Position: Atlanta Braves Baseball Operations Analyst

Location: Atlanta

Job Responsibilities:

• Oversee the in-house technological efforts associated with the development of Braves’ new internal player evaluation application
• Daily maintenance and continued development of internal applications, including a robust Microsoft SQL Server database
• Development and on-going adjustment of proprietary statistics and systems
• Understand internal baseball processes in order to develop functional requirements (specifications) for outside vendors and application developers—includes requirements, system impact, data flow diagrams special considerations, etc.
• Must have a good understanding of the back-end data structures in order to make sure any front-end Tool/Application changes will meet the needs of Baseball Operations
• Identify and diagnose data quality issues and provide recommendations
• Translate unstructured baseball data into valuable analytical information
• Maintain and expand upon the current Baseball Operations analytical strategy including developing and supporting new reports, dashboards, and data integrations
• Develop and support ETL mappings, procedures, schedules etc. This includes the integration of multiple data sources (internal and key 3rd party external data sources) into a single data repository
• Provide data management expertise to the Baseball Operations team by evaluating requirements and developing solution design proposal
• Troubleshoot and resolve data/ system/application issues
• Discuss technical issues with the software and hardware vendors
• Continue to advance the department’s use of technology and analytics
• Additional duties as assigned by Director of Baseball Operations

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• BA or BS degree in CS, IS, or an Engineering/Technical Major
• A minimum of 5 years professional experience in a technical role
• Strong knowledge of Data Warehousing, Data Modeling and Reporting
• Experience with creating and understanding SQL concepts
• ETL knowledge is a plus
• Previous experience working with Microsoft products preferred
• Database system knowledge and proficient SQL skills.
• Experience in the use of the Microsoft SQL Server Platform tools (Integration Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services) is a plus.
• Logical and Physical Data modeling experience using data modeling tools.
• Relational and Data Warehousing design and development.
• SQL Server Database Administration skills, including performance and query tuning, debugging.
• Candidate should have strong communication, organization, project management, and problem solving skills.
• Experience architecting KPI’s and Performance Management solutions for Baseball Operations users.
• Strong customer facing skills and ability to manage multiple challenging projects simultaneously
• Ability to interact professionally with all branches of Baseball Operations department in fast-paced environment
• Must successfully pass a criminal and credit background check

Compensation and Duration:
This position is compensated and full-time.

To Apply, please submit an application and salary requirements here.