AI-Ready Enterprise Data Architect

Mountain Area Health Education Center; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 76,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Mountain Area Health Education Center seeks an Enterprise Data Architect & AI Readiness Lead to oversee MAHEC's data architecture, governance, and AI strategy. You will own the data warehouse, integration patterns, and data lineage, while shaping the roadmap for AI adoption aligned with MAHEC's mission.

You will drive data standards, governance, and risk assessment, ensuring AI tools are evaluated with bias mitigation and patient safety in mind.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data management.
• Hands-on proficiency with modern cloud data platforms (Azure / Synapse) and data modeling.
• Experience with BI platforms and their underlying data layers; Qlik Sense QVD architecture and data modeling experience strongly preferred.
• Experience developing or implementing AI/ML strategy in an organizational context — including governance, DUAs/BAAs, and data residency terms.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, documentation, and continuous improvement of MAHEC's enterprise data architecture, including the Synapse data warehouse, integration patterns, and data lineage across source systems.
• Establish and enforce data standards, naming conventions, and schema governance for AI-ready data.
• Lead data quality assessment and remediation with monitoring systems to surface issues before analytics outputs or AI inputs.
• Manage and govern external data partnerships and integrations with provenance tracking.
• Serve as the primary technical author of MAHEC's data architecture documentation: ER diagrams, data dictionaries, integration maps, and lineage.
• Develop and maintain MAHEC's organizational AI strategy and governance framework.

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance

Communication skills

AI strategy

Education

Master's degree in computer science, data science, information systems, health informatics, or a closely related field

Tools

Azure / Synapse Analytics

Qlik Sense

Data lineage tooling

Job description

Mountain Area Health Education Center seeks an Enterprise Data Architect & AI Readiness Lead to oversee MAHEC's data architecture, governance, and AI strategy. You will own the data warehouse, integration patterns, and data lineage, while shaping the roadmap for AI adoption aligned with MAHEC's mission.

You will drive data standards, governance, and risk assessment, ensuring AI tools are evaluated with bias mitigation and patient safety in mind.