Senior Enterprise Data Architect – Remote/WA

Washington State Department of Transportation; Washington; Remote; USD 104,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Washington State Department of Commerce seeks a Senior Enterprise Data Architect to lead the design and modernization of the agency's data architecture. You will define governance standards, inventory datasets, and drive secure, scalable data solutions across divisions.

Responsibilities include leading data governance initiatives, implementing metadata catalogs, and guiding program staff on data quality and compliance. Strong collaboration with IT and policy teams is required.

Qualifications

• Eight years of IT experience including data management, governance and architecture.
• Experience designing, implementing and modernizing enterprise data systems.
• Experience leading cross-divisional data governance and platform initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data architecture design and modernization across divisions.
• Inventory, validate and catalog datasets to support governance and reporting.
• Provide senior technical leadership on data stewardship, lineage and metadata standards.

Skills

Data governance

Data architecture

ETL

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/related

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Alation

Azure

Job description

Washington State Department of Commerce seeks a Senior Enterprise Data Architect to lead the design and modernization of the agency's data architecture. You will define governance standards, inventory datasets, and drive secure, scalable data solutions across divisions.

Responsibilities include leading data governance initiatives, implementing metadata catalogs, and guiding program staff on data quality and compliance. Strong collaboration with IT and policy teams is required.