Enterprise Data Architect

Creative Solutions Services, LLC; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Solutions Services, LLC is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect in Harrisburg, PA, for a 4-month engagement. The role focuses on defining and evolving enterprise information architecture and reusable data products to support transformation and AI priorities.

You will partner with business, product and engineering teams to map data assets, establish canonical models, and ensure data quality and governance across agencies, enabling modernization and AI capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in data architecture, information architecture or enterprise architecture.
• 8+ years hands-on experience in data architecture, data engineering, or advanced database design.
• At least 5+ years of experience with data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB and cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience working with data security, privacy and regulatory requirements for handling sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Define conceptual and logical data models for common business entities.
• Establish canonical models and enterprise information standards.
• Define relationships between enterprise and domain-specific data assets.
• Design enterprise information architecture that incorporates data classification, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements by design.
• Partner with cloud, integration and data teams to implement enterprise data products.
• Promote API-first and product-based approaches to information sharing.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Communication

Leadership without authority

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

MongoDB

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Title: Enterprise Data Architect

Location: Harrisburg - PA

Duration: 4 Months

Note

• Hybrid - one day weekly (Tue, Wed or Thursday) in office--607 South Drive, Forum Building 5th floor, Harrisburg


• Interview type: Screening with hiring manager, virtual interview with 2more people, final in person at Harrisburg

Job Description

Role Summary

• The Enterprise Data Architect is responsible for defining and evolving the Commonwealth's enterprise information architecture and reusable data products to support transformation and AI priorities.


• This role partners with business leaders, product and engineering teams and enterprise technology org to identify which information assets should be shared across agencies and which should remain domain specific.


• The position will define data domains, create data models, ensure data quality, map source to domain and assist in creating contracts to support modernization initiatives and future AI capabilities.


• The role serves as the bridge between business processes and technical implementation, ensuring that new solutions contribute to a sustainable enterprise data foundation rather than creating additional silos.


• The ideal candidate possesses a comprehensive understanding of data architecture principles, practical data modeling experience, and deep expertise in data-centric architecture.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Information Architecture

• Define conceptual and logical data models for common business entities.


• Establish canonical models and enterprise information standards.


• Define relationships between enterprise and domain-specific data assets.


• Design enterprise information architecture that incorporates data classification, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements by design.

Modernization Programs

• Partner with workflow modernization teams (product and engineering) to embed reusable data products into solution designs.


• Analyze legacy systems and identify information assets suitable for enterprise reuse.


• Prevent duplication of data structures across applications and agencies.


• Support data migration strategies and target-state architecture.

Data Product Architecture

• Identify and support design of reusable data products


• Define schemas, interfaces, metadata and quality requirements


• Establish product boundaries, stewardship and ownership models.

Data Governance and Metadata

• Establish data architecture principles, data standards, best practices, and guidelines including data catalog, data lineage, observability, security and interoperability


• Define business definitions and data quality expectations.

Platform and Technology Collaboration

• Work with engineering and platform teams to translate business concepts into technical designs.


• Partner with cloud, integration and data teams to implement enterprise data products.


• Promote API-first and product-based approaches to information sharing.

AI Enablement

• Ensure enterprise data products are discoverable, governed and suitable for future AI use cases.


• Support semantic layers, knowledge graphs and natural language access to enterprise information.

Desired Background and Experience

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience


• Minimum 10 years of experience in data architecture, information architecture or enterprise architecture.


• 8+ years of hands-on experience in data architecture, data engineering, or advanced database design, modeling experience in designing or implementing data warehouse/data marts, MDM concepts and tools


• At least 5+ years of experience with data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB and big data on cloud-based ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP). Experience working with unstructured data is a plus.


• Experience working with data security, privacy and regulatory requirements for handling sensitive data


• Experience in designing and implementing data quality initiatives, including platforms and tooling


• Demonstrable experience supporting large-scale modernization or digital transformation initiatives across multiple domains and stakeholders


• Ability to work across domains and stakeholders with strong communication skills


• Proven ability to develop work plans for self, resolve ambiguity and lead teams without authority


• Industry Experience in Public sector, Healthcare or Financial Services is preferable


• Candidates may have previously served as Principal Architect, Enterprise Information Architect, Solution Architect for large enterprises or modernization initiatives

Success Measures

During the first year, this role will

• Establish enterprise information architecture principles.


• Define reusable enterprise data products for priority domains.


• Support specific modernization initiatives as a model implementation.


• Introduce metadata and ownership standards.


• Enable future modernization efforts to reuse common data assets rather than recreating them.


• Client the foundation for enterprise analytics and AI capabilities across the Commonwealth.

Required / Desired Skills

• experience in data architecture, information architecture or enterprise architecture.


• hands-on experience in data architecture, data engineering, or advanced database design, modeling experience in designing or implementing data warehou


• experience with data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB and big data on cloud-based ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP


• experience working with data security, privacy and regulatory requirements for handling sensitive data


• experience in designing and implementing data quality initiatives, including platforms and tooling


• experience supporting large-scale modernization or digital transformation initiatives across multiple domains and stakeholders