Data Architect

Summary The Data Architect, Data & Analytics role is to advise, construct and implement the development standards and technical design for the organization’s data and analytic solutions. This role will be providing key oversight and direction for the overall architecture, design and implementation to support end user data and analytic needs. This includes responsibility for input on the design of data ingestion, data management, data warehousing, data stores, data extraction and business intelligence tools. The right candidate will have an eye for understanding the needs of the business and champion enterprise data architecture and modeling that will support execution. This role will report directly to the Director - Data Management in Data & Analytics division and will work closely with the teams involved with data movement and utilization to ensure alignment across the longitudinal evolution of capturing data to create actionable insights.

Duties

Drive architecture first mindset with a heavy focus on Data Warehouse and driving Kimball modeling methodologies and business driven domains.

Establishes policies and procedures for data architecture and movement to be implemented by the Data & Analytics organization, including policies for standardizing data systems and data software across the enterprise.

Acts as technical mentor for members of the Data & Analytics team, providing input and feedback to others.

Review Technical Design Documentation and participate in peer review cycles with technical & non-technical counterparts.

Establishes and maintains documentation of programs, user guides, policies and procedures, particularly in support of the acceptance of solutions as credible to non-technical users of information.

Collaborate with Business stakeholders, Data Analysts, Developers and Data Scientists in the development and integration of data, insights and solutions.

Provides oversight, input, design and implementation support for new solution development, including but not limited to new data platforms, data management, primary & secondary storage environments, and business intelligence solutions.

Evaluates existing applications and systems. Recommend improvements or modifications.

Responsible for creating and maintaining the catalog of architectural diagrams used by the team.

Support Data Governance efforts, including guidance, stewardship, and frameworks for managing data across the organization and identify opportunities for data reuse, migration, or retirement.

Recommends training on new technologies to keep the GEHA development staff cutting edge.

Encourage and support a self-service architecture to promote a trusted source of distributed data and analytic capabilities and insights, leading the enterprise in its goal to be an insight-driven organization.