IT Specialist(Data Lakehouse Architect)

DC Government; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DC Health, part of the District of Columbia Government, is seeking a Senior IT Specialist to architect and optimize an enterprise data lakehouse. The role focuses on designing data models, ensuring security, and enabling data-driven decision making across the organization.

You will lead architecture efforts, coordinate with stakeholders, and implement scalable data solutions that support critical public health applications in the District of Columbia.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or related field or equivalent with development/ adaptation of applications, systems or networks.
• Four core competencies: Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, Problem Solving.
• Experience with data lakehouse design, ETL, CI/CD pipelines, and data governance/security.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, upgrade, and enhance enterprise data models for critical applications and services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data access, integration, and performance issues.
• Lead data lakehouse assessment, planning, and development under IT leadership.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve data availability, security, and storage; evaluate emerging technologies.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Oral Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Degree in computer science or related field

24 credit hours in related fields

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

IAM & security

Cloud governance

Job description

We are excited in your interest to join DC Health (The District of Columbia Department of Health), a nationally accredited public health department (https://phaboard.org/ ) Where our Vision is for Washington, D.C. to be the healthiest city in America.We believe that all people - no matter their race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, education level, age, language, religion, ability, or geographic location - should have the opportunity to live healthy lives.

DC Health is focused on providing the essential public health services (10 Essential Public Health Services) necessary to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities and remove systemic and structural barriers that have resulted in health inequities through the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (PH Core Competencies.)

Bring your professional career to Washington, D.C., the most dynamic and diverse city in the country. Join us as you are appreciated, developed, and rewarded and play a vital role in DC Health achieving our Strategic Priorities and Values:

We look forward to reviewing your candidacy, be well and good luck!

Job Summary

This position is located in the Department of Health (DC Health) within the Office of The Director, Office of Information Technology (OD-IT). DC Health promotes health, wellness, and equity across the District, and protects the safety of residents, visitors, and those doing business in the nation’s capital. DC Health believes that all people - no matter their race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, education level, age, language, religion, ability, or geographic location - should have the opportunity to live healthy lives.

Integral to this role is a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.The IT Specialist (Data Lakehouse Architect) is a Senior IT Specialist responsible for designing, documenting, upgrading, and enhancing an enterprise platform that can centrally store data (structured, un-structured, and semi-structured) from various critical applications, and systems for analysis and decision-making. The role requires hands‑on experience with data ingestion, extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL), CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and Infrastructure-as-Code, as well as knowledge of IAM policies, security controls, dataand cloud governance.

The incumbent candidate for this position will have the unique opportunity to lead data lakehouse assessment, planning and development activities for the DC Health, working under the general direction of the Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) and working closely with stakeholders to troubleshoot and resolve system issues affecting data access, integrity, performance, security and storage, and recommends integration architecture upgrades to improve data availability, recovery, and future systems resilience within the District.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Incumbent serves as an IT Specialist, with primary responsibility for designing, documenting, upgrading, and enhancing enterprise data models to support critical applications and services. This role involves ensuring adherence to government laws and regulations, safeguarding information and computer systems, and troubleshooting and resolving application and integration‑related issues. The role also involves defining infrastructure for application design and integration cloud‑based systems, confirming application architecture capability and flexibility to support high availability web/cloud applications, and improving application architecture by evaluating emerging technologies and their applicability to business goals and operational requirements

The incumbent also contributes to strategic plans, prepares action plans, implements production and quality standards, and collaborates with senior management to understand information requirements and prioritize development tasks. Additionally, the Application Developer/Integration Architect defines infrastructure for application and integration design, confirms application capability, and improves architecture by evaluating and implementing emerging technologies.

Qualifications and Education

Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology managementordegree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks.

OR

Individuals must have IT‑related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below:

1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers.

3. Oral Communication - Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively.

4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information.

AND

Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.To be creditable, one (1) year of specialized experience must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression.

Licenses and Certifications

None required.

Preferred Qualifications: Certified DevSecOps Professional (AWS & Azure)

Working Conditions / Environment

The incumbent must be able to carry out official duties in a variety of settings and conditions. Routine work will occur primarily in an office setting.

Other Significant Facts

Employment Sponsorship:Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa currently.

Agency Wide Consideration:Qualified individuals that submit applications for this vacancy may be considered for other current open vacancies for which they qualify within DC Health.

Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday 8:15am - 4:45pm

Area of Consideration:Open to the Public

Promotion Potential:No Known Promotion Potential

Duration of Appointment:Career Service Term Appointment (not to exceed 13 months)

Pay Plan, Series and Grade:CS-2210-14

Collective Bargaining Unit (Union):This position is in the collective bargaining unit represented by AFGE Local 2725 and you may be required to pay an agency fee (dues) through direct payroll.

Position Designation:This position has been designated as Security Sensitive.Pursuant to section 410 of Chapter 4 of the D.C. Personnel Regulations; in addition to the general suitability screening, individuals applying for or occupying security sensitive positions are subject to the following checks and tests:

• (a) Criminal background check;
• (b) Traffic record check (as applicable);
• (c) Consumer credit check (as applicable);
• (d) Reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol test; and
• (e) Post-accident or incident drug and alcohol test.

Residency Requirement:(if applicable) If the position you are applying for is in the Career, Management Supervisory, or Educational Service at an annual salary of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or more, you must establish residency in the District of Columbia within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of the appointment and continue to maintain residency within the District of Columbia throughout the duration of the appointment.

EEO Statement:The District of Columbia Government does not discriminate or retaliate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, family responsibilities, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, homeless status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, participation in a legally protected activity, parental status, matriculation, personal appearance, credit information, status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking, military service, or other non-merit factor.