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Enterprise Data Architect
Blackboard Inc.
Reston, VA, United States
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Enterprise Data Architect
Reston, VA or Washington, DC
With nearly 20,000 organizational customers and millions of student users, Blackboard is the world's leading education technology company. Position Overview
The Enterprise Data Architect (EDA) is a member of Blackboard’s Corporate IT organization, Enterprise Architecture team, reporting directly to the Chief IT Architect. Working in a fast-paced and complex environment, the EDA will need to develop a clear technical vision for the teams to follow, as well as be an excellent collaborator and evangelist for the data strategy and architecture guiding principles, policies, best practices, reference architecture, and standards.
This position is responsible for expanding the company’s use of data as a strategic enabler of corporate goals and objectives. The Enterprise Data Architect will achieve this by designing, developing, and implementing data models for enterprise-level applications and systems. This individual will act as the primary advocate of data modeling methodologies and data processing best practices
Primary Responsibilities:
The Enterprise Data Architect (EDA) will be responsible for the following:
• Providing overall leadership for driving the enterprise toward an overarching data architecture vision and coordination of all enterprise efforts that affect data with a focus on data moving throughout the enterprise.
• Mapping and documenting of current data sources used throughout the Enterprise
• Creation of a data dictionary which accurately captures the business meaning of the data used throughout the enterprise and details which application stores the data
• Documenting the flow and movement of data through the enterprise including:
◦ The frequency of movement
◦ The source and destination of each step in the flow
◦ Any transformation of data during the flow
◦ Any aggregation and calculations of data in the flow
• Working with various teams (IT, Database, Business Owners) on improvements to data flow:
◦ Elimination of unnecessary steps
◦ Interface modifications
• Working with business owners and application designers to identify and model integrative views and determine the quality of service requirements — data currency, availability, response times and data volumes.
• Defining technical standards and guidelines for how to use architected databases, the technologies to be used for various purposes like data extraction, transformation and integration, and models of entities, objects and processes. These guidelines will encourage the use of existing data stores where applicable as well as address security and quality.
• Ensuring that standards are up to date by investigating emerging technologies and new releases. This means working in conjunction with technology architects (where they exist). Participation in proof-of-concept projects and other projects that are early users of new technologies is required from time to time.
• Communicating the data architecture to the development community, IT operations, IT management at all levels, and business owners.
• Ensuring a focus on data quality by educating the business on its importance, and involving and facilitating the work of business constituents on improvement programs including the assignment of data stewards which are a critical component.
Professional Qualifications
Required:
• Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Industrial Engineering or related field)
• 10 years of progressively responsible experience in a directly related area, during which both professional and management capabilities have been clearly demonstrated.
• Extensive expertise in Oracle/MySQL database, Salesforce, and Data Modeling, both logical and physical.
• Extensive experience in multidimensional data modeling
• Extremely strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding verbal, written and visual presentation skills.
• Proven strong negotiating and consensus building abilities.
• Proven skills to work effectively across internal functional areas in ambiguous situations.
Preferred:
• Advanced degree in Applied Mathematics, Business Analytics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Computer Science or related fields is desirable
This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.
Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.
Location/Division: Reston, VA, USA, Washington, DC, USA Job Requisition: BB-2028