Sr. Data Architect

Pittsburgh International Airport; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Allegheny County Airport Authority as a Senior Data Architect to enhance the data management landscape at Pittsburgh International Airport. This critical role involves strategic oversight of data architecture and lifecycle practices, supporting innovation and collaboration across business functions. Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience in data modeling and governance within cloud environments, and will be committed to fostering data-driven solutions that empower operational excellence.

Benefits

ACAA-funded Health Reimbursement Account

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Allegheny County Employees Pension Plan

Access to a robust Employee Assistance Program

On-site preschool and childcare center

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Data Architect or similar role.
• 5+ years of experience with Azure services.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud-first data management principles.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage the data landscape of ACAA.
• Create the blueprint for data lifecycle including collection and storage.
• Work closely with data analysts and engineers to fulfill data requirements.

Skills

Data modeling techniques

Data governance practices

Problem-solving skills

Communication

Team Leadership

Customer Centricity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Visio

Enterprise Architect

Lucidchart

Azure SQL

PowerBI

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The Allegheny County Airport Authority [ACAA] invites you aboard our mission to create meaningful travel experiences in the aviation industry. As Pittsburgh’s gateway to the world, both Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport serve as beacons of change and connectivity for our region. As a member of our crew, you will directly serve, inspire, and advance our community in significant ways that impact the daily lives of others and the future of our organization. Whether you have a passion for travel, an appreciation for aeronautics and aviation, or an unparalleled love for the city of Pittsburgh, ACAA provides the opportunity for the next chapter of your career to take flight.

Our culture is one that emphasizes high performance, innovation, and learning. We know that those things only happen when everyone who works in an organization is properly empowered, equipped, and enabled in their roles to make an impact. At ACAA success is a shared responsibility, and we look forward to supporting and developing the unique strengths you could bring to our team.

Job Summary

The ACAA’s Senior Data Architect is responsible for defining and managing the data landscape of ACAA, enabling data collaboration practices and drive continuous improvement in the data management space to help us redefine, understand, use and manage our current and future data assets.

Here Is How The Senior Data Architect Will Help

• Strategy: Build, manage and communicate the comprehensive architecture strategy of the organization with cloud-first data management practices on Azure Cloud
• Data Management: Create the blueprint for data lifecycle including collection, storage, processing, and usage, ensuring accessibility, reliability, and security.
• Modeling: Design conceptual, logical and physical data models covering structured and unstructured scenarios with Data Lake and Data Mesh principles
• Architecture: Create and maintain the overall data architecture framework, including databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and other data systems
• Business Enablement: Translate business requirements into data model specifications and forward-thinking data strategies ensuring data accuracy and consistency with batch, event and streaming solutions
• Innovation: Guide and expand the data lifecycle management practices for streamlined application integration, analytical and data science value streams with a focus on IoT and sensor data management.
• Governance: Manage and expand our data governance practices to provide guidance and information about data assets and manage the assets through their lifecycle
• Collaboration: Work closely with business teams, data analysts, data science specialists, and IoT engineers to understand and fulfill data requirements.
• Perform other related tasks as assigned or required.
  
  

The successful candidate for the role of Senior Data Architect will demonstrate the following key competencies needed in our culture:

• Communication - Able to clearly articulate goals and objectives to the team; Listens for understanding first with peers, superiors and subordinates; Listens for understanding first with peers, superiors and subordinates
• Strategic Thinking - Able to problem-solve for short-term (quarterly) challenges to accomplish key goals; Able to develop plans to achieve efficient, on-time results
• Team Leadership - Lead and anticipate the pace and process of change effectively; Drive talent development as a team and individually; Takes accountability for team results; Recognizes and rewards excellence on the team
• Customer Centricity - Motivates team to identify new ways to improve customer experience; Identifies systemic improvements that could positively impact customers
  
  

Qualifications

The following requirements list the minimum education/training/experience required to qualify for this job. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be accepted.

