Information Management Program Advisor/Architect

Required:
• Extensive experience conducting analysis, and providing recommendations for enterprise wide Data/Analytics/Application solutions and strategy
• Ability to conceive, document, and portray the enterprise-wide data, application and business process picture in detail, and at the 30,000 ft.
• Experience formulating root causes and developing recommendations through actionable plans.
• Depth in Enterprise level application and data solution designs - from conceptualization to optimization
• Experience with established Enterprise level technologies and applications, and strong knowledge of emerging data technologies
• Ability to emphasize methodology, modeling, and governance
• Able to articulate thoughts and ideas clearly and be persuasive
Highly Desired:
• Experience creating RFPs for Enterprise Data/Application solution needs
• Experience at large organizations with significant Data & IT footprints; transportation or infrastructure related experience
• Enthusiastic, yet objective - Technologically & Politically neutral
Description:
• Assist the Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Program and Director with analysis, assessment, and creation of the Enterprise Data and Information Management strategic plan, and an Enterprise wide architecture and solution for the same
• Conduct research and data collection to understand key business processes, and Data / IT systems
• Run focus groups, and facilitate workshops and meetings with key staff and stakeholders
• Act in an advisory capacity on a range of issues including but not limited to, IT and Data Governance, Policies and Procedures, Organizational structure, and Charting a course for a broad technology strategy that is scalable and sustainable in the future
• Help lay out the Data Governance policies, procedures, processes, and organizational structure needed to realize successful project and support outcomes
• Build Data architecture principles, create models of data that enable the implementation of the intended business architecture, create diagrams/schemas showing key data entities, and create an inventory of the data needed to implement the architecture vision

• Prepare business proposals and presentations for significant Enterprise wide Data and Analytics technology solution(s)
• Build Cost Benefit Analyses for proposal options presented by the Information Management Program
• Compare Data and IT architecture, and solutions, across similar agencies in the United States and abroad; present and incorporate key insights and learnings