Entry-Level Database Developer

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise, and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment, and new energy. We’re one global team – over 50,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

AECOM is seeking an Entry-Level Database Developer to be based in Portland, OR.

This position is expected to begin in September 2023.

AECOM TechWorks has supported our customers in some of their most challenging times. AECOM has helped both public and private sector clients collect, manage, process, store and exploit data for thousands of damaged structures, hundreds of thousands of square miles of imagery, dozens of critical infrastructure components, and has deployed dozens of solutions on mobile, tablet, desktop, and browser-based platforms. Our portfolio of meaningful and high- profile projects continue to expand.

The successful candidate will support AECOM TechWorks in database development and data analytics, leveraging interdisciplinary techniques to extract knowledge and insights from data in various structured and unstructured forms. We're looking for someone to join our data team who is focused on leveraging data assets to deliver actionable and meaningful insights using analytics to our customers. The candidate will work with large and varied data sets, from multiple data sources, to conduct statistical analysis, generate concise reporting, and present recommendations to clients for future project deliverables. This can be a hybrid position, with the expectation of working collaboratively with the team by utilizing Microsoft Teams, JIRA, Confluence and other collaboration and development tools.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

•  Responsible for working with large and varied data sets, from multiple data sources, develop scripts to conduct statistical analysis, generate concise reporting, and present recommendations to clients for future project deliverables.
• Maintain up-to-date processes and upkeep with advanced and modernized systems/trends.
• Update, implement and maintain procedures.
• Develop and prepare reports and relevant presentations.
• Proven ability to work in a team environment. Collaborate with other data analysts, developers, testers, managers, and clients (internal and external).

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education (Associate's degree + two years of experience, or High School/GED + 4 years of experience). 
• Due to the nature of the work, U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident/Green Card is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge of relational databases including SQL Server, MySQL, open-source tool sets and unstructured data.
• Ability to learn new software and technologies quickly.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Knowledge on how to develop data models u