Enterprise Data Architect

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About This Job

The main purpose of this job is to collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture program and business data stakeholders to ensure that the technical architecture and information ecosystem would enable the organization to achieve business outcomes and generate meaningful value from its data assets. The position guides technology choices and strategy for the business data domain and develops policies, practices, and standards to support them. The position partners with business and technical leaders to manage and support technology architectures. The Data Architect is responsible for discovering & documenting the data and analytics requirements for information for all uses and requires a deep understanding of data management, data modeling, data warehousing and emerging data integration technologies.

Essential Functions

• Partner with business and technical leadership to provide strategic recommendations that maximize the value of data assets via their creation, access and use

• Analyze and optimize data models for performance, scalability and cost effectiveness in the cloud. Collaborate with IT Architecture, Information Security, and Data Governance stakeholders to define standards and policies for data lifecycle management, data keying strategy, and data obfuscation strategy

• Monitor and assess the benefits and risks of change impacting the data ecosystem (i.e. new system implementations, deployment of new tools and utilities, etc.) Actively work to mitigate the negative impact of change affecting the use of the data architecture.

• Provide the organization with a future-state view of the business data landscape that minimizes restriction imposed by proprietary solutions or technologies. Collaborate in the process of architectural planning and influence decisions on data architectural design.

• Assist data, analytic, business and IT leaders in developing data governance processes and structures.

• Facilitate design sessions with business and technology stakeholders to understand business needs and requirements. Develop and manage data blueprints and information models (i.e. conceptual models, logical models, physical models, relational database designs, dimensional modeling, data vault, message models and others)

• Proactively manage the classification and zoning of data assets sourced from systems, applications, and external third party information providers to increase time to value

• Aid efforts to improve business performance through enterprise information solutions and capabilities, such as master data management (MDM), metadata management, analytics, content management, data integration, and related information management or information infrastructure components

• Analyze data and analytics security requirements and solutions, and partner with leadership to ensure that enterprise business data and analytics assets are protected.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• Strong understanding of system integration, including interface design, and familiarity with web-oriented architecture techniques.

• Strong understanding of data modeling and information classification expertise at the enterprise level and industry-specific knowledge of data security protocols, policies, and regulations

• Strong understanding of common information architecture frameworks and information models

• Strong understanding of metamodels, taxonomies and ontologies, as well as of the challenges of applying structured techniques (data modeling) to less-structured sources

• Strong understanding of data science concepts, as well as MDM, business intelligence, and data warehouse design and implementation techniques

• Strong understanding of a variety of data access and analytics approaches (for example, microservices and event-based architectures)

• Strong understanding with enterprise architecture modeling languages or frameworks such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, Zachman or UML

• Ability to develop positive relationships across business and technical domains to facilitate activity that produces mutually beneficial outcomes

• Ability to assess rapidly changing technological trends and developments and apply them to business needs

• Ability to use business capability models to create an information-centric view to quickly visualize what information matters most to the organization based on the defined business strategy

• Ability to understand problems from a broad perspective leveraging business and technical knowledge to anticipate the impact of issues and potential solutions

• Strong business and technological acumen. Possesses the ability to communicate with executives, business domain stakeholders and technical partners alike.

• Motivated and organized self-starter with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities

• Inquisitive, agile, and strong team player with excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

• Ability to remain adaptable and resilient to all situations with an optimistic outlook and cast a positive shadow that is aligned with our culture and Core Values

• High-level proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Project and Teams

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Information Systems, Data Management, Data Science or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Master’s degree preferred.

• 8+ years of experience in IT or a related field, with at least 5 years in information system design required

• 4+ years of experience  in data management, data modeling, data warehousing and emerging data integration technologies required

• 2+ years of experience with distributed management and analytics in cloud and hybrid environments (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake, Teradata) preferred

• 2+ years of experience in data analysis using SQL, Python and data visualization tools (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau) preferred

• Professional training/industry certifications in program management, data science, or PaaS cloud providers (e.g. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) preferred

**Level of role is determined by knowledge, experience, skills, abilities, and education 

***For individuals applying, assigned and/or hired to work in areas with pay transparency requirements, Commerce is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for some roles.  This compensation range is for the Enterprise Data Architect and Senior Enterprise Data Architect job and contemplates a wide range of factors that are considered in determining most appropriate job level and making compensation decisions, including but not limited to location, skill sets, education, relevant experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable differentials (geographic, bilingual, or shift) that could be associated with the position or where it is filled. At Commerce, compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each situation. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay is $102,500 to $139,000 annually. This position will be eligible for additional compensation through performance-based incentive plan(s) that will correspond to meeting performance goals.

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The candidate selected for this position may be eligible for the following employment benefits: employer sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), life insurance, paid vacation, and paid personal time. In addition, we offer career development, education assistance, and voluntary supplemental benefits.  Click here to learn more.

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