Opportunity Details

Full Time NYS IES PRD-20240621-363 Architect Level 3 (Data Management)

Albany, NY

Outcomes. Delivered.

Voyatek, formerly GCOM Software and OnCore Consulting, delivers outcome-driven technology solutions to public sector agencies and higher education institutions nationwide.

For example, our technology:

• Facilitates access to nutritious food for children of mothers participating in the WIC program
• Supports first responders in reducing opioid overdoses within their communities
• Empowers colleges and universities to identify and thwart financial aid fraud
• Equips teachers with valuable insights to identify students requiring additional support
• Enhances efficiency for state tax agencies, leading to 99% faster return processing and quicker refunds for taxpayers

With a focus on Tax & Revenue, Health & Human Services, and Justice & Public Safety, Voyatek combines the scale to support large complex projects with the agility and accessibility of a boutique solutions provider. Together, Voyatek and its customers work to improve population wellbeing, create safer communities, and foster a thriving economy.

We're more than a technology company -- we're an outcomes company.

We encourage our employees to think differently, ask tough questions, and relentlessly pursue what's best for our customers and the residents they serve.

We believe that the value of technology is defined by its human impact. If you agree, you've come to the right place.

Voyatek is seeking applicants to occupy the position of Level 3 Data Architect to join our NYS Integrated Eligibility System Team located in Albany, NY. This role is On Site, (with some remote work after a few months) and is a long term contract, 30 months. The mission of the Integrated Eligibility System (IES) is to enhance the well-being of New Yorkers by transforming health and human service delivery through coordinated business practices, modernized technology, and strategic partnerships. IES will provide eligibility, enrollment, case management, and payment functionality for Health and Human Service programs currently served by the Welfare Management System, Benefits Issuance Control System and other State systems. IES will build on the successful opening of the New York State of Health (NYSoH) by leveraging assets created for the health benefit exchange to modernize the eligibility system for health and human service programs.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, business stakeholders, business analysts, and data stewards, to understand master data requirements and provide effective MDM solutions leveraging agile methodologies.
• Define and design the overall MDM architecture, ensuring alignment with business objectives, scalability, and compatibility with multiple domains. Develop the master data management strategy, aligning MDM initiatives with the IES program objectives and long-term goals.
• Communicate effectively via correspondences, presentations, and meeting with business and technical stakeholders.
• Develop, implement, and enforce master data governance policies, standards, and procedures to ensure data quality, accuracy, compliance, consistency, and reliability of master data.
• Provide standards, guidelines, processes, and expertise to address master data issues such as convergence, standards, and synchronization.
• Develop and maintain technical architectures and data models for MDM solutions.
• Implement data integration processes, ensuring the seamless flow of data between different systems and applications.
• Collaborate with System Administrators to optimize the performance and scalability of MDM solutions and operations.
• Document and incorporate MDM best practices and processes in IES MDM strategy plan.
• Collaborate with ISO to ensure compliance with data privacy and security regulations.
• Work closely with all levels of the organization including presenting to educate the business on master data issues and best practices.
• Identify and leverage opportunities to continually improve the data quality, processes, and standards for master data domains.
• Provide training and create documentation for end-users and data stewards on MDM best practices and usage.
• Other duties as assigned.

Mandatory Qualifications:

Level III- More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as an Architect

More than ten (10) years of hands-on professional experience as an Architect in multiple Master Data Management (MDM) projects architecting, planning, designing, developing, implementing, testing, and integrating successful MDM solutions including data cleansing, data ingestion pipelines, matching, merging, deduplication, hierarchy management, standardization, automation, and orchestration of enterprise Master and Reference data such as Clients and Providers data to create the single version of the truth (e.g., golden record) and to create a Common Client Index (CCI) and a Master Provider Index (MPI) to support applications and data sharing in batch and real-time modes.

More than ten (10) years of hands-on professional experience using Informatica Master Data Management (MDM) Hub to build data models and configure rules to implement MDM solutions. This includes but not limited to Informatica MDM architecture, MDM Hub Workbenches, Informatica Data Director, Provisioning Tool, ActiveVOS, Customer 360, Informatica Master Database, Operational Reference Store (ORS) Database, Services Integration Framework (SIF), Queries Tool, Packages Tool, BPM workflow, Data Encryption, Hierarchy Manager, Mappings tool, audit trail, delta detection, message queues tool, JMS messages, and Batch Jobs.

Desirable Qualifications:

Ten (10) or more years of hands-on professional experience building landing tables, staging tables, and base objects to develop a comprehensive master data model such as the party data model, client/customer data model, or provider/vendor data model in Informatica MDM Hub to support MDM solutions. This includes but not limited to designing, developing, and implementing entity relational diagrams, conceptual, logical, and physical relational data models.

Ten (10) or more years of hands-on professional experience creating data profiling rules, data cleansing rules, data match rules (exact match, fuzzy match), merge options, auto-merge rules, manual merge rules, un-merge rules, validation rules, and trust rules in Informatica MDM and Informatica Data Quality products.

Seven (7) or more years of hands-on professional experience in Informatica MDM Hub load process, landing process, staging process, consolidate process, exception handling process, and publishing process.

Seven (7) or more years of hands-on professional experience in designing, developing, and maintaining integrations between Informatica MDM solutions and other systems using APIs, web services, message queues, Java Message Service (JMS), ESB, Kafka, and ETL tools.

Seven (7) or more years of hands-on professional experience using tools such as Informatica PowerCenter or Informatica Data Quality to export, transform and load data from source databases (e.g., Oracle) and flat files into the Informatica MDM landing tables.

Seven (7) or more years of hands-on professional experience integrating Informatica MDM solutions with medium to large scale, high volume OLTP and OLAP systems such as Case Management systems, Enrollment and Eligibility systems, Financial Management systems, Child Support systems, Court Hearings systems, or similar systems.

Five (5) years or more of hands-on experience using data modeling software (e.g., Erwin Data Modeler) and developing complex SQL queries, Oracle PL/SQL packages, stored procedures, functions, views, complex joins, indexes, triggers, external tables, roles, grants, permissions, DDL, and DML.

Seven (7) or more years of hands-on professional experience in data analysis, metadata cataloging, creating, and maintaining documentation including technical specifications, data mappings, data dictionary, data lineage, data flow diagrams, and high-level and low-level design.

Domain knowledge and experience in health and human services, especially in Integrated Eligibility System programs such as PA, TA, SNAP, HEAP, TANF, etc.

Knowledge and experience in applying data management concepts such as data architecture, data quality, metadata management, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, data integrity, data integration and interoperability, data governance, data security, data storage and operations.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. This includes, but is not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and geographic location. At Voyatek, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current annual range is $120.00 to $130.00.

If you think you are a good fit for us, we encourage you to apply. Check out our career website for all open positions!

Voyatek provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status or domestic violence victim status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment and hiring, job assignment/placement, promotion, upgrading, demotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, rates of pay or other compensation, internship, and training.

Minimum Salary: 120.00 Maximum Salary: 130.00 Salary Unit: Daily