Requirements to apply for the role of Senior Data Architect are:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience as a Data Architect or similar role.
• 10+ years of experience in different data modeling techniques and data architecture patterns supporting batch, event and streaming capabilities including OLTP, Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Lakehouse and Data Mesh patterns
• 5+ years of experience with modeling tools such as Visio, Enterprise Architect, Lucidchart, ErWin, Draw.IO
• 5+ years of experience of end-to-end cloud data management practices including ingestion, data transformation, data warehousing, data product and analytical usage patterns
• 5+ years of experience in data governance in a cloud environment including metadata management, master data management, data lifecycle practices, data lineage and data dictionary practices
• 3+ years of experience with Azure services such as Azure Storage, Data Factory, IoT Hub, Data Explorer, Synapse, Azure SQL, Azure Data Catalog / Purview, PowerBI
• 3+ years of experience with data governance tools like Collibra, Azure Data Catalog, Purview
• 3+ years of experience in data quality practices including manual and automated procedures
• Possess or obtain prior to employment a valid Pennsylvania Class C driver’s license. Note: license must be maintained throughout employment.
  
  

We also expect that candidates will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities in most cases:

• Strong knowledge of data security practices
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools
• Excellent problem-solving skills, innovative mindset, and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud-first data management principles
• Strong understanding of structured and unstructured data, batch-, event-, and streaming data challenges and a passion for innovative data solutions.
  
  

Don’t meet every requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. As a Smarter Airport, we recognize that talent is not always related job history and skills come from valuable experiences that aren’t always shown on a resume. If you are excited to make a positive change for our region, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for our organization, whether it be this role or another.

Caring For Our Crew

Benefits

At ACAA, we’ve got you covered. That applies to how we equip, empower, and enable our people to do their jobs. It also applies to our benefits, which are broader and more valuable than what many other employers offer:

• We offer two plan options for healthcare coverage from high-quality insurance carriers, as well as an ACAA-funded Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) that will help offset the cost of many medical expenses.
• ACAA employees pay almost $1,200 less per year in healthcare payroll contributions than the average employee in other companies, according to market surveys.
• When HRA funding is included, the health-plan deductibles paid by ACAA employees are about $1,200 lower on average than the costs paid by employees of other companies.
• ACAA does not require that employees meet a separate deductible for pharmacy expenses before prescription-drug coverage kicks in.
• ACAA’s dental plans (included with healthcare coverage) offer an option covering children’s orthodontia.
• Employees also can take advantage of a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to help pay for health care and dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis.
• All eligible full-time ACAA employees participate in the Allegheny County Employees Pension Plan, a defined-benefit plan that vests after 10 years of service.
• Employees also may participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan, which allows them to contribute part of their pay on a pre-tax basis into long-term retirement investments.
• A robust Employee Assistance Program (including access to free counselling sessions, financial guidance, and care coordination), life insurance options, a wellness program, and eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program round out ACAA’s exemplary benefits.
• Employees may enroll their children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age in our on-site preschool and childcare center, La Petite Academy, at Pittsburgh International Airport.
  

About Allegheny County Airport Authority

Allegheny County Airport Authority, which manages Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Allegheny County Airport (AGC), is committed to transforming Pittsburgh’s airports to reflect and serve the community, inspire the industry, and advance the region’s role as a world leader.

Pittsburgh International Airport serves nearly 10 million passengers annually on 17 carriers and was named by Fast Company magazine as One of the Most Innovative Companies in the World as well as a finalist in its World Changing Ideas awards, both in 2020. PIT’s first-of-its-kind microgrid – which completely powers the airport campus through natural gas and solar energy – has won numerous awards for resiliency and sustainability.

PIT is in the midst of an ambitious terminal modernization that will make the passenger experience more efficient and deliver real opportunity for the region. The $1.4 billion new terminal program will construct a smarter, greener airport, inspired by the best of our region. The updated terminal lands in 2025 and will be the first airport terminal in the U.S. to be built from the ground-up post-pandemic, designed and constructed with the highest public health standards in mind.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Airlines and Aviation

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