Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,445 full-time undergraduates and 5,125 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 878 full-time and 1,201 FTE faculty, 2,750 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.2 billion, and an endowment in excess of $2.8 billion.

The Data Architect is the subject matter expert in information design. This individual must possess a combination of data modeling and analyzing functional business requirements. The ideal candidate has broad knowledge of industry best practices in data architectures (Dimensional/Multi dimensional, Star and Snowflake designs), data tools (Oracle and SQL Server knowledge preferred) and should be able to communicate well with the end-user community translating their needs into high performance designs.

In addition to the design of performant transactional and reporting structures, the Data Architect plays an important role for data quality and other data governance functions. This position has the skills to address operational needs as well as business and security functions to make Boston College data understandable and safe.

This position manages the structuring of University data across the many functional uses of data at the University. Additionally, is responsible for design, documenting and deploying of technical data architecture to meet business needs. Manages resources to ensure that the priorities are effectively met.

Must be able to provide solutions that will succeed within our application framework and be able to integrate with the technologies used to support our database administration and data integration tools. Responsible for developing solutions that meet the security constraints for ITS Security, our auditors, and business partners. Must meet the delivery information in a timely and manageable manner to meet service level agreements.

Title and salary commensurate with relevant experience: 120k - 141k

BA/BS in relevant discipline required. 7+ years designing and implementing data solutions for large enterprises. 3+ years data governance experience with respect to data security and policies, metadata management, data quality, and auditing/compliance.

Skills Required:
- Expert analyst skills for requirements development and technical specifications
- Ability to work under a formal software development lifecycle
- Expert knowledge of data warehousing methodologies (e.g. Kimball)
- Proficient Knowledge of ETL platforms (IBM DataStage and associated WebSphere technologies preferred)
- Proficient knowledge of following Oracle skills: SQL, PL/SQL, ETL tool sets,
- Expert knowledge of applying security to data
- Strong MS SQL Servers and ability to integrate these environments
- Expert knowledge of data modeling and use of data modeling tools
- Proficient knowledge of Business Intelligence tools (e.g. Cognos )
- Understanding of AI data-related tool (e.g. Thoughtspot)
- Expert knowledge of Data Governance processes and supporting technologies
- Strong logical and physical data modeling skills
- Experienced trainer, facilitator, and course developer
- Data Mart Design skills
- Experience with source management tools (e.g. Git)
- Excellent communication and documentation skills

- Must be available to address critical system issues during off hours.