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Alameda County Community Food Bank · 8 hours ago

Data Architect

Oakland, California, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$142K/yr - $142K/yr

7+ years exp

Alameda County Community Food Bank is seeking a Data Architect to design and develop a data infrastructure that supports the organization's analytical needs. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance data architecture, promote data democratization, and implement new technologies for improved data management.

Non Profit

No H1B

Responsibilities

Catalog and inventory the current enterprise data repositories, analytic tools and related tech stacks

Gain understanding of organizations reporting and analytic needs through interviews and collaboration with internal stakeholders

Lead assessments to consider potential new data systems, vendors, and tools

Designs and Develops data architecture frameworks to support the organizations objectives

Develop strategies and propose solutions to expand and enhance the data architecture for organization

Recommend tools and systems that support our objectives in balance with budget constraints and right-sized appropriately for sustainability

Partner with Director of IT to develop a long-term roadmap for data enabling strategies

Provide enhancements to existing data infrastructure to optimize the use of current tools

Build and configure a modern data stack to reduced data silos, enables cross-platform analysis and provides tools to data consumers

Create systems and processes that support a diversity of technical capabilities and organizational needs

Support organization efforts to integrated systems, identify single source of truth, improve data normalization and promote cross-system data consistency

Provide Training and Support assistance to users of the data analytics infrastructure

Create documentation for data users and SOP to support its growth and development

Provide maintenance and ongoing enhancements to systems

Lead a cross-departmental data user group responsible for reviewing data system changes, advancing data quality and governance practices, and supporting the ongoing development of organization-wide business intelligence

Partner with the Data team to build and promote a robust business intelligence ecosystem that democratizes data and promotes data driven decisions

Collaborate with IT leadership to develop, support and implement strategic plans aligned with data analytics and business intelligence

Champion best practices in data architecture, including data governance, quality, and security

Partner with IT Team and data owners to promote the safeguard of our enterprise data

Conduct audits of data systems and repositories to ensure access is provisions to protect food bank data assets

Proven ability in managing access to and be responsible for protecting confidential financial information

Superb judgment; ability to handle confidential information with great sensitivity

Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive Food Bank data along with the ability to establish credibility, trust and partnership at all levels of an organization

Essential duties of the role may change and adapt over time as the organization defines and builds a new data ecosystem

All other duties as assigned

Qualification

Data architecture designSQLETL/ELTData normalizationData governanceData lakesData warehousesBusiness intelligence toolsAnalytical skillsCollaborationCommunication skillsProblem solvingIntegrity

Required

Bachelor's degree or master's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience

7 or more years of professional experience in data architect or data engineering as a primary function of position

At least 3 years of experience designing data strategies and building enterprise data systems

Hands on experience working with enterprise systems, their data structures, and relationships to business operations

Proven expertise with SQL, ETL/ETL, data normalization, semantic layers, data modeling, data warehouses, and data lakes

Working knowledge of data security standards, including PCI and HIPAA

Deep understanding of the databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and related analytics tools

Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail

Ability to communicate complex technical information to a non-technical audience, translating and adapting presentations to promote understanding

Ability to work and interact well with individuals (staff, volunteers, and participants) from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds in a culturally diverse environment

Ability to develop and maintain collaborative and professional relationships

Ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments in a high-demand environment