Database Architect - Expert

Talentify; Latham (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance is seeking an Expert Database Architect and L2 Technical Operational Support for a NYS ITS project with the NYS Department of Transportation. The role focuses on designing data infrastructure, implementing SSDLC, and ensuring secure access for authorized users.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with Agency SMEs and IT teams to deliver robust data solutions, optimize ETL/ELT processes, and produce design reports and architecture improvements while coordinating project milestones.

Qualifications

• Experience designing data infrastructure for authorized access.
• Ability to extract and organize data from multiple sources.
• Proficiency in SSDLC including debugging and configuration.

Responsibilities

• Interact with subject matter experts to understand business needs and design requirements.
• Design data infrastructure to extract and organize data for authorized access.
• Identify data sources and plan storage and organization to support analytics.

Skills

Data architecture

SQL

ETL/ELT

SSDLC

Oracle ODI

Data security

Debugging

Documentation

Tools

Oracle ODI

Job description

Provide a short description of the Position: Act as Expert Database Architect and L2 Technical Operational Support working for NYS Information Technology Services on behalf of the NYS Department of Transportation to fulfill the duties as described below.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Interact with Agency/business subject matter experts to understand business needs/requirements, Vendors of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products, and IT teams to determine and design application and system requirements.
• Design data infrastructure to extract and organize data for authorized individuals to access.
• Identify internal and external data sources, collaborating with business subject matter experts to determine their data storage and organizational needs and use the information to create and maintain data infrastructure.
• Participate in the entire Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) including debugging and configuring solution.
• Identify, recommend and implement ODI/ELT and ETL process and architecture improvements.
• Assist and verify design of solution and production of all design phase deliverables.
• Manage build phase and quality assure code to ensure fulfilling requirements and adhering to ODI/ELT and ETL architecture.
• Resolve difficult design and develop issues.
• Identify bugs when developers are not able to do so.
• Identify installation solutions for new databases.
• Determine the requirements for new databases.
• Publish and/or present design reports.
• Identifying areas for improvement in current systems.
• Coordinate with business, vendor and IT team members to reach project milestones and deadlines.
• Audit database regularly to maintain quality.
• Create systems to keep data secure.
• Design and document all components of approved application solutions including system integrations.
• Write clean, testable code using advanced analytical functions.
• Test and debug including, but not limited to: perform system testing and development of testing plans.
• Review and refactor code including, but not limited to: performance tuning of existing code, code reviews, and suggest changes that will best fit the Agency/business needs.
• Deploy fully functional applications.
• Use a ticketing system to track and manage incidents, service requests, problems, changes, and release/deployment.

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.