Role Description

This position is term limited with an anticipated end date of approximately 12 months from the date of hire. This position is eligible for State employee benefits and may be extended as the situation warrants.

We’re looking for a strategic and collaborative Data Architect to advise, develop and facilitate data architecture strategy including cloud, advanced technologies & platforms for OIT and partner agencies. In this role you will support efforts as an expert and leverage technology and innovation to provide scalable solutions to complex and diverse business problems. You will approve all relevant data architecture decisions and ensure alignment with agency needs, considering both the current and future needs of the agency.

• Consulting as a resource on data strategy and architecture to OIT and agency partners.
• Driving innovations, collaborations, and insights establishing a strong data-driven approach to decision-making across the organization.
• Bringing best in class technologies, innovation, and creativity to the table in developing technical solutions to solve complex multi-dimensional problems.
• Providing technology expertise by architecting, prototyping, researching, recommending, documenting, and assisting in implementing and evaluating technical solutions for business issues whether purchased or developed.
• Assessing new data initiatives to determine compliance with the architecture, information security and data standards.
• Interfacing with vendor technology/solutions, as well as appropriate involvement of OIT architecture, throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in data architecture (solution architecture), data management and information classification at the enterprise level, including an understanding of common information architecture frameworks and information models.
• Demonstrated experience designing solutions in modern data technology platforms including Cloud (Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP, Spark) based solutions.
• Experience in developing and operationalizing architectural and data designs, including data, technology and infrastructure.
• Experience with identifying, monitoring, and rectifying data quality concerns using data governance tools.

Requirements

• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Benefits

• This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.
• This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.