Data Architect - Non-Merit

$107,723 - $153,774/Yr

Baltimore County Government - Towson, MD

Full-time

Towson, MD

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

About the position

The Data Architect plays a crucial role in defining and managing data practices within the Office of Information Technology. This position is responsible for developing, analyzing, and maintaining the County's data architecture, serving as a subject matter expert to enhance the organization's data management strategies. The Data Architect will lead efforts to improve data quality, streamline data practices, and ensure compliance with data security and privacy mandates.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and guidance on enterprise data strategies, including data quality, data flows, data warehousing, big data, data analytics, and data science.
• Defines technical standards and guidelines related to data flows and data consumption.
• Leads and participates in the development of conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Focuses on data quality and educates the organization on its importance and data stewardship.
• Documents databases, interfaces, data movement, and mapping data sources/data stores.
• Documents the business meaning/value of the data, including uses, quality, applications, database technology, and semantics.
• Creates and revises data dictionary definitions, data governance practices, and data standards.
• Defines quality of service requirements: data currency, availability, response times, and data volume.
• Ensures compliance with data security, privacy mandates, and enterprise architecture standards.
• Educates peers and cross-trains team members in data management strategies, data warehousing, data flows, and data architecture.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering.
• 7 to 10 years of experience as a Data or Information Architect, with a total of 10+ years in IT.
• 5+ years of experience in database technologies, data design, administration, and performance optimization for large enterprise applications.
• Strong experience with enterprise data architecture, data management, data replication, and application integration in data platforms.
• Knowledge of dimensional modeling and data warehouse design techniques.
• Experience with complete data development life cycle and best practices.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to communicate across all levels within an organization.
• Knowledge of Waterfall/Agile/Rapid application development methodologies.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Stack (SQL Server, SSRS, SSAS, SSIS, Power BI, SharePoint) and Oracle Stack (Oracle RDBMS).
• Knowledge of Enterprise Service Buses (ESB's) and ETL concepts and toolsets.
• Creative problem-solving skills and ability to work independently to drive results.

Benefits

• Regular Schedule: 39 hours per week