Data Architect
- Employer
- Fairfield University
- Location
- Connecticut, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Jan 16, 2023
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Academic Affairs, Institutional Research & Planning, Instructional Technology & Design (Campus), Business & Administrative Affairs, Computer Services & Information Technology, Technology Administration/Other, Chief Technology & Information Officers
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
Job Description:
The Data Architect Lead is a key member of the Enterprise Computing team at Fairfield University. In this role, you will lead efforts around data governance and architecture. Working with a team of developers, administrators, and analysts within IT and various other departments on campus, you’ll drive implementation of new processes to standardize the process of data collection, storage, transformation, distribution, and usage. Fairfield is currently in the midst of a modernization process to move from legacy systems and architectures to cloud and SaaS-based solutions. The Data Architect Lead will have the opportunity to shape these areas to ensure we maximize our ROI, deliver a superb student experience, and maintain efficient and effective operations.
The ideal candidate will have experience leading data initiatives across functional areas to align the University on a standardized set of processes, policies, and technologies. The right person must possess a mix of functional, technical, and business acumen to prioritize new projects; troubleshoot, assess and remediate issues; and work with partners across campus to enable new capabilities. Higher Education experience is preferred but not required, but the incumbent must be able to learn and adapt to the higher education domain and become productive as quickly as possible. Critical skills needed to succeed are: a passion to improve all areas of the University (good enough is never good enough), a keen awareness and empathy in managing student, faculty, and staff expectations and the ability to build solid relationships within his/her team and among the diverse constituencies at Fairfield. Above all, the two most most critical success factors for this role are:
- The ability to collaborate within the team and across the
community
- The patience and desire to persist through obstacles to help
achieve University goals.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a strategy for Fairfield’s overall data
governance, quality and security, informed by our institutional
strategy and organizational capability.
- Provide expertise in requirements gathering, design, and
implementation of data governance processes
- Determine database structural requirements by analyzing client
operations, applications, and programming; reviewing objectives
with stakeholders; evaluating current systems (Oracle, Workday,
Prism, Azure, etc.) and assess the need for a new enterprise data
warehouse
- Lead data conversion process during Workday Student Information
System implementation
- Support the definition and design of repeatable data-driven
solutions working in close coordination with IT and functional
stakeholders.
- Serve as the primary knowledge source for converting data from
legacy systems and spreadsheets into the HCM & Financials
systems
- Converting Data into Workday using Workday provided loading
tools
- Oversee the ETL process to transform and load data to
Workday
- Lead in the validation of data loaded into Workday
- Lead efforts for mapping legacy data, identifying data quality
issues and overall responsibility over conversion activates on the
project
- Responsible for key communication to project and University
leadership
- Responsible for timely identification and escalation of risks
and development of alternative technical and functional approaches
when necessary
- Lead the identification of process improvements and changes to
methodology based on project experience
Required
- Prior experience as a data architect or in a related role
- Expert understanding of data integration, architecture, and
access
- Experience with various ERP systems including Oracle and
Workday
- Experience with data visualization tools and dashboard
solutions (e.g. Tableau, Prism, PowerBI, etc.)
- Systems and process-oriented thinker with the ability to
synthesize information from disparate sources and anticipate
impacts to a diverse group of stakeholders
- Ability to develop relationships among all organizational
levels.
- Experienced in Microsoft Office suite as well as Business
Process Mapping.
- Excellent analysis, interviewing, communication, and team
skills.
- Ability to work both independently and closely with others
according to project needs.
- Highly adaptable and flexible to meet dynamic needs of the
Higher Ed environment.
- Ability to train end-users at various skill levels.
- Must be a fast learner with a strong desire to learn the
Fairfield culture and environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline required.
- Experience in a Higher Education environment.
- Experience managing in a distributed/matrixed organization with
ability to influence stakeholders across functions
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Performs such other duties, responsibilities, and activities as required by supervisor and as departmental/University needs indicate.
*Disclaimer
The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain and should not be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, activities, and/or qualifications required or expected of employees assigned to this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change and new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice.
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