Senior Data Architect

ARIZONA DEPT OF ADMINISTRATION

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Senior Data Architect

Job Location:

Office of the Director; State Data and Analytics Office (SDAO)

This position may offer the ability to work remotely on a hybrid bases, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures

Main Office Location: 100 N 15th Ave, Suite 302, Phoenix, AZ 85007

Posting Details:

Salary: Up to $119,500.00 

Grade: 29

Open Until Filled (1st review of Resumes 9/20/2024)

Job Summary:

The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA), State Data and Analytics Office (SDAO), is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Architect to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for adapting departmental plans and priorities to overcome resource and operational challenges. Guided by established policies, procedures, and strategic goals, you will provide technical guidance to employees, colleagues, and customers. Collaborating closely with state and agency leadership, IT teams, business units, and external partners, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing data policies and strategies. Additionally, you will assess vendor offerings, deliver innovative data solutions, and provide leadership and mentorship to the technical team.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Job Duties:

• Design and implement scalable data architecture solutions to support enterprise and organizational initiatives
• Ensures data architectures align with business and strategic goals
• Ensures data architecture supports business intelligence and reporting needs
• Develop and maintain data models, schema's, and data flow diagrams
• Implement organizational data management and governance policies and programs
• Work with the agency’s Information Security and Privacy Officer to implement data management practices that support security and privacy requirements Implement data quality frameworks and conduct regular data quality assessments
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data ownership, stewardship, and accountability
• Work with state and agency leadership to develop and promote adoption and implementation of data policies and data strategy
• Collaborate with IT, business units, and external agencies to understand data requirements and deliver solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentor ship to the team
• Assess vendor offerings in the data software, tools or services space
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:

• Deep understanding of data architecture principles and best practices
• Data life cycle management and data retention policies, data governance frameworks and methodologies
• Data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) and compliance requirements, master data management
• Data catalogs
• How to manage, analyze, and synthesize data to deliver insights and knowledge to support organizational decisions
• Data technology infrastructure and environments coupled with business process architecture; one or more industry-standard data management and governance frameworks

Skills in:

• Assessing complex data environments to identify solutions
• Creating tools and capabilities to assist with loading, cleansing, enriching, managing, and sharing data and meta-data from a variety of sources
• Developing data strategy, policies, and procedures, as well as successfully executing data management and governance programs
• Leadership of complex programs

Ability to:

• Troubleshoot and resolve data architecture and integration issues
• Develop and enforce data governance policies and procedures
• Work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment across organizational lines and at all organizational levels
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing

Selective Preference(s):

• Certification in a recognized data governance or data management framework such as CDMP, EDME or DCAM
• Relevant degree from an accredited college or university

Pre-Employment Requirements:

• Background and reference check, including a criminal records verification

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits:

The Arizona Department of Administration offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:

• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance
  

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Retirement:

• Participation in ASRS Lifetime Benefit Pension Plan after 27 weeks of employment

Contact Us:

• If you have any questions please feel free to contact Christopher Langseth at christopher.langseth@azdoa.gov for assistance