Data Architect

Salary: $51.79 - $67.59 Hourly

Location : Towson, MD

Job Type: NON-MERIT

Job Number: NM.138 1-2025 OIT

Department: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Opening Date: 01/09/2025

Closing Date: 1/23/2025 4:30 PM Eastern

Regular Schedule: 39 hours per week

A Non-Merit vacancy exists in the Office of Information Technology.

Non-Merit positions are not classified within the Baltimore County Government Classification and Compensation Plan.

A list of eligible applicants will be established based on the examination as outlined below.

Current and future vacancies occurring in any Office or Department of Baltimore County General Government may be filled from the list of eligible applicants.

All interested candidates must apply at this time.

List all promotions and changes in job duties due to reclassification as separate work experiences on your application. Applicants must include the dates of the promotions and reclassifications.

Note: Failure to complete all fields of the "Work Experience" section of the application will result in your application not being considered.

You can attach your resume, transcript(s) or license(s) to your application.

Failure to submit proof of Licenses, Certifications and Education will result in your application not being considered. Proof of licenses, certifications, and/or education must be submitted with each application.
Examples of Duties

DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBILITY
The primary role of the Data Architect is to define practices to manage data at rest and as data moves through the enterprise, coordinating the efforts of the various teams involved.

In this role, the Data Architect will be responsible for developing, analyzing, and maintaining the County's data architecture. The Data Architect will serve as a subject matter expert and perform tasks that contribute to and define the organization's mission and vision. The Data Architect will work to improve and streamline data practices and assist in defining interfaces, improving the organization's understanding of data and access to data across the enterprise. The candidate in this role should be analytically minded, an excellent problem-solver, and able to work independently or as part of a team.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Provides leadership, and guidance to the organization in regarding enterprise data strategies, such as data quality, data flows, data warehousing, big data, data analytics, and data science.
• Defining 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, educating the organization on the importance of data quality 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.
• Creation and revision of 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, enterprise architecture standards.
• Educates peers and cross-train team members in relation to data management strategies, data warehousing, data flows, and data architecture.

(NOTE: The duties and responsibilities listed above are for the purpose of determining a common set of minimum qualifications for all positions in this class. They may not include all of the essential job functions of each position in the class. Each position may not be required to perform all of the essential job functions listed.
Qualifications

Education
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering.

Experience
7 to 10 year(s) of experience as a Data or Information Architect. (Additional experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two years for the required education.) 10+ years overall IT experience.
Must have 5+ years of experience in database technologies, data design, administration, and performance optimization for large enterprise applications.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (Entry-level)

• Strong and demonstrated experience with enterprise data architecture, data management, data replication, and application integration in data platforms.
• Knowledge of dimensional modeling and data warehouse design techniques.
• Knowledge and experience in data transformation concepts and technologies.
• Strong conceptual, problem solving, and analytical skills.
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS technologies. (Oracle, SQL Server)
• Knowledge of alternate data technologies such as NoSQL.
• Experience with complete data development life cycle and best practices.
• Excellent client/user interaction skills to determine requirements.
• Strong collaboration skills

Preferred Skills

• Ability to communicate across all levels within an organization.
• Knowledge and understanding of Waterfall/Agile/Rapid application development.
• Knowledge of technologies/solutions adopted by OIT including but not limited to: Microsoft Stack (SQL Server, SSRS, SSAS, SSIS, Power BI, SharePoint)
• Oracle Stack (Oracle RDBMS)
• Enterprise Service Buses (ESB's)
• ETL concepts and toolsets.
• Creative problem-solving skills and ability to work on own initiative to drive and deliver results.
• Collaborative with strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Proof of Licenses, Certifications and Education
Applicants are required to submit proof of licenses, certifications and education beyond high school to meet the required and preferred qualifications of the position. Diplomas or transcripts must show the applicant's major field of study. Copies and unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

Failure to submit proof of Licenses, Certifications and Education will result in your application not being considered. Proof of licenses, certifications, and/or education must be submitted with each application.

Proof of Degree Equivalency
Applicants who have obtained a degree from outside the United States of America are required to submit degree equivalence documentation from World Education Services, Inc.

Mail or deliver documents to:
ATTN: Data Architect - Non-Merit
Office of Human Resources
Baltimore County Government
308 Allegheny Ave.
Towson, MD 21204

You can attach your resume, transcript(s) or license(s) to your application.

EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
Applicants will be qualified based on an evaluation of their training and experience, as stated on their application. Applicants must state the dates and duties of past and present experience clearly and completely for evaluation purposes.
Conditions of Employment

Incumbents must be of good moral character and emotionally stable.

Employment Background Investigation
Applicants selected for an appointment to a position in Baltimore County must successfully complete an employment background investigation, including, but not limited to a criminal background, education, and fingerprint check.

Job candidates may be required to complete an expanded background investigation.

Employment Benefits for Non-Merit or Non-Classified, Part-Time Employees

Baltimore County General Government offers the following benefits to part-time, non-merit or non-classified employees. New employees are eligible for benefits upon hire, unless noted otherwise.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Baltimore County is an equal opportunity employer and encourages minority, female and disabled applicants.

Smoke free workplace
All Baltimore County offices are smoke free.

Drug free workplace
Baltimore County provides a drug free workplace. Prospective employees are required to submit to urinalysis drug testing as part of the pre-employment physical examination.

Employee Assistance Program
Our Employee Assistance Program provides confidential and professional assessment and referral assistance for employees and eligible dependents in the household who are experiencing personal problems that may be affecting work performance, job satisfaction, or overall quality of life.

Health Insurance
In order to qualify for health insurance benefits (medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance), part-time employees must be scheduled for four (4) full work days plus two (2) hours each week.

Health Insurance benefits elected become effective the first day of the month following the date of hire if the employee has completed online enrollment prior to that date. New employees must enroll within thirty (30) calendar days of hire. Plans offered include:

Medical, Prescription, Dental and Vision insurance.

Flexible Spending Accounts
Opportunity to set aside pre-tax dollars, through payroll deduction, for eligible unreimbursed medical care expenses and/or dependent care costs.

Life Insurance
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