Senior Enterprise Data Architect — Data Strategy & AI

State of Washington; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Washington, Department of Licensing (DOL), Information Services Division seeks an Enterprise Data Architect to lead data strategy, architecture, and governance for critical agency systems and analytics environments. You will shape data solutions that enable AI/ML, improve decision making, and ensure data quality and privacy across lifecycles.

You will collaborate with leaders, architects, developers, data scientists, and governance groups, providing technical direction and standards

Qualifications

• Eleven (11) years of progressively responsible experience spanning enterprise data architecture, data management, analytics and data science.
• Five (5) years applying data science principles through statistical analysis, predictive modelling or machine learning.
• Experience designing enterprise data architectures, data models, data standards, governance, and master data practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain DOL’s enterprise data architecture framework, reference architectures, data models, standards, and strategic roadmaps.
• Design scalable enterprise data solutions, data pipelines, analytics environments, and repositories supporting operations, analytics, AI, and ML.
• Establish and guide enterprise practices for data governance, data quality, metadata, master data management, security, privacy, interoperability, and lifecycle management.
• Translate complex business and analytical needs into technical data designs and reusable enterprise solutions.
• Apply advanced data science, statistical, predictive, and ML methods to support data solutions and evidence-based decisions.
• Advise agency leaders and stakeholders on complex data architecture, technology, and modernization decisions.
• Teach and mentor teams to strengthen data engineering, data science, and data literacy practices across the agency.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Data governance

Data quality

Master data management

Data modeling

Security

Privacy

Data science

Machine learning

Advanced analytics

Job description

The State of Washington, Department of Licensing (DOL), Information Services Division seeks an Enterprise Data Architect to lead data strategy, architecture, and governance for critical agency systems and analytics environments. You will shape data solutions that enable AI/ML, improve decision making, and ensure data quality and privacy across lifecycles.

You will collaborate with leaders, architects, developers, data scientists, and governance groups, providing technical direction and standards