Strategic Data Architect — Cloud & Governance

State of Colorado; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) seeks a strategic Data Architect to advise and lead data architecture strategy, including cloud platforms, for OIT and partner agencies. You will provide scalable solutions to complex problems, approve data architecture decisions, and align with current and future agency needs.

Key duties include advising on data strategy, driving data-driven insights, leveraging modern technologies, and guiding data engineers, analysts, and scientists in

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of enterprise data architecture and management experience.
• Experience designing solutions on modern data platforms including cloud.
• Experience developing and operationalizing architectural and data designs.
• Experience identifying and resolving data quality concerns with governance tools.

Responsibilities

• Consult on data strategy and architecture for OIT and agency partners.
• Drive innovations and data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Introduce best-in-class technologies to develop scalable data solutions.
• Architect, prototype, document, and implement data solutions for business needs.
• Assess new data initiatives for architecture and security compliance.
• Coordinate with vendors and OIT architecture during project lifecycles.
• Perform Data Management Maturity Assessments (DMMA).
• Create conceptual, logical, physical models and data dictionaries.
• Support Data Engineers, Analysts, Scientists, and Visualization Designers.
• Manage multi-agency schema integration and data definitions across datasets.
• Maintain stakeholder relationships across agencies and vendors.
• Work with large, complex datasets.

Skills

Data architecture

Enterprise data management

Information modeling

Data governance

Tools

Informatica

Snowflake

Job description

The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) seeks a strategic Data Architect to advise and lead data architecture strategy, including cloud platforms, for OIT and partner agencies. You will provide scalable solutions to complex problems, approve data architecture decisions, and align with current and future agency needs.

Key duties include advising on data strategy, driving data-driven insights, leveraging modern technologies, and guiding data engineers, analysts, and scientists in