Data Warehouse Architect

Job Description

Job Description

The position functions as a senior information technology analyst responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing a variety of automated data warehouse applications located on the State of Michigan’s Teradata Data Warehouse platform. The position will represent the team and coordinate team activities with other data warehouse teams on complex, multi-team projects. In addition, the position will work with other data warehouse developers to review existing data warehouse policies and practices, modify them as needed, or propose new polices or practices.

This position is part of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Data Warehouse Team. Knowledge of SQL, Business Intelligence tools, and experience with the relational database is required to help develop and maintain DHHS data warehouse ETL and queries.

Requirements

6+ Years:

• Creating Data Warehouse BI applications including ETL/data mart development, reporting, dashboards and other information analysis and delivery system.
  

2+ Year:

• Child Welfare Services, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile services, or other related experience
  

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical study

Desired Skills

• SQL Assistant/Teradata Studio Experience
  
• Must be able to work independently with little directions
  
• Experience with the State of Michigan PMM/SUITE/Agile methodology
  
• End user training experience
  
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with programmers, analysts, immediate supervisor, management, system users, operations, other State agencies and the private sector.
  
• Meet with users for clarification and elaboration as may be necessary to clearly define a problem and conceptualize a development plan.
  
• Recognize, gather, correlate, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, and devise solutions and alternatives and make appropriate recommendations.
  
• Experience working with Data Modelers and developers, facilitating modification of the logical design to create a physical design most suited to the reporting needs of the customer.
  
• Ability to design applications taking into consideration data reconciliation, (to the source system) query/reporting performance, and analytical business value.
  
• With the Business Analyst, presents the information gathered to the Project Review Board and/or Project Sponsors during project review meetings, project workgroups and to the Technical Review Board providing clarification and answers to questions.
  
• Consult with agency clients to explain complex IT processes and solutions, developing and maintaining an effective communication plan with DTMB and agency clients relating to project level metrics, bureau level project reporting, etc.
  
• Assist Architect or DBA to draft technical database model that: Complies with audit separation of duty requirement. Captures requirements of data elements. Designs data elements to best meet application needs. Reviews and approves updates to systems documentation.
  
• Gather, review, and analyze potential impacts of changes and inform DTMB management and supported client agency of impact and risks to existing IT solutions due to proposed legislation, enhancement requests, changes in government requests, changes in governmental processes or procedures.
  
• Provide professional technical expertise to the DTMB AS PMO Managers and client agency managers and supervisors in IT project estimating, and budgeting.
  
• Serves as a team lead and resource, directing the code development, providing advice and guidance to other development staff.
  
• Evaluate and identify opportunities for programming process or tools standardization.
  
• Perform disaster recovery planning and implementation.
  
• Provide input to procedures and ensure proper change management for all requested fixes to production systems.
  
• Review and approve test plans. Incorporate all levels of security, which were identified as system requirements, into test plans
  

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
  

Location

• Candidates MUST be local to the Lansing, Michigan area (withing 90 miles) at time of submission. This requirement is non-negotiable
  
• Position is a hybrid schedule (non-negotiable) : On-site Wednesdays and Thursdays every week (non-negotiable) . On-site days are mandatory and cannot be altered.
  
• Working hours Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
• Resource Must meet all these requirements from the beginning
  

Additional Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offer sponsorships at this time
  
• Must undergo a background check and drug screening for employment.
  

Employment Terms

• This is a W2 position
  
• 40 hrs per week
  
• HYBRID schedule - (non-negotiable) : On-site Wednesdays and Thursdays every week (non-negotiable) . On-site days are mandatory and cannot be altered.
  

About Zenfreed

At Zenfreed, we are more than an IT company. We bridge the gap between people wanting to do the work they were meant to do and organizations needing the right talent.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits

We understand a comprehensive benefits package is crucial to employment satisfaction. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage options for all employees.