Data Architect

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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Data Architect based at our National Center in Dallas, TX. This role can be home-based.

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, grant-funded opportunity. Current funding will expire 12/31/2030 with the possibility of extension.

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• Designs integration architectures, defines clinical data mappings from electronic health record data including imaging, develops data models, and consults with the infrastructure team on server and data storage services.

• Formulates and recommends standards for achieving maximum performance, compliance and efficiency of the database and delivery to researchers in the American Heart Association Precision Medicine Platform.

• Ensures accuracy and integrity of service-oriented architecture through analysis, coding, writing clear documentation and problem resolution. Reviews issues and enhancements documented in the incident management and project management system for consideration of business needs.

• Maintains in-depth current knowledge of standards, guidelines, and industry trends for Data Warehouse Architecture as it relates to reporting and operations. Attends and interacts with user groups and researches new software vendors in the market. Evaluates new data sources for adherence to the organization's quality standards and ease of integration.

• Fosters use of self-service analytics, data governance and visual discovery while guiding changes and limited reliance on manual data processes. Builds proof of concept and tangible results by sharing testing data.

• Participates in the planning for retirement of systems programs, and migration of systems infrastructure by providing current state and future state architectural diagrams.

• Works closely with Chief of Data Science and business groups within American Heart Association to ensure prioritization of corporate and department objectives within the portfolio management system.

• Provides guidance on Data Governance as it applies to enterprise data architecture choices.

• Champions data quality, integrity, and reliability throughout the department by designing data flow models and promoting development best practices with best of breed automation tools, working cross-functionally to ensure that data is made available timely and securely.

• Provides mentoring to Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) team members with technical expertise, complex systems, and/or programming knowledge. Provides on-the-job training for new or less experienced ETL team members.

• Provides technical training to external team members to encourage cross-department connections including the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures.

• Provides a methodology for…