Data and Analytics Architect

Overview

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) is recruiting for a full-time, permanent Data and Analytics Architect in the Information Technology Division. The Data & Analytics Architect is responsible for designing, creating, and managing the Commission’s data architecture. This role designs warehouses, file systems and databases, and defines how data will be collected and organized. The work location is Seattle, WA with a mix of teleworking and onsite work as needed.

Employees must reside in Washington state and be within a reasonable distance of the worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.

In addition to the salary posted above, this position is currently receiving an additional 5% premium pay due to the position being in King County.

• Interprets and delivers impactful strategic plans improving data integration, data quality, and data delivery in support of business initiatives and roadmaps.
• Designs and implements enterprise architecture for the Commission’s data warehouse.
• Provides guidance, support, and coordination with Commission staff to integrate new data sources into data warehouse architecture.
• Translate high-level business requirements into data models and appropriate metadata, test data, and data quality standards.
• Ensures technical integration is achieved between the Commission’s data warehouse and internal and external Commission data sources.
• Responsible for simplifying the existing data architecture, delivering reusable services and cost-saving opportunities in line with the policies and standards of the Commission.
• Responsible for defining and managing standards, guidelines, and processes to ensure data quality.
• Establish and enforce enterprise data architectural policies, standards, and governance practices to reduce technical debt, improve lifecycle management, and ensure consistent, supportable environments.
• Ensures rigorous application of and compliance with the Commission’s IT security policy to all components and connections of the data warehouse architecture.
• Routinely evaluates the Commission’s data warehouse policy against industry best practices and recommends and implements updates as needed.
• Able to identify opportunities for improving systems that support business processes.
• Create and maintain documentation of the architecture infrastructure that identifies business units and key stakeholders.
• Work on additional special projects throughout the year as identified by management and perform other duties as assigned.

We are most interested in candidates who meet or exceed the following criteria:

• Proven ability to lead end-to-end projects involving data warehousing, modeling, and analysis.
• Demonstrated success in designing and implementing data models for enterprise-level warehouse initiatives.
• Advanced skill in SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
• Hands-on experience with business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and ETL processes.
• Experience managing or querying various database technologies such as SQL Server, No
  
  SQL, Oracle, Hadoop, or Teradata.
• Ability to take action to learn and grow, staying current on new solutions and adapting to a changing IT environment to meet the Commission’s needs.
• Ability to take action to meet the needs of others, collaborating across the Commission to overcome challenges and adapt communication styles to different communities and individuals.

• A Bachelor's and/or Master's Degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or related field.
• Experience with Salesforce and integrating Salesforce into a Data warehouse.
• Experience with Laserfiche.

A combination of skills, abilities, experience, and education may be substituted to demonstrate that you are qualified for this position. If you don t meet all the qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. We value diverse experiences and perspectives, and you may have skills that are a great match for our team.

We offer a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance; a state retirement plan; deferred compensation; paid…