Enterprise Data Architect

Title: Enterprise Data Architect

Location: Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg: One day weekly onsite (Tue, Wed or Thursday)

Key Responsibilities
1.Enterprise Information Architecture
Define conceptual and logical data models for common business entities.
Establish canonical models and enterprise information standards.
Define relationships between enterprise and domain-specific data assets.
Design enterprise information architecture that incorporates data classification, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements by design.
2.Modernization Programs
Partner with workflow modernization teams (product and engineering) to embed reusable data products into solution designs.
Analyze legacy systems and identify information assets suitable for enterprise reuse.
Prevent duplication of data structures across applications and agencies.
Support data migration strategies and target-state architecture.
3.Data Product Architecture
Identify and support design of reusable data products
Define schemas, interfaces, metadata and quality requirements
Establish product boundaries, stewardship and ownership models.
4.Data Governance and Metadata
Establish data architecture principles, data standards, best practices, and guidelines including data catalog, data lineage, observability, security and interoperability
Define business definitions and data quality expectations.
5.Platform and Technology Collaboration
Work with engineering and platform teams to translate business concepts into technical designs.
Partner with cloud, integration and data teams to implement enterprise data products.
Promote API-first and product-based approaches to information sharing.
6.AI Enablement
Ensure enterprise data products are discoverable, governed and suitable for future AI use cases.
Support semantic layers, knowledge graphs and natural language access to enterprise information.

Desired Background and Experience
Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
Minimum 10 years of experience in data architecture, information architecture or enterprise architecture.
8+ years of hands-on experience in data architecture, data engineering, or advanced database design, modeling experience in designing or implementing data warehouse/data marts, MDM concepts and tools
At least 5+ years of experience with data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB and big data on cloud-based ecosystems (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Experience working with unstructured data is a plus.
Experience working with data security, privacy and regulatory requirements for handling sensitive data
Experience in designing and implementing data quality initiatives, including platforms and tooling
Demonstrable experience supporting large-scale modernization or digital transformation initiatives across multiple domains and stakeholders
Ability to work across domains and stakeholders with strong communication skills
Proven ability to develop work plans for self, resolve ambiguity and lead teams without authority
Industry Experience in Public sector, Healthcare or Financial Services is preferable
Candidates may have previously served as Principal Architect, Enterprise Information Architect, Solution Architect for large enterprises or modernization initiatives

Success Measures
During the first year, this role will
Establish enterprise information architecture principles.
Define reusable enterprise data products for priority domains.
Support specific modernization initiatives as a model implementation.
Introduce metadata and ownership standards.
Enable future modernization efforts to reuse common data assets rather than recreating them.
Lay the foundation for enterprise analytics and AI capabilities across the Commonwealth.

Skills Required
10yrs experience in data architecture, information architecture or enterprise architecture.
8yrs hands-on experience in data architecture, data engineering, or advanced database design, modeling experience in designing or implementing data warehouse
5yrs experience with data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB and big data on cloud-based ecosystems (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
Experience working with data security, privacy and regulatory requirements for handling sensitive data
Experience in designing and implementing data quality initiatives, including platforms and tooling
Experience supporting large-scale modernization or digital transformation initiatives across multiple domains and stakeholders

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