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WHO WE ARE: Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) helps promote the economic prosperity of employers, individuals, families, and communities in Texas. We do this through a variety of services that help ensure individuals have the skills that employers need and that employers can find the skilled workers they need. While we are based in Austin at 1117 Trinity Street, we have offices statewide and many of our positions are suitable for teleworking. We're a Family Friendly Certified Workplace with great work-life balance, competitive salaries, extensive opportunities for training and development, and fantastic benefits.

This position is a teleworking position. You must be a Texas resident to work for the Texas Workforce Commission or willing to relocate to Texas.

WHO YOU ARE: We are looking for a creative and experienced Data Architect I to join the ETL team in TWCs Division of Information Innovation and Insight (I|3). The division supports the agencys mission by leveraging data to improve decision-making and service efficiency. That is, we leverage Data for Prosperity.

The data architect will support I|3s mission to extract, transform, and load data for reporting to better serve the employers, individuals, families, and communities of Texas. Our ideal candidate is a self-starting, motivated, and collaborative problem solver who understands the value of teamwork, critical thinking, attention to detail, interpersonal skills, and data analysis to assist in management of TWC programs.

Candidates must be enthusiastic about working collaboratively with teammates, TWC staff, and other state agency staff to deliver accurate information on deadline to a wide variety of stakeholders, including other State Agencies and Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA).

Candidates will have the opportunity to apply their mindset to develop, maintain, and improve current ETL processes, and ultimately make a difference in the lives of Texans.

WHAT YOU WILL DO: The Data Architect I will perform highly complex (senior-level) computer systems analysis work. This involves conducting detailed analysis of and extensive research on data and systems; providing results; and monitoring and implementing efficiencies in data retrieval. Successful candidates will provide technical assistance and guidance to others. Works under limited supervision, with moderate latitudefor the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to participate in a highly collaborative work environment and develop innovative solutions to business needs.

YOU WILL BE TRUSTED TO: -Determine database requirements by analyzing business operations, applications and programming; reviewing business objectives; and evaluating current systems. -Obtain data model requirements, develop and implement data models for new projects, and maintain existing data models and data architectures. -Develop data structures for data warehouses and data mart projects and initiatives; and support data analytics and business intelligence systems. -Implement corresponding database changes to support new and modified applications, and ensure new designs conform to data standards and guidelines; are consistent, normalized and perform as required; and are secure from unauthorized access or update. -Provide guidelines on creating data models and various standards relating to governed data. -Review changes to technical and business metadata, realizing their impacts on enterprise applications, and ensures the impacts are communicated to appropriate parties. -Establish measures to chart progress related to the completeness and quality of metadata for enterprise information; to support reduction of data redundancy and fragmentation and elimination of unnecessary movement of data; and to improve data quality. -Assist in selecting data management tools and developing the standards, usage guidelines and procedures for using those ools. -Assist in identifying appropriate data sourcing and extraction processes, and in identifying and nominating sources as systems of record for data usage in various applications. -Assist in performing root cause analyses related to information issues and non-conformance to published data standards based on review of technical metadata of various source systems.

YOU QUALIFY WITH: -Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university withmajor coursework in computer information systems, computerscience, management information systems or a related field plusfive years of full-time experience in enterprise data architectureand/or information architecture work. -Education and experience may substitute for each other.

YOU ARE A GREAT FIT WITH: -Ability for critical thinking with an eye for information analysis, objective evaluation, and problem-solving. -Ability for strategic thinking with an eye for self-directed planning, goal setting, vision, pattern recognition, and risk assessment with opportunities for evaluation. -Experience with compiling, reviewing, and analyzing large amounts of data efficiently while conserving server and enterprise data warehouse resources. -Experience with data models, database design development, data mining, and segmentation techniques. -Experience automating code movement between environments -Experience writing test cases and directing testing of systems. -Experience with analyzing problems and devising effective solutions. -Ability to communicate effectively. -Experience with statistics and analyzing large data sets. -Experience with running queries in Oracle SQL Developer, DBeaver, or other similar SQL querying tool. -Experience presenting findings, workshops, and demonstrations of work products. -Experience with conducting data searches.

YOU GAIN: -A Family Friendly Certified Workplace. -Telecommuting offered from anywhere within the State of Texas -Competitive starting salary: $7,349.00 - $8,619.00/month -Defined Retirement Benefit Plan -Optional 401(k) and 457 accounts -Medical Insurance -Paid time off, including time for vacation, sick, and family care leave. -Additional benefits for active employees can be found at https://www.ers.texas.gov/Active-Employees/Health-Benefits.

VETERANS: Use your military skills to qualify for this position or other jobs! Go to www.texasskillstowork.com to translate your military work experience and training courses into civilian job terms, qualifications, and skill sets. Also, you can compare this position to military occupations (MOS) at the Texas State Auditor's Office by pasting this link into your browser: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/Compensation/MilitaryCrosswalk/MOSC_InformationTechnology.pdf

HOW TO APPLY:

-To be considered, please complete a State of Texas Application for Employment and apply online at www.workintexas.com or on Taleo.

-TWC is not considering applications from individuals who require sponsorship for an employment visa, including those currently on student or postgraduate visas.

-In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

-A position utilizing this classification will be designated as security sensitive according to the Texas Labor Code, Section 301.042.