Database Architect - Expert

Talentify; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentify in New York, NY seeks an Expert Database Architect and L2 Technical Operational Support for NYS ITS on behalf of NYS Department of Transportation. You will design data infrastructure, integrate data sources, and participate in the SSDLC to deliver secure, scalable database solutions.

You will collaborate with agency SMEs, vendors, and IT teams to meet milestones, optimize ODI/ELT/ETL processes, and ensure quality across design, build, and deployment activities.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing data architectures for large-scale data ecosystems.
• Strong knowledge of ODI/ELT/ETL processes and data integration strategies.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable database solutions.

Responsibilities

• Interact with subject matter experts to define data requirements and system specs.
• Design data infrastructure to extract and organize data for authorized access.
• Identify data sources and determine storage and organization needs.
• Participate in SSDLC including debugging and configuration of solutions.
• Identify and implement ODI/ELT and ETL process improvements.
• Review design deliverables and ensure conformance to architecture.
• Manage build phase and quality assure code against requirements.
• Resolve complex design and development issues; identify bugs.
• Determine requirements for new databases and installation approaches.
• Publish and present design reports to stakeholders.
• Audit systems to maintain quality and security; coordinate milestones.
• Write clean, testable code and perform testing and debugging.
• Deploy fully functional applications and track changes via ticketing system.

Skills

Data architecture

ETL/ELT

SQL/DB design

SSDLC

Debugging

Performance tuning

Code reviews

Data security

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Oracle ODI

ETL tools

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.

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