Data/ Information Architect

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Data/Information Architect to provide data architecture for Ford Motor Company's Industrial Systems (IS) Data Strategy.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop information data models including EDM, Conceptual, logical and physical data models for Industrial Systems. Manage and maintain the models in a Power Designer repository.
• Map Application to Conceptual Data Model, Business Process and Business Capability
• Support product team’s intake process, understanding business requirements, translating them into people, process, data and system requirements, applying data architectural principles, and providing expert guidance.
• Lead the discovery and analysis phase of Industrial Systems Data Platform, ensure a deep understanding of our data landscape and facilitate integration of diverse sources into a unified data model
• Provide data analytics guidance to product teams.
• Lead conceptual discussions to understand the organization's data landscape. Identify and evaluate candidate data sources, maintain data models and data dictionaries for all identified source systems. Develop and define Canonical Domain Models
• Profile source system data, define comprehensive data quality requirements, identify data quality dimensions and metrics. Provide guidance on data quality monitoring, measuring, reporting and addressing issues.
• Establish data architecture principles, data standards, best practices, and guidelines for the design of the data platform including data catalog, data lineage, observability, security and interoperability
• Perform proof of concepts and guide Product team members to design and develop using different GCP data engineering technologies and tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 8+ years overall IT experience.
• 5+ years of Data Architecture, Data Engineering, or advanced Database Design/Modeling experience in designing or implementing OLTP/RDBMS databases, Data Warehouse, Data Marts.
• Knowledge of Master Data Management concepts and tools
• Functional and Architecture Experience with one or more PLM platforms (e.g., Siemens’ Teamcenter, Dassault’s 3D Experience)
• Knowledge of TOGAF, DAMA Architecture Framework and Standards
• Ability to define data architecture principles, guidelines and standards
• 4+ years of hands-on experience creating data models using data modeling tools (e.g. Power Designer)
• 2+ years of experience in GCP technologies including Big Query, Alloy DB, PostgreSQL, Cloud Run, Mongo DB, Data Flow.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Information Systems or similar field.
• Strong collaboration, people skills and communication expertise.
• Experience influencing/ guiding product teams in data analytics.
• Experience in defining and implementing data quality initiatives.
• Expertise in interoperability standards and methods
• Outstanding and proven leadership skills in working with senior-level management helping in decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong ability to self-manage and develop work plans that employ appropriate methods to resolve ambiguity and build consensus for an architectural solution

Skills

• Knowledge of Master Data Management concepts and tools
• Functional and Architecture Experience with one or more PLM platforms (e.g., Siemens’ Teamcenter, Dassault’s 3D Experience)
• Knowledge of TOGAF, DAMA Architecture Framework and Standards
• Ability to define data architecture principles, guidelines and standards
• Hands-on experience creating data models using data modeling tools (e.g. Power Designer)
• Experience in GCP technologies including Big Query, Alloy DB, PostgreSQL, Cloud Run, Mongo DB, Data Flow.

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Pay

This position is a salary grade of 7 or 8 and ranges from $86,600- 166,200.

Schedule

Hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week