Data Integration Engineer

Position Title: Data Integration Engineer Job Description: Mount St. Mary's University is seeking a skilled and experienced Data Integration Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing overall integration architecture and development. This role reports to the Director of IT Business Applications and serves as the institution's technical lead for system-to-system data movement, API integrations, workflow automation, and SQL server data repository. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Integration Development & Support Design, develop, and maintain enterprise integrations between institutional systems, cloud platforms, and third-party vendors including Student Information Systems (SIS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), Human Resources, Finance, CRM, Identity Management, and external vendors. Build and support API, file-based, and database-driven data exchange processes. Troubleshoot integration issues and ensure reliable, secure data movement across systems. Lakehouse Data Ingestion Develop and maintain ingestion pipelines that deliver operational data to the institutional lakehouse. Build ETL/ELT processes to support curated, analytics-ready datasets and reporting environments. Implement data transformation, validation, and incremental loading strategies. Data Quality, Security & Governance Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance with institutional data governance and security standards. Develop monitoring, validation, and audit processes to improve data reliability and transparency. Operational Excellence Monitor, document, and support enterprise integration workflows. Implement automated alerting, error handling, and recovery processes. Participate in system upgrades, change management activities, and continuous improvement initiatives. Starting Salary $73,000/year (Actual compensation will be commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications. Employee Benefits: This full-time position includes a comprehensive benefits package, featuring annual, holidays, and sick leave. The University offers a generous suite of benefits, including tuition remission for both graduate and undergraduate courses at Mount St. Mary’s University, an employer-sponsored retirement contribution, and a robust paid time off program. For a complete list of employee benefits, please visit: https://inside.msmary.edu/more/human-resources/index.html Full Time/Part Time: Full time Mount St. Mary's University is a dynamic, Catholic, liberal arts university with over 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. As a Catholic university, Mount St. Mary’s graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to God and others. The university is committed to excellence in its educational programs and employment practices; we actively seek and welcome applications from candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable commitments to fostering an inclusive and welcoming society and world.