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Data Engineer Associate
full-time•Austin•$73k - $92k
About this role
Data Engineer Associate
Requisition ID: req1342
Employment Type: Unclassified Regular Full-Time (URF)
Division: Enterprise Data & Analytics
Compensation: 73,790.00 - 92,237.00, Annual Salary
Job Closing: 2/7/2026
Location: TRS Headquarters Building 2
1900 Aldrich Street
Austin, Texas, 78723
United States
WHO WE ARE:
The Information Technology (IT) Division lays the foundation for TRS to deliver excellent service experiences across the organization and with our members. We serve with purpose through mentorship and collaboration across a broad variety of teams unified by innovation to create technology and information solutions that have a positive impact on our members’ lives.
We invite you to join one of Austin’s Top Workplaces. TRS offers a best-in-class combination of technology and continuous learning opportunities to equip you to solve problems, expand your knowledge, and create impact for 1 in 20 Texans.
The Data Engineer Associate is responsible for assisting with data integration, data analysis, and reporting work. The incumbent will partner with internal and external teams to understand, interpret, and analyze business operations to develop and implement solutions that support the Agency. This position will proactively work with the line of business development teams, IT staff, and agency employees.
WHAT WILL YOU DO:
Data Integration and Data Analysis
• Assists with defining, developing, and implementing automation of data integration, processes, and interfaces.
• Assists in identifying data gaps, errors, anomalies, inconsistencies,and redundancies by analyzing the content, structure, and relationships within data.
• Assists with interpreting data requests or business needs and translating into written requirements.
• May assist in developing and implementing databases, data collection systems, data analytics, and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality.
• Compiles accurate data to present reports and assesses data quality.
• Assists in preparing data to support desired metrics monitoring and reports.
• Interprets results to identify significant differences in data.
• Assists in troubleshooting and resolving problems related to systems and applications.
Reporting
• Provides thorough, visible, rigorous, and transparent data reports and analysis.
• Assists with tracking trends and making recommendations for solutions based on findings.
• Assists in interpreting and communicating analytical insights to audiences with various analytical backgrounds using different but suitable communication methods for different audiences.
• Assists in developing visually appealing and intuitive dashboards that provide visibility into key performance, risk and control indicators across agency divisions and departments.
• Delivers quality results and presentations under short timelines.
Performs related work as assigned.
WHAT WILL YOU BRING
Required Education
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence or a closely related field.
• High school diploma or equivalent and additional full-time experience in data analytics, SQL, SSIS, business intelligence, visualization tools, MS Office Suite or related experience may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.
Required Experience
• One (1) year of full-time experience in data analytics utilizing tools such as SQL, SSIS or business intelligence and visualization tools or MS Office Suite to troubleshoot or recommend business solutions or related experience.
• Experience may be concurrent.
• A master's degree or doctoral degree in a closely related field may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.
Required Registration, Certification, or Licensure
• None.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with MS Power BI or MS Visual Studio.
• Experience working with a star-schema data warehouse or other data analytic data structures.
• Experience with integrations leveraging ETL tools.
• Experience with data migration and/or reconciliation.
• Experience with technical process writing in an application development environment.
• Experience with troubleshooting or development of complex Spreadsheets utilizing formulas to create data analytics.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of:
• Knowledge of one or more of the following: business intelligence tools, databases, SQL or various job associated programming languages to support data analysis and predictive analytics.
• Database modeling and data warehousing principles.
• Project management and system development life cycle concepts.
• Data manipulation methods that transform dates and accounting concepts that allow for business decision making and analytics
Skills in:
• Experience using technical and statistical analysis skills to deliver clear, concise, and visually appealing management metrics and reports to inform decision making and actions.
• Writing report queries, including an understanding of relational data or set based datasets.
• Using a computer in a Windows environment with Microsoft Office word processing, spreadsheet, and other business software.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Working in a team environment.
Ability to:
• Operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing and shifting priorities.
• Continually learn new concepts and tools to support job needs, and strive for ongoing professional development.
• Establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with co-workers, agency staff, and external contacts.
• Work effectively in a professional team environment.
• Understand the concepts of the pension industry and how data works to support the core line of business.
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Codes:
Veterans, Reservists or Guardsmen with experience in the Military Occupational Specialty ( https://www.trs.texas.gov/files/trs-military-crosswalk.xlsx ) along with the minimum qualifications listed above may meet the minimum requirements and are highly encouraged to apply. Please contact Talent Acquisition at [email protected] with questions or for additional information.
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For more information, visit www.trs.texas.gov.
What you'll do
- The Data Engineer Associate will assist with data integration, analysis, and reporting, partnering with various teams to develop solutions that support the Agency. Responsibilities include identifying data gaps, preparing reports, and troubleshooting system issues.
About Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is responsible for investing funds under its stewardship and for delivering benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature. Our mission is to improve the retirement security of Texas educators by prudently investing and managing trust assets and delivering benefits that make a positive difference in members’ lives. TRS is a defined benefit plan, with retirement benefits determined by a pre-established formula. The trust fund is sustained principally by three sources-contributions by members during their working careers, contributions by the state, and investment revenues. TRS was founded more than 85 years ago and has $225 billion in assets, making it the largest public retirement system in Texas in both membership and assets. It is the 6th largest public pension plan in the U.S. and is among the 20th largest in the world. The agency serves over 2.1 million people, of which over 1 million are public and higher education members and over 400,000 are retirement recipients and beneficiaries.
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas is constantly growing and looking for bright and talented individuals to join several departments, including Pension Services, Investment Management, Health, Organizational Excellence, IT, Legal and Compliance, and many more. TRS employees work in a culture of trust and collaboration and pride themselves in making a profound impact in the lives of Texas public education teachers. Additionally, TRS has the received the Top Workplaces USA award nearly consistently from 2012-2025, which can be attributed to its great leaders and employees. TRS is truly a great place to work and grow.
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