SQL Expert (f/m/d)

IEA is an independent, nonprofit research organization. We conduct international and national large-scale comparative studies of educational achievement and other aspects of education, with the aim to research, understand, and improve education worldwide. At IEA Hamburg, more than 150 employees are involved in managing the different tasks of a study ranging from sampling to data analysis. Our experts also provide a wide array of services related to international and national surveys and assessments.

To support our Coding Unit, we have an immediate opening for a full-time (40 hrs./week)

SQL Expert (f/m/d)

• Write cleaning and data processing programs (SQL)
• Manage metadata from various national and international large scale educational assessment studies (including automated adaptation integration via SQL programs)
• Process and clean data from various national and international large scale educational assessment studies
• Design and administrate SQL databases
• Contribute to the administration of the Coding Unit's AWS server infrastructure
• Contribute to the support of Coding Unit software (StudyExpert, CodingExpert)
• Contribute to the development of the Coding Unit's technical infrastructure
• Coordinate between and communicate with all related internal and external stakeholders

• University or technical college degree (Master or Diploma)
• Long-standing experience in processing, cleaning, or analysis of large-scale data sets
• Long-standing experience in writing and optimizing complex SQL code (or equivalent experience with equivalent tasks in other programming languages)
• Long-standing experience in design and administration of relational databases
• Excellent knowledge of English (spoken and written), knowledge of German desirable
• Experience in software design and/or software testing desirable
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Team spirit, reliability, accurateness, and organizational skills

We are a science-oriented research institute with an international workforce. As a family-friendly company (Hamburger Familiensiegel), we offer the possibility of mobile work (40%), an annual training budget per employee, job ticket, company pension provision, supplementary health insurance, and various health care services. The contract will be limited to an initial period of 2 years, but we are interested in a long-term working relationship. In principle, there is the possibility of part-time employment.

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