and platform capabilities with organizational needs and reporting requirements.
Maintain comprehensive technical documentation and stay current on emerging technologies, tools, and best practices through ongoing professional development.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate is a technically strong and business-minded data professional who enjoys solving complex integration challenges and building reliable systems that enable organizational success. The strongest candidates will bring:
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