Lead Data Integration Architect

### Job Description CSCI Consulting is looking for a **Lead Data Integration Architect** to support a Public Sector client. The Lead Data Integration Architect will assess the current architecture, document data exchanges and system dependencies, identify gaps, and develop vendor-neutral future-state recommendations. This role requires strong experience with integration architecture, modern analytics platforms, cloud-based data environments, governed data sharing, and identity and access models. The ideal candidate will have experience with databases and systems such as: DRIVE/Vital IQ, VitalChek, vital records systems, public health data, or similar government data environments. ### Responsibilities - Lead the architectural assessment of the current DRIVE/Vital IQ and replica environment - Facilitate technical discovery sessions with teams, system owners, external partners, and data consumers - Document the current-state architecture, data flows, interfaces, integration patterns, and system dependencies - Inventory upstream and downstream systems, APIs, extracts, batch jobs, scheduled outputs, and data exchanges - Analyze how data is created, modified, transmitted, accessed, shared, and consumed across internal and external stakeholders - Assess existing API, ETL, batch, real-time, near-real-time, and event-driven integration patterns - Identify undocumented interfaces, operational dependencies, architectural risks, inefficiencies, and constraints - Develop current-state integration diagrams, data-flow diagrams, interface inventories, and dependency maps - Evaluate modern analytics and data-platform options, including Snowflake, Microsoft Azure data services, cloud data warehouses, data lakes, data lakehouses, and Analytics Cloud Environments - Assess opportunities for governed data sharing and secure self-service analytics - Evaluate identity, authentication, authorization, role-based access, audit, encryption, privacy, and compliance requirements - Assess data lineage, data quality, availability, latency, processing schedules, and service-level needs - Define and compare vendor-neutral future-state architecture options - Evaluate the feasibility and impacts of replacing or reducing reliance on the existing DRIVE replica - Recommend appropriate real-time, near-real-time, batch, API-based, and data-sharing approaches - Document the benefits, risks, dependencies, assumptions, limitations, and implementation considerations associated with each architecture option - Develop a conceptual future-state architecture and modernization roadmap - Support development of implementation sequencing, staffing assumptions, estimated levels of effort, and Rough Order of Magnitude cost estimates - Contribute to the gap analysis, findings, executive summary, and presentation materials - Present technical findings and recommendations to both technical and executive stakeholders - Collaborate with project management, business analysis, security, governance, and cost-estimation resources - Ensure all recommendations are secure, scalable, supportable, vendor-neutral, and aligned with IDOH’s long-term data-modernization objectives ### Minimum Requirements - Demonstrated experience in data integration architecture, data architecture, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or a related technical discipline - Experience assessing complex data environments containing multiple source systems, interfaces, downstream consumers, and external partners - Strong knowledge of API design, management, and integration patterns - Experience with ETL and ELT processes and technologies - Experience designing or assessing batch, real-time, near-real-time, file-based, and event-driven integrations - Experience with enterprise data exchanges and data-sharing frameworks - Experience documenting current-state architecture, interfaces, integrations, data flows, dependencies, and data lineage - Experience evaluating cloud-based data platforms and modern analytics environments - Experience developing future-state architecture options and data-modernization recommendations - Understanding of cloud data warehouses, data lakes, data lakehouses, and analytics platforms - Knowledge of governed data-sharing and self-service analytics models - Understanding of identity and access management, role-based access control, encryption, audit, privacy, security, and data-governance requirements - Experience identifying architectural gaps, risks, inefficiencies, constraints, and modernization opportunities - Experience leading technical discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and architecture reviews - Ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations - Strong technical writing, diagramming, analytical, facilitation, and presentation skills - Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, external partners, and executive leadership - Creativity and adaptability in problem-solving - Ability to work with clients to understand their needs - Strong organizational and time-management skills - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Professional presence ### Preferred Skills - Direct experience with DRIVE/Vital IQ environment - Experience with VitalChek or similar vital-records service providers - Experience supporting state vital records systems, including birth, death, marriage, or other vital-event data - Previous experience supporting the Indiana Department of Health or another Indiana state agency - Experience with public health, health and human services, or government data environments - Experience with Snowflake architecture, data sharing, security, governance, or analytics - Experience with Microsoft Azure data services and analytics platforms - Experience with Analytics Cloud Environments or comparable governed cloud-data platforms - Experience assessing data replicas, reporting databases, integration hubs, or enterprise data-distribution environments - Experience supporting cross-agency or external-partner data exchanges - Experience developing technology roadmaps, conceptual migration strategies, staffing models, level-of-effort estimates, and ROM cost estimates - Experience supporting architecture assessments used to inform a subsequent modernization effort, system replacement - Relevant architecture, cloud, data, integration, or security certifications - Ability to work in a team environment, as well as independently - Strong customer and vendor relationship skills - Demonstrated ability to comply with data standards and policies - Motivation to learn new technologies and methodologies that demonstrate value - Past experience working with a state government agency - Indiana Department of Health experience is a plus! ## About CSCI CSCI is an award-winning information technology and financial management consulting firm founded on one simple philosophy: “Do what is right, always.” We apply this philosophy across all elements of our growing business, from delivering world-class services for customers to providing an environment where associates thrive both personally and professionally. At CSCI, work and fun aren’t diametrically opposed! At CSCI, our goal is to hire people with proven track records and retain them with an energizing, diverse company culture. We value each associate’s natural drive to excel, and we provide them with the freedom to do things their way. CSCI seeks the best and brightest in the industry—those who are ready to move their lives and career forward. Join us today and get excited about Mondays again! ### Benefits of Working at CSCI - Competitive salaries - Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) package - Paid holidays aligned to the Federal calendar - Full health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance - 401(k) retirement plan - Team building events - Professional development support --- ### Legal CSCI complies with all applicable Federal, state, and local employment regulations. 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