• Web and Data Engineer

    University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)


    Special Instructions to Applicants

     

    Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for visa sponsorship. The University will not sponsor applicants for work visas (e.g., H-1B).

    Job Summary

    The Web and Data Engineer is a full-time position that supports high-impact research and training initiatives in the College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP), with 75% dedicated to the Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center (JHS GTEC) and 25% supporting strategic innovation initiatives under the CNHP, including the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and the Gulf South Center for Community Engaged Health Research and Innovation (Gulf South Center). This role provides critical leadership in web development, data infrastructure, program evaluation, and digital systems integration to enhance research, training, communication, and data-driven decision-making.

     

    Primary Duties and Responsibilities

     

    + Design, develop, and maintain a dynamic, accessible program website for GTEC; manage digital content and integrate social media to support communication, recruitment, dissemination, and engagement.

    + Ensure compliance with accessibility, security, and optimization standards; provide technical support and implement system enhancements.

    + Develop and maintain infrastructure for managing large, diverse datasets (e.g., surveys, EHRs, administrative records), ensuring quality, security, interoperability, and reproducibility.

    + Collaborate with faculty, staff, and scholars on analysis pipelines, reporting, and data governance to support research and evaluation needs.

    + Design and manage tools for program evaluation, including survey programming, longitudinal scholar tracking, and social network analyses.

    + Prepare datasets, dashboards, visualizations, and reports to inform decision-making, continuous improvement, and federal reporting compliance.

    + Provide web, data, and analytics support for CNHP initiatives led by the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and the Gulf South Center.

    + Maintain systems that facilitate stakeholder engagement, research dissemination, community-based evaluation, and tracking of research productivity.

    + Contribute to key projects such as congressionally directed spending, donor initiatives, interdisciplinary translational research, and Gulf South health evaluation efforts.

    + Perform other duties as assigned to advance the research and scholarly mission of CNHP.