Enterprise Data Architect (ITAE/ETS)

Enterprise Data Architect (ITAE/ETS)

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This recruitment is posted continuously. The hiring manager reserves the right to close the posting at any time once a selection has been made.

This position is responsible for enterprise-level data architecture that has effects agencywide as well as with external partners. The volume and use of data between HCA and external partners continues to increase, which makes this a very important position for Medicaid and health care data across the state. The ideal candidate will bring experience with HCA’s or similar organization’s data and will be excited to lead this complex work.

All HCA employees will apply an equity lens to their work, which may include but is not limited to all analyses of core business and processes.

About the unit:

The Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) division is the agency’s designated technology provider for the HCA. One of seven (7) sections in ETS is Strategic Services (S2). S2 provides the following services:

1. Enterprise architecture design and development for technology, data, and business architectures
2. Policies, principles, standards, and models
3. Agency-wide strategy IT plan development
4. IT / lifecycle roadmaps
5. Governances (internal and externally)
6. IT portfolio management and investment planning
7. Decision package and federal financial planning development
8. Legislative IT impact reviews
9. Quality focal point reviews of high risk / high impact projects

About the position:

The Enterprise Data Architect position is accountable to lead, direct, negotiate, and implement transformation of new architecture solutions with diverse health care programs, groups, and state-enterprise initiatives. This role has sole responsibility for assessing current and future data needs and new available data architectures.

This position is eligible to telework and is typically not required to report on-site. The default assigned work location of all Health Care Authority (HCA) positions – both on-site and telework eligible positions – is within the State of Washington. Frequency of onsite work will vary based on business and operational needs. HCA may choose, but is not required, to support out-of-state telework on a case-by-case basis.

Some of what you will do:

Develop data architecture across the state with external entities, partners, and within the agency.

• Oversee technology implementation and modification activities for HCA with a focus on new or shared infrastructure solutions.
• Continually assess and develop new data architecture options and solutions for specific programmatic business data needs for external partners and internal HCA program needs.
• Decide, develop, and foster understanding of new data architecture policies, principles, and standards.
• Provide technical data architecture consulting of highly complex data ecosystems by leading efforts in specific data domains, ensuring an overall enterprise interoperability of data sources and solutions.
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models necessary to oversee and implement data needs.
• Engage senior management and executives internally and externally with public and private sector organizations to facilitate both strategy and innovation planning.
• Formulate and provide agency strategy-level decisions and ramifications about data architectures. Work closely with programmatic areas across HCA and with other WA state agencies to assure interoperability and reliability with data sources and their respective use.

Evolve and grow data architect practices and methods.

• Establish and manage relationships with external private and public sector health care industry and IT vendors during business re-development and solution evaluations.
• Oversee and facilitate the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
• Lead and manage a team of technical architects (public and private sector), while also virtually leveraging subject matter experts.
• Decide, develop, and lead application of new data architectural concepts to obtain improvements and data options that meet operational requirements including scalability, maintainability, availability, reliability, and flexibility.

Initiate and provide architecture analysis and consultation.

• Assemble, lead, and manage teams to develop requirements across the public and private sector enterprises.
• Provide leadership and direction to technical teams to identify, evaluate, and decide system emerging needs.
• Make data-related recommendations to executive management impacting the enterprise.
• Troubleshoot highly complex data architecture use and security-related issues that have significant risk to HCA, the Health and Human Services Coalition, and state.

Required qualifications:

Qualifying candidates will satisfy one of the following requirement options:

1. Bachelor’s degree or higher in management information systems, computer science, or closely related field from an accredited college or university and
2. Ten (10) years of professional IT experience.

Option 2:

1. Fourteen (14) years of professional IT experience.

Option 3:

1. Five years as a senior level ITPS professional in state service.

Qualifying candidates’ experience must include all of the following (can be concurrent):

• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the field of data architecture, and/or administration of a data/reporting platform.
• Seven (7) years of design and implementation experience in IT with a deep knowledge in a minimum of two (2) of the following technical disciplines:
• Database management
• Master data management
• Data Interfaces
• Infrastructure and network design
• Application development
• Application programming interfaces (API’s)
• Middleware, servers and storage
• Four (4) years of experience developing and maintaining strong working relationships across a wide spectrum of internal HCA executives, managers, program managers, technology managers; and, externally with the public and private sector health care industry; listens attentively to others; ability to work independently or collectively in the development of ideas or strategies.
• Two (2) years of experience obtaining knowledge of data warehouse methods, standards, techniques, and capabilities including the ability to develop data governance processes. Experience with data governance. Ability to develop and evolve long-term strategies while driving grand-tactical to tactical operations.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating inter and intra-organizational meetings to achieve short- and long-term objectives; ability to keep diverse groups on task, and to reach negotiated and shared outcomes.
• Hands-on experience with Business Process Modeling Nomenclature (BPMN) modeling or data modeling experience.

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced education such as master’s degree in public administration, information technology, data science, or other advanced degree in a closely related field.
• Business analysis (BA) experience.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture (EA) and federal Medicaid Information Technology Architecture - MITA 3.0 and subsequent released frameworks.
• Experience with communicating with program/clinical staff.

How to apply:

Only candidates who reflect the minimum qualifications on their NEOGOV profile will be considered. Failure to follow the application instructions below may lead to disqualification. To apply for this position, you will need to complete your profile which includes three professional references and attach:

• A cover letter that specifically addresses how you meet the qualifications for this position
• Current resume

To take advantage of veteran preference , please do the following:

• Attach a copy of your DD214 (Member 4 long-form copy), NGB 22, or USDVA signed verification of service letter.
• Please black out any PII (personally identifiable information) data such as social security numbers. Include your name as it appears on your application in careers.wa.gov.

About HCA:

Functioning as both the state's largest health care purchaser and its behavioral health authority, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is a leader in ensuring Washington residents have the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

There are three pillars of our work: Apple Health (Medicaid); the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) programs; and behavioral health and recovery. Under these pillars, HCA purchases health care, including behavioral health treatment for more than 2.7 million Washington residents and provides behavioral health prevention, crisis, and recovery supports to all Washington residents.

What we have to offer:

• Meaningful work with friendly co-workers who care about those we serve
• A clear agency mission that drives our work and is person-centered
• A healthy work/life balance, including alternative/flexible schedules and mobile work options.
• A great total compensation and benefit package
• A safe, pleasant workplace in a convenient location with restaurants, and shopping nearby.
• Tuition reimbursement
• And free parking!

Notes:

Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment.

HCA is an equal opportunity employer. We value the importance of creating an environment in which all employees can feel respected, included, and empowered to bring unique ideas to the agency. HCA has five employee resource groups (ERGs). ERGs are voluntary, employee-led groups whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with HCA’s mission. Our diversity and inclusion efforts include embracing different cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints while fostering growth and advancement in the workplace. Studies have shown women, racial and ethnic minorities, and persons of disability are less likely to apply for jobs unless they feel they meet every qualification as described in a job description. Persons over 40 years of age, disabled and Vietnam era veterans, as well as people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are also encouraged to apply. If you have any questions about the required qualifications or how your experience relates to them, please contact us at Persons with disabilities needing assistance in the application process, or those needing this job announcement in an alternative format may contact Jake Nelko at or 360.725.0945.

The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is an E-Verify employer. All applicants with a legal right to work in the United States are encouraged to apply.