Data Architect Manager

Job : 323397

Location: District Support Services Cntr

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Salary Range: $ - $ DOE

Grade: 124

Summer: Mon-Thurs; 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Non Summer: Mon-Fri; 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

12 months

10 Colleges. Unlimited Opportunities.

The Maricopa County Community College District is one of the largest community college systems in the nation. Home to 10 individually accredited community colleges and 31 satellite locations, we proudly serve students in every corner of the Valley. Each day, our dedicated faculty, staff, and administrators, live out our vision-creating excellence in education for a better world.

We focus on people-not profits. With 100% acceptance, zero rejections, and affordable tuition, we provide the flexibility and support our students need to succeed in and beyond the classroom. Discover how we're changing college.

We don't just support our community-we help build it. We are the largest provider of workforce development training in the state. The activities of our colleges and their students support one out of every 28 jobs in Maricopa County. Learn about our economic impact.

We believe our employees are our most valuable asset. Our 10 colleges and District Office support nearly 10,000 jobs and careers throughout Greater Phoenix.

Join us in making a real difference in the lives of over 140,000 college students each year.

40% - Enterprise Data Architecture Leadership

Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap for the District, aligned with institutional priorities and long-term technology strategy.

Design scalable, secure, and maintainable architecture patterns for data ingestion, storage, transformation, integration, metadata, and consumption.

Establish standards for enterprise data modeling, master and reference data, data integration, lineage, interoperability, and reusable architecture components.

Guide architectural decisions for modern cloud-based data platforms, data warehouses, lake/lakehouse environments, and integration frameworks built on AWS.

Partner with application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, analytics, and governance teams to ensure data architecture aligns with enterprise technology direction and compliance obligations.

20% - AWS Data Platform Architecture

Architect and guide implementation of cloud-native data solutions using AWS services and best practices.

Lead the design of secure and scalable data pipelines and platform components across services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, Redshift, RDS, Athena, Cloud Watch, Lake Formation, Step Functions, Event Bridge, and related AWS-native tools, as appropriate to District needs.

Establish architecture standards for cloud security, role-based access, encryption, monitoring, disaster recovery, and cost optimization in AWS.

Provide technical leadership for modernization of legacy data environments into cloud-based platforms and services.

20% - Team Leadership and Management

Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of data architects, data engineers, and related technical staff.

Set team priorities, assign work, conduct performance management, hire/onboard new employees, and support professional development.

Create a high-performing team culture centered on service, accountability, documentation, technical rigor, and collaboration.

Balance strategic architecture responsibilities with practical delivery oversight and coaching.

10% - Solution Delivery and Stakeholder Engagement

Work with institutional leadership, IT leaders, analysts, and functional stakeholders to translate business and academic needs into architecture and platform solutions.

Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance across initiatives involving analytics, reporting, system integration, data enablement, and AI readiness.

Support delivery teams in designing and implementing data solutions that are stable, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Communicate architectural direction, tradeoffs, risks, and roadmap recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

10% - Operational Excellence

Promote best practices in documentation, architecture review, data lifecycle management, release readiness, supportability, and service continuity.

Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend tools, patterns, and platforms that improve Maricopa's ability to support academic, student, and business success.

Contribute to roadmap planning, standards…