JOB: Data Services Specialist at NGP VAN (DC)

January 22, 2015

JOB: Data Services Specialist at NGP VAN (DC)

NGP VAN is looking for a Data Services Specialist.

As a Data Services specialist, you will work with customers and internal stake holders to ensure the efficient loading, transformation, and maintenance of NGP VAN customer data.   You'll work closely with sales, engineering, and customer support groups to solve complex political and non-profit data problems, and work directly with customers to help them understand and realize solutions to their data needs.
Responsibilities
- Manage data imports and conversions for compliance, non-profit and advocacy customers
- Work with customers to solve data problems
- Manage data hygiene tasks
- Work with sales, engineering, and product management groups to accurately set and meet customer expectations

Requirements
- Competence with T-SQL or other common SQL variant
- A familiarity with Microsoft  SQL Server
- 1 cycle or 1+ years of experience with political or nonprofit data
- Proven ability to work with customers and stakeholders
- Ideal candidates will have past experience with political/non-profit data in a technology, field organizing, or fundraising.   Special consideration will be given to candidates with experience with Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) or other ETL packages, and those with experience in common scripting and/or programming languages (PERL, C#, Python, Java, and Ruby etc.) 

About Us
NGP VAN (https://coderwall.com/team/ngp-van) is the world's leading political technology firm, providing campaign and organizing technology to Democrats, progressives, and non-partisan organizations. We offer an integrated platform that combines the best fundraising, compliance, organizing, and new media products available.

We built the voter contact and volunteer management tools used by Obama for America. Nearly every State Democratic Party in the country distributes our VoteBuilder tools to Democrats up and down the ticket, and we provide industry-leading organizing tools for labor unions, environmental groups, pro-choice advocates, civil rights activists, and international political parties across the world.  Our fundraising and compliance software is used by the vast majority of Democratic candidates from the Presidential level on down, and our fast-growing new media platform has recently become the most-used platform by Democratic campaigns as well.

We are a successful and growing company with room for career advancement.  NGP VAN has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America by Inc. Magazine for seven years in a row, and one of the top 50 fastest growing companies in the DC area by both the Washington Business Journal and SmartCEO. 

Compensation
The position offers competitive compensation and a strong benefits package. NGP VAN prides itself on being a progressive and open-minded workplace; we have a fun and relaxed company culture, including blowing off steam on a softball field, happy hour in the office on Fridays, enjoying periodic company retreats to warm places with beaches, and casual Friday every day.

How to Apply
Send an email with "Data Services Specialist" in the subject line to jobs@ngpvan.com and include your resume, cover letter and salary requirement.

NGP VAN is an equal opportunity employer. We ensure that discrimination does not occur against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, disability, or any other classification that offends our liberal sensibilities.
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