IT Data Modeler
Date: May 2, 2025
Location: Erie, PA, US, 16530
Company: Erie Insurance
Division or Field Office: |
Product & Sales Technology Division |
Department of Position: | Commercial Lines Tech Dept |
Work from: |
Westport Office, Erie PA |
Salary Range: |
$69,318.00 - $110,729.00 * salary range is for this level and may vary based on actual level of role hired for |
*This range represents a national range and the actual salary will depend on several factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the skills, education, training, credentials, location, and experience of an applicant, as well as level of role for which the successful candidate is hired. Position may be eligible for an annual bonus payment.
At Erie Insurance, you’re not just part of a Fortune 500 company; you’re also a valued member of a diverse and inclusive team that includes more than 6,000 employees and over 13,000 independent agencies. Our Employees work in the Home Office complex located in Erie, PA, and in our Field Offices that span 12 states and the District of Columbia.
Benefits That Go Beyond The Basics
We strive to be Above all in Service® to our customers—and to our employees. That’s why Erie Insurance offers you an exceptional benefits package, including:
- Premier health, prescription, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents. Coverage begins your first day of work.
- Low contributions to medical and prescription premiums. We currently pay up to 97% of employees’ monthly premium costs.
- Pension. We are one of only 13 Fortune 500 companies to offer a traditional pension plan. Full-time employees are vested after five years of service.
- 401(k) with up to 4% contribution match. The 401(k) is offered in addition to the pension.
- Paid time off. Paid vacation, personal days, sick days, bereavement days and parental leave.
- Career development. Including a tuition reimbursement program for higher education and industry designations.
Additional benefits that include company-paid basic life insurance; short-and long-term disability insurance; orthodontic coverage for children and adults; adoption assistance; fertility and infertility coverage; well-being programs; paid volunteer hours for service to your community; and dollar-for-dollar matching of your charitable gifts each year.
Position Summary
Independently, with moderate supervision, performs low to medium complexity assignments using various tools and techniques of data analytics including data analysis and problem solving, data mapping, data modeling, and data governance.
Responsible for the company's data management, ensuring that the data that underlies an organization is available, accurate, complete and secure. This includes the processes, people and technology that will provide effective data management. Reviews existing data models to understand current environment. Creates conceptual, logical, and physical master data models (entity-relationship diagrams). Must be able to reverse engineer the existing data structure and create the Entity Relationships. Review and evolve the data models by collaborating with Stakeholders.
What You'll Do:
This is an opportunity for an IT Data Modeler to focus on data needs in the Commercial IT department. You will work with project teams in Commercial IT to understand what data elements will be needed for the projects, and implement any updates as necessary by creating Conceptual, Logical, and Physical data models. Having an analyst work across a couple scrum teams can be beneficial in ensuring the collection and understanding of requirements to align business needs and technical needs.
Preferred Experience & Skills:
• Conceptual, Logical, and Physical data modelling experience preferred
• IBM IAA experience preferred
• Commercial Insurance experience preferred
• Business Analysis/Requirements gathering experience preferred
• Experience with SQL server and Oracle database platforms preferred
• DDL generation/maintenance knowledge preferred
• Familiarity with the following tools preferred
o Multi Model Mapper
o ERwin
o Visio
o Excel
o Enterprise Business Agility Training
What Makes You Stand Out:
• Work on Agile teams
• Experience with data tools
• Experience with Jira and Miro
Duties and Responsibilities
- Creates efficient technology agnostic conceptual and logical data model. s for relational (OLTP), dimensional (OLAP) systems.
- Creates data attributes & definitions by eliciting business requirements or leveraging existing definitions from metadata tools such as Information Governance Catalog (IGC).
- Creates efficient physical data models optimal for technologies such as NoSQL and relational databases (RDBMS) in association with database engineers and database administrators.
- Creates and maintains review and feedback channels on the data models with stakeholders, project leads, data architects, lead analysts, and other team members.
The first three duties listed are the functions identified as essential to the job. Essential functions are those job duties that must be performed in order for the job to be accomplished.
This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instruction and to perform any other duties as requested by their supervisor, or as become evident.
Capabilities
- Collaborates
- Cultivates Innovation
- Customer Focus
- Decision Quality
- Ensures Accountability
- Instills Trust
- Nimble Learning
- Optimizes Work Processes (IC)
- Self-Development
- Values Diversity
Qualifications
Minimum Educational and Experience Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in IT, MIS, Business or related field, plus two years' related experience; or
- Associate's degree in a technical field, plus four years' related experience; or
- High school diploma plus six years' related experience required.
Additional Experience
- Skills: Accountability, Adaptability, Agile Methodology, Analytical Skills, Auditing, Change Management, Collaboration, Data Cleansing, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Maintenance, Data Modeling, Data Profiling, Data Structures, Data Validation, Detail Oriented, Enterprise Resource Planning, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Influencing Skills, Informatica, Informatica Master Data Management, Microsoft SQL Servers, Presentation Skills, Process Improvement, SQL (Programming Language), Troubleshooting (Problem Solving), Workflow Management, Writing, data modeling & data administration tools (i.e., Erwin, Designer/2000, Rational Rose, Power Designer, Embarcadero, System Architect) etc.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to move over 50 lbs using lifting aide equipment; Rarely
- Climbing/accessing heights; Rarely
- Driving; Occasional (<20%)
- Lifting/Moving 0-20 lbs; Occasional (<20%)
- Lifting/Moving 20-50 lbs; Rarely
- Manual Keying/Data Entry/inputting information/computer use; Frequent (50-80%)
- Pushing/Pulling/moving objects, equipment with wheels; Rarely
Nearest Major Market: Erie