Data Architect

Data Architect

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent technical discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience) required
• At least 10+ years’ experience in an Enterprise Architect position building and deploying enterprise-class applications
• Prior experience in a technical leadership role
• Expert level knowledge and experience in enterprise DB (Oracle, Postgres, MS SQL, Etc.)
• Expert level experience in at least one Architecture Framework (e.g., TOGAF), Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), and Design Patterns
• Architecture and design skills including background in Mobile and Web Apps, APIs, Micro Frontends, and Micro Services
• Expertise in at least one of the cloud service provider solutions (e.g., AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Enterprise Software Development experience in one or more Object-oriented Programming languages
• TOGAF Certification

Responsibilities

• Understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determine corresponding enterprise system changes to drive the organization’s targeted business outcomes
• Design, implement, and optimize organization’s data infrastructure to support business goals
• Review and analyze the data infrastructure of an organization, plan future databases, and implement solutions to store and manage data for organizations and their users
• Analyze data across multiple environments, formulate data migration and integration strategies, design and build databases and data pipelines to implement data migration and integration strategy accordingly
• Develop and maintain the architecture for a broader scope of projects, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative
• Provide consulting support to other architects and team members within projects to ensure the project is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture
• Monitor the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies due to aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements
• Understand technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models
• Analyze the business-IT environment (run, grow, and transform the business) to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement (systems of record, differentiation, and innovation)
• Analyze the technology industry, competitors, and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise
• Define the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise’s future-state architecture vision
• Provides technical leadership in analyzing needs and translating them into robust, operationally sustainable and extensible technical solutions
• Identifies through research and prior experience, optimal methods and approaches to translating business needs into software solutions
• Makes recommendations for technical solutions by addressing application, data and technology architectures
• Guides cross-functional teams including Business Analysts, Software Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers in implementing technical solutions in line with MedImpact architecture standards and best-practices
• Helps software development teams implement industry-appropriate and regulation-compliant software solutions
• Facilitates and participates in business requirements analysis
• Participates and provides technical know-how on new product development or major product enhancements
• Translates business needs into solution architectures within the Application, Data & Technology paradigms
• Guides and reviews software, database, and systems designs
• Assists with resolution of business-critical issues within the operational environment as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and/or exposure to PBM, managed health care or pharmaceutical industries is a plus