What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Data Architect position at King County?

Salary : $178,776.00 - $226,616.00 Annually

Location : Chinook Building 401 5th Avenue Seattle, WA

Job Type : Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs / week

Job Number : 2025-23681

Department : KCIT - Information Technology

Division : Engineering Division

Opening Date : 01 / 15 / 2025

Closing Date : 2 / 9 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Pacific

FLSA : Exempt

Bargaining Unit : C19 : PROTEC17-Information Tech

Full- or Part-Time : Full Time

Summary

King County Department of Information Technology (KCIT) is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to join our team! The Enterprise Data Architect is a member of the KCIT Data & Analytics division. This role provides enterprise-wide leadership, design, and consultation to continuously improve data platforms, delivering business value, and supporting essential business functionality. This role concentrates on data governance, open data, and other domain specific areas to be defined.

King County Department of Information Technology (KCIT) KCIT uses the power of technology to digitally transform King County. Building vibrant communities through digital equity and social justice, KCIT offers innovative solutions that engage, empower, and serve our residents, businesses, communities and interested stakeholders. As the first-place recipient of the 15th annual National Association of Counties (NACo) Digital Counties Survey, KCIT is recognized for its vision, strategy, innovation, and collaboration. KCIT has a focus of delivering smart technology solutions that support customers, building stronger communities through innovation.

KCIT is providing the building blocks for many of the region's most critical services. As the business solutions partner, we collaborate with the 18 County departments to develop products and services that better serve the needs of our customers and our community. To learn more about KCIT, please visit :

Job Duties

Expanding Enterprise-wide Data Capabilities

Provide architecture guidance and solutions to develop data platforms and governance processes.

Architect solutions for structured, semi-structured data, and unstructured data.

Analyze existing source systems and business requirements to design and implement new data platforms and data repositories (e.g., operational data stores, data warehouses, data lakes, registries, clearinghouses).

Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure that data requirements, data services, and data structures are addressed as part of KCIT's solution development lifecycle.

Collaborate with data modelers, data engineers, and analytics developers to orchestrate comprehensive and forward-looking solutions.

Plan and configure appropriate data processing workflows and schedules (e.g., real time, near-real, batch, etc.) to optimize speed, performance, and up time.

Identify opportunities for work allocation and mentorship to foster skill growth and diversification within the team.

Hands on development in prototyping and implementation of new technologies.

Maturing Enterprise Data Governance

Establish and maintain standards and guidelines for use across KCIT and the enterprise. This includes standards, processes and best practices for data quality, data governance, metadata, data models, sources of truth, and other related areas.

Develop and maintain various data architecture artifacts, including data models, data flows, data dictionaries, and ETL transformation logic.

Assist with data inventory, classification, and establish appropriate data security access requirements.

Supporting Open Data

Architect solutions to ingest data into the platform to improve, grow and maintain King County's open data platform.

Contribute to the open data best practices that focus on usability, quality, and consistency.

Contribute to the evolution of the open data strategy and execute associated roadmaps.

Leading and collaborating

Serve as a technical lead and act as a bridge between business teams and technical teams. Including partners.

Foster collaboration in cross-functional project groups, driving continuous improvement and projects to completion.

Act as a representative of KCIT, championing our strategic goals, objectives, and initiatives.

Lead by example, always exhibiting King County's True North & Values : we are one team, we solve problems, we focus on the customer, we drive for results, we are racially just, we respect all people, we lead the way, and we are responsible stewards.

Assist project teams with Architecture solutions and presenting them in review forums

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Seven years of experience in a senior technical role as a data architect working on enterprise data repositories on cloud platforms, preferably Azure.

Five years of experience acting as a lead for data analysis and modeling activities working with business customers.

Two years of experience in developing and deploying products using agile methodology.

Advanced data modeling skills including conceptual, logical, and physical in a wide variety of schemas and formats (e.g., entity / relational, NoSQL, dimensional, data vaults, etc.).

Advanced understanding of linking and integrating data across domains and blending semi-structured and structured data.

Well-versed in architecture principles for building complex and scalable data architecture.

Hands-on experience in prototyping solutions and developing minimum viable products (MVPs).

Extensive hands-on experience in developing and deploying major data platform implementations, including requirements gathering.

Extensive experience with APIs and API integrations. including REST.

Experience with data cataloging, open data, and business intelligence tools, including the data prep and blending capabilities of each (e.g., Socrata, Collibra, PowerBI, etc.).

Experience in object-oriented programming, ideally in Python, PowerShell, and SQL.

Ability to develop strong working relationships with business and technical teams in developing and implementing new data warehouses, data marts, etc.

Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with customers, gaining their trust and respect.

Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization from individual contributors to leadership or the technically oriented to the business oriented.

Strong understanding of industry standards for data security, privacy, and risk management, including PCI, HIPAA, and CJIS.

Proficient in Agile Methodology

Knowledge of Databricks and Informatica is a plus.

Desirable Qualifications

Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Supplemental Information

Hybrid Work

The work associated with this position will be performed through a combination of onsite work and telecommuting. Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various King County facilities. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements. King County has a robust collection of to support when working remotely.

Classification

Enterprise Architect - 7309200

Union

This position is represented by Protec17 : Information Technology

Work Schedule

The normal workweek for this position is Monday through Friday, 8 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m. Alternative work schedules may be considered. This position is FLSA Exempt and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.

Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ , people living with disabilities, and veterans.

King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer

No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

Are you ready to APPLY!?

The recruitment for this position is open to all qualified candidates. This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies. A completed King County Application and Resume are required for consideration (Cover letters are optional). Applications submitted without all material will not be considered.

Questions

If you have questions regarding this recruitment, please contact Shannon Hoeper, shoeper@kingcounty.gov or 206-263-6957.

King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs :

Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage options : King County provides eligible employees with options, so they can decide what's best for themselves and their eligible dependents

Life and disability insurance : employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents

Retirement : eligible King County employees may participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan

Transportation program and ORCA transit pass

12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays

Generous vacation and paid sick leave

Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves

Flexible Spending Account

Wellness programs

Onsite activity centers

Employee Giving Program

Employee assistance programs

Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position

Training and career development programs

For additional information about employee benefits, visit our

This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.

NOTE : Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and / or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position. Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.

For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.

Are you authorized to work in the United States?

Does your authorization require sponsorship now or in the future from an employer or other source? (This does not preclude you from being considered for this position.)

The person hired for this position must successfully pass a background investigation. Are you willing to undergo a background investigation prior to an offer of employment? This will include reference checks with previous employers, and a criminal background check.

Are you applying to this position as an eligible current or previous King County Employee Priority Placement Program Participant? ANDIs this position the same or lower percentage of full-time when compared to the position held at the point of the notification of layoff? ANDDo you possess the skills and abilities to qualify for this position?

Yes, I was given a layoff notice from my Career Service role at King County and I am within two years of the effective date of my layoff. Additionally, the position I was laid off from was the same or a higher percentage of FT status when compared to this one.

If you answered yes to the question above and you are applying for this position as a Priority Placement Participant, to be considered, you must provide the following three pieces of information in the space provided : 1. The title you held when you received your layoff notice2. The department you worked in3. The effective date of your layoff

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