Director Of Enterprise Information And Data Architecture

Salary $145,000.00 - $155,000.00 Annually Location 10 Park Plaza, Boston Job Type Full-Time Department MBTA - Information Technology Dept Job Number 22-18522 Closing

7/12/2022 11:59 PM Eastern

Department: Information Technology Department Union Affiliation Executive Safety Sensitive This is not a Safety Sensitive Position. Essential Classification This is a non-essential classification. COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement: All MBTA employees, including full-time, part-time, temporary and contract employees, and interns, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless a medical or religious exemption has been filed and approved. The MBTA also strongly encourages employees to receive booster doses of the vaccine. All employees must complete a COVID-19 Vaccine Attestation Form before starting work.
Job Summary

At the MBTA, we envision a thriving region enabled by a best-in-class transit system. Our mission is to serve the public by providing safe, reliable, and accessible transportation. MBTA’s core values are built around safety, service, equity, and sustainability. Each employee that works for the MBTA performs their roles based on our vision, mission, and values.

Purpose and Scope
Enterprise Information & Data Architecture is responsible for establishing sound technical information architectures, roadmaps, blueprints and strategies aligning IT designs to business requirements. This individual will plan, design and execute long-range technology roadmaps which anticipate future business needs, maximize IT investments and deliver innovative architectural solutions to the business. The role will drive continuous improvement around quality and efficiency of the enterprise technology function. This Director will use industry standard frameworks and methodologies to ensure quality, reliability and scale for key enterprise data & information technologies which will serve as platforms to be built upon by numerous functional groups.

Duties & Responsibilities

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

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  Propose and set standards for the authority wide data & information standards for next generation Information architecture.
• Product owner for Information architecture platforms, including on-prem and cloud based Data warehouse, Data Lake/Hub, ETL, Reporting, Analytics and Visualization
• Interfacing with departments to understanding their Information management needs and leading solution architecture roadmap to satisfy their needs.
• Support and sustain existing databases and reporting platforms.
• Developing long range plans to implement, scale and sustain the modern information architecture solution.
• Develops and Hires skilled resources and partners to provide eco-system for continuous improvement of Information architecture solutions.
• Develops, measure and report KPI’s for Information architecture portfolio.
• Owner for developing Data governance and security rules for master data management across the authority
• Serves as ultimate escalation point for enterprise technology architecture topics and issues
• Maintain alignment on priorities and deliverables with key business stakeholders
• Implement standard frameworks and methodologies and increase maturity level of Information architectural acumen
• Develop and Implement Enterprise service bus and related integration best practices to improve information sharing among various applications.
• Owner of Information management service catalog, including Tools, Technology & Processes
• Manage team of Database management, Data architects, Data analysts and Data Scientists
• Serve as SME for all technical aspects of the enterprise wide information architecture and associated technical components
• Perform all other duties and projects that may be assigned

Additional responsibilities may include focus on one or more departments or locations. See applicable addendum for department or location specific functions.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Available to work all shifts and locations as assigned or directed
• Available to work as per assignment by the MBTA twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week as directed by supervisory staff for severe weather conditions, emergencies or any other circumstances that may potentially impact service or the safety of service
• Have the ability to work any and all shifts and/or locations assigned or directed.

Supervision
Team of Database administrators, Data architects, Data analysts and Data scientists

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum Education

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  Bachelor’s degree Computer Science or related field from an accredited institution

Minimum Experience and Required Skills

• Ten (10) years plus of experience in Data and Information architecture related roles.
• Seven (7) years of supervisory experience.
• Experience in enterprise system and/or application architecture strongly preferred
• Strong interpersonal/liaison skills for interfacing with senior management, vendors, project team members, and end-users
• Ability to work with many different types of professionals and in a fast-paced environment
• Prior project experience with large-scale application architecture integration
• An architect-like mentality to be able to counsel stakeholders on the pros and cons of requested customization and integration
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Advanced Microsoft Project and Visio skills required
• Advanced Excel skills (VMA and macros) a plus
• Excellent organizational, analytical, multi-tasking, time management and documentation skills
• Experience with complete Data lifecycle management and tools
  • Data management - Oracle Database
  • Data management - Microsoft SQL server
  • Data extraction and transformation - Informatica ETL and Power center
  • Data analytics - Oracle OBIEE
  • Data visualization - Microsoft Power BI
  • Data analytics - IBM Watson
  • Data visualization - Tableau visualization
  • Data storage - Tableau server
  • Data architecture -AWS Data Lake, Glue ETL tool, Athena
  • Data transfer - AWS Storage gateway
  • Data warehouse
  • Data consolidation - AWS Redshift
• Experience/comfort with interacting with the all levels of the organization including C-level executives, project team’s members, stakeholders, and end-users.
• Ability to comprehend, communicate, and respond to instructions, orders, signs, notices, inquiries, etc. in English
• Ability to provide internal and external customers with courteous and professional experiences
• Ability to supervise or work effectively with diverse workforce
• Ability to adhere to rules, regulations, collective bargaining agreements (if applicable) and policies of the MBTA including the EEO, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, and anti-retaliation policies
• Ability to pass a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) check, comprehensive background screening, and role appropriate MBTA’s medical clinic screening, potentially including a physical examination and drug and alcohol screening
• Have a satisfactory work record for the two (2) years immediately prior to the closing date of this posting, including overall employment, job performance, discipline, and safety records (infractions and/or offenses occurring after the closing of the posting and before the filling of a vacancy may preclude a candidate from consideration for selection)
• Ability to uphold the rights and interests of the MBTA while building and maintaining effective relationships with employees and co-workers
• Ability to work all shifts and / or locations assigned, directed, or necessary for this position, including (for some transit / operations roles) up to twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week as necessary to accommodate severe weather conditions, emergencies, or any other circumstances that may potentially impact service or the safety of service
• All MBTA employees, including full-time, part-time, temporary and contract employees, and interns, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless a medical or religious exemption has been filed and approved. The MBTA also strongly encourages employees to receive booster doses of the vaccine. All employees must complete a COVID-19 Vaccine Attestation Form before starting work.

Employment Benefits at the MBTA

The MBTA offers a comprehensive benefits package to its employees. Types of benefits offered by the MBTA include the following (subject to union affiliation of the position you are applying to):

• Health Insurance
• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Choice Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

The above information is meant to be a general overview of the benefit programs offered by the MBTA. This summary is not a contract and is not meant to change the provisions of union contracts or Authority policy and does not establish a binding past practice.

The MBTA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

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