REMOTE Data Solutions Architect

Data Solutions Architect Develop a strategy for data governance that will lead to implementation and ongoing support. Act as a liaison with various staff levels to communicate and educate on data governance procedures. Assist data owners and data stewards with training, implementation and ongoing support. Collaborates with data owners, data stewards, and business leaders to enable departmental goals Works directly with key business decision makers to assess current reporting and analytics solutions, identify new and compelling business questions to answer, and scope solutions to deliver actionable insights Manages interactions with team members, data owners, data stewards and leadership for the achievement of department goals and business needs. Identifies data stewards for data definition development and ongoing update. Develops implementation strategy and data steward processes to assist clients with departmental procedures. Coordinate’s client meetings as needed to train new data stewards and/or develop data dictionary documentation. Develops relationships with client leadership to understand business operations and entity goals. Provides updates to management on overall department goals for the completion and maintenance of enterprise-wide documentation. Establish reporting and communication channels that will support ongoing data governance activities. Utilizes effective analysis and creative problem-solving techniques within Information Systems accepted framework to develop quality services and resolve problems. Develops and maintains an extraordinarily high level of skill in information technologies. Extremely flexible in recommending the appropriate solutions. Is viewed by others as the in-house technical expert on data quality. Develops a comprehensive analysis of pros/cons and implications of proposed solutions. Demonstrates strategic and forward thinking by conducting thorough analyses of downstream and upstream impact of data quality issues and proposed solutions. Uses effective interviewing skills to elicit enterprise requirements and long-term goals. Exercises leadership role with staff and clients to promote customer satisfaction and staff development. Reviews the need for training and recommends the appropriate training programs for designated individuals or workgroups in system functions and operations in order to maximize user effectiveness. Manages client expectations and priorities through effective communication and interaction. Resolves conflicts with client expectations and department issues. Manages interactions with clients to ensure understanding, agreement and attainment of project goals. Regularly keeps manager informed through activity reports monthly, or a frequency as established by the manager and requires minimal supervision. Utilizes effective analysis and design to create a sustainable data governance model that will support the enterprise. Develops standards and processes to ensure best practices are utilized throughout the development of the governance structure. Utilizes IS standard tools to map source system data to the data warehouse. Designs data governance model that will utilize standard quality tools to meet business needs. Works with technical resources to implement software or build governance structure to accomplish objectives. Provides expertise for development and design for all new data sources. Creates documentation and release notes for thorough project tracking. Work with other IT departments to further expand the data governance structure to applications outside the prevue of Decision Support. Strong attention to detail and understanding of various data systems, data sources and system platforms. Required Skills: Business requirements gathering (candidate must show high level of communication and understanding of business processes) exposure and hands-on work with BI solution tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, Looker, Sisense, SAP BI, etc. Software Technology Inc