IT Data Management Senior Specialist (Analytics Team Supervisor)

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy—thriving physically, emotionally and educationally, nurtured by family and community."

Job Title: IT Data Management Senior Specialist (Analytics Team Supervisor) Location: Olympia, WA, Thurston County (Flexible/Hybrid) Closes: November 22nd, 2026 Salary: $94,620.00 - $127,248.00 Annually

The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) was established to align, integrate, and ensure accountability of state services for children, youth, and their families across state agencies so that there is a seamless, effective, prevention and early intervention-based service system regardless of which state agency is responsible for particular services. The Office of Innovation, Alignment, and Accountability (OIAA) is responsible for defining and implementing the strategic direction of the department’s statewide decision support, analytics, reporting, data management, evaluation, analyses, and research efforts used to guide administrative policy, programs, and the understanding of the effectiveness of DCYF’s service delivery system.

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The Opportunity: This position leads DCYF’s Analytics team and serves as a technical expert in data science, analytics, and analytic product development. The role works across the agency to create meaningful data sets, products, and visualizations that support data-driven decision-making, evidence-based practices, and continuous improvement. The position also leads and develops a team of analytics professionals while partnering with program, business, and IT staff to turn complex data into insights that help DCYF better serve children, youth, families, and communities.

Some of what you will get to do:

• Define data, interface, and product requirements and gather and validate information, applying sound professional judgment and best practices in varying situations, some with minimal precedent.
• Assess and test alternative analytic and data visualization formats to determine optimal products for DCYF data.
• Lead the collaborative development, implementation, and maintenance of business intelligence standards andpolicies, including data visualization and product requirements
• Develop data validation practices within DCYF.
• Generate standard or custom products, dashboards, and data visualizations summarizing data at the child, family, provider, and system levels.
• Collaborate with researchers and decision makers to identify business needs and clarify management objectives as input into product designs.
• Develop requirements for automated products, analysis tools, interface designs, and research datasets associated with research and evaluation functions.
• Profile data and process large complex datasets.
• Develop advanced analytics products that support enhanced decision-making by transforming data sets into information.
• Increase personal and direct reports’ knowledge of DCYF systems and approach all work with an enterprise approach.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to analytics team members and junior data scientists in best practices of advanced analytics.

Required Qualifications: Ten (10) years of continuous, dedicated, professional work experience in processing data to provide analysis, and for creation of analysis, dashboards, and/or other data visualizations.

OR Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, statistics, information systems or a related field from an accredited college or university whose accreditation is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education, AND seven (7) years’ experience in processing data to provide analysis, and for creation of analysis, dashboards, and/or other data visualizations.

AND

• The ability to take action to learn and grow
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Additional Required Qualifications:

• 5 years developing analytics visualizations using Tableau, ower BI or similar advanced BI tools.
• 3 years of experience supervising others and providing professional development and mentorship.
• Expert-level skills and abilities in SQL, particularly Microsoft SQL Server Database development, including T-SQL, ad-hoc queries.
• Expert level experience with Python, Java, Scala, or similar high-level programming language.
• Excellent communication skills both orally and written.
• Ability to communicate from a technical and business perspective.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Science/Data Science/Statistics.
• Experience with cloud computing, specifically Microsoft Azure PaaS and SaaS services for data engineering and analysis.
• Experience with statistical methodologies and tools for applied statistical analysis such as SAS, Stata, R.
• Experience with non-relational databases and big data engineering tools and architectures.

*Experience may be gained concurrently.

How do I apply? Complete your applicant profile on careers.wa.gov and attach the following documents:

• Current resume detailing experience and education.
• Letter of Interest that details how you meet the qualifications for the position.

Supplemental Information: Supplemental Information: The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve. If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

For more information about this position or if you need an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, please contact DCYF recruiter. If you're experiencing technical difficulties creating, accessing or completing your application, call NEOGOV toll-free at (855) 524-5627 or [email protected]. Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may call the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at 360-664-1960.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and wish to claim Veteran's Preference MUST attach a copy of their DD214, NGB Form 22 or Predischarge Certification (issued not more than 120 days prior to End of Term of Service (ETS) by date of submission). If claiming preference based on Predischarge Certification, individual will be required to provide their official discharge documentation, such as a DD form 214, NGB form 22, or equivalent, within 30 days after the date of discharge. Please blackout (redact) the social security number before attaching any documents. For additional information on Veteran's Preference and guidance on how to determine if you are eligible, click here.

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