Senior Data Architect

ASGN - Quincy, MA

Full-time - Senior

Quincy, MA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Senior Data Architect will play a crucial role in the design and implementation of a Local Public Health Data Platform for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services - Data Office. This position involves collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure effective data architecture that supports public health initiatives in Massachusetts. The role requires expertise in cloud data platforms and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops architecture of cloud-based data management systems.
• Creates data models including data storage, access, and usage patterns for cloud environments.
• Defines data security policies, authentication, and authorization mechanisms for cloud-based platforms.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to architect highly scalable, highly available, and highly performant cloud data solutions.
• Evaluates and recommends new cloud products and services for efficient data storage and processing.
• Ensures compliance with data governance policies and best practices in the cloud.
• Implements data management and data governance processes for cloud data.
• Conducts thorough analysis and documentation of cloud data architecture strategies and designs.
• Establish regular overall system performance assessment processes and action plans.
• Provides direction for the design and development of the data layers including review of ETL requirements.
• Leads team design sessions and facilitates decisions.
• Solves complex use cases using Data Integration leveraging Snowflake, Informatica IICS, SQL, Mulesoft, and Python code.
• Ensures timely delivery of solutions meeting requirements and expectations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Data Architecture, data warehousing, data modeling, ETL, enterprise and business information system architectures, and system engineering.
• Thorough knowledge and implementation experience of data warehouse and Enterprise Data architecture principles.
• 3-5 years of experience architecting/developing Cloud-based (AWS) data solutions.
• 5+ years of Cloud database platform experience such as Snowflake.
• Experience in creating, reviewing, and maintaining end-to-end data architectures.
• Strong communication skills comfortable explaining/proposing solutions to technical stakeholders, vendors, and business consumers.
• Proficiency with Unix, Linux, and shell scripting.
• Experience working with a large, multi-terabyte enterprise data platform in Cloud.
• Experience with system administration, database administration, storage architectures, backup & recovery, and networking.
• Informatica (IICS) ETL and Mulesoft experience.
• Salesforce experience.
• Experience working with highly sensitive health care information and familiar with HIPAA and other data privacy controls.

Nice-to-haves

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification or Cloud Data architect Certification
• Snowflake certification
• Tableau reporting experience
• Salesforce experience

Benefits

• 401K
• medical/health benefits options
• W2 hourly rate
• weekly pay
• direct deposit