Data Architect

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning and Vision

• Develop and deliver long-term goals for data architecture aligned with Department objectives.
• Develop tactical solutions and maintain a data management roadmap to achieve strategic objectives.
• Establish governance processes for metadata management to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and validity.
• Establish methods for monitoring and improving data quality, completeness, and redundancy.
• Conduct capacity planning, lifecycle management, feasibility studies, and data usage analysis.
• Develop strategies for data security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, business continuity, and data archiving.
• Ensure data architecture and management practices comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

Acquisition and Deployment

• Support enterprise-level application implementations and rollouts, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), SAP, PeopleSoft, and similar enterprise solutions.
• Collaborate with vendors and service providers to evaluate and select products and services that align with Department objectives and technical requirements.

Operational Management

• Assess and establish appropriate frameworks for data governance and data stewardship.
• Develop, maintain, and promote enterprise data management methodologies, standards, and best practices.
• Evaluate, select, and implement tools, software, applications, and systems that support enterprise data and technology objectives.
• Oversee the mapping of data sources, data movement, system interfaces, and analytics to ensure data quality, consistency, and performance.
• Collaborate with project managers and business unit leaders on projects involving enterprise data and information systems.
• Identify and resolve data-related issues involving systems integration, compatibility, and multi-platform environments.
• Provide leadership for enterprise data management initiatives, including coaching, mentoring, and training development teams.
• Develop and implement testing criteria to ensure the accuracy, integrity, reliability, and performance of the data architecture.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of the data architecture and technical environment to provide an accurate view of the enterprise data landscape.
• Identify opportunities for data reuse, migration, consolidation, archival, or retirement.
• Develop technical and operational documentation and contribute to enterprise data management initiatives.

Required Qualification:

• Experience working on State of Florida agency IT projects.
• Experience with Florida Accounting Information Resource (FLAIR) data transfers and transformations supporting internal Department accounting systems.
• Experience with Florida Planning, Accounting, and Ledger Management (PALM) data transfers and transformations supporting internal Department accounting systems.
• Experience creating and managing Snowflake data pipelines.
• Experience with TeamDynamix Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS).
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI platform services.

Education:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or other related fields, or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience with large and complex database management systems.