Employment Development Department
Location
Sacramento County, CA | United States
Job description
Job Description and Duties
THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT, IF YOU PREVIOUSLY APPLIED, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RE-APPLY.
TELEWORK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, HOWEVER, STAFF MAY BE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THEIR ASSIGNED HEADQUARTERS AS BUSINESS NEEDS ARISE.
Are you looking for a fast-paced and challenging position that plays a vital role as an Information Technology (IT) visionary and technology guru who will help to craft and implement mission-critical Enterprise products?
In order to significantly improve customer experiences, reduce fraud, improve interoperability, and improve adaptability, Employment Development Department (EDD) is in the process of establishing a broader set of integrated shared services leveraging new and some existing technologies that support EDD's benefits operations. The EDD is currently seeking a Data Architect to help lead the technology strategy in Enterprise Architecture and build out the end state architecture aligning with the business goals and future state vision for the EDD's program. The premise of the future state seeks to create integrated shared services where possible to improve efficiency and improve customer experience at the same time. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of technology innovations with a strong engineering team to back the potential products. You will influence and lead the engineering teams with your technical thought leadership and establish an enterprise application blueprint.
Under general direction of the EDDNext Technical Innovation Section Chief (IT Manager II), the incumbent will be responsible for helping to lead design efforts; define end-to-end architectures; oversee and perform research studies and presentations that include recommendations and instructions for proposed implementations; formulate logical descriptions of problems; and recommend optimum solutions.
This position is at EDD’s headquarters office at 800 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California and may be eligible for telework under EDD's telework policy. Employees are required to report to their headquarters office, as needed. Travel expenses to and from the assigned headquarters are the responsibility of the employee.
Benefits of working at this location include:
- Close to major freeways, light rail, and transit stops
- Enclosed bicycle parking
- Close to downtown shopping and restaurants
- Close to the Golden1 Center
You will find additional information about the job in the .
Working Conditions
Visa Sponsorship
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without the need for visa sponsorship by the start date of employment.
Standard office environment.
Special Requirements
It is strongly encouraged to apply through your CalCareer Account at .
Please only submit ONE application. Electronic applications submitted through your CalCareer Account are highly recommended and will be received/processed faster than other methods of filing.
If you are unable to apply electronically through your CalCareer account, please mail a completed and signed State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 and application package to the mailing address provided in the “Application Instructions’ section below and ensure the following:
- Clearly indicate the Job Code #, Position Number and the Classification Title of this position in the “Examination or Job Title(s) For Which You Are Applying” section located on Page 3 of your State Examination/Employment STD Form 678.
- Clearly indicate the basis of your eligibility (list, transfer, reinstatement, etc.) in the “Explanations” section located on Page 3 of your State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678.
- Remove and do not submit the “Equal Employment Opportunity” questionnaire (Page 10) with your completed State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678. This page is for examination use only.
- Do not include your full Social Security Number on your documents and/or do not provide any LEAP information.
Desirable Qualifications
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
- IT and business/industry work experience including architecture design and deployment, systems life cycle management, and infrastructure planning and operations.
- Experience in Salesforce, Okta, or other low code platforms.
- Experience in DevOps and CI/CD.
- Experience with data architecting, data mining, large-scale data modeling, and business requirements gathering/analysis.
- Experience in implementing enterprise data management processes, procedures, and decision support.
- Strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices.
- Experience in enterprise repository tools, data modeling tools, data mapping tools, and data profiling tools.
- Experience with information and application security concepts, mechanisms, and tools.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Experience providing training and performing peer reviews on technical documents.
- Experience facilitate technical discussion and document outcomes
- Leadership experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.
- Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture, business re-engineering principles and processes, and basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting.
- Experience researching and recommending technologies, software, and hardware to improve business processes at the enterprise-level.
- Experience leading a large team of diverse technical and operational subject matter experts delivering engineering, cybersecurity, software development, analytics, integration of cybersecurity solutions, and operations and maintenance.
- Experience interfacing and providing briefings directly with executives, including the Chief Information Officer and Project Director, and internal leadership and stakeholders.
- Experience in developing and leading Enterprise Architecture teams and their capabilities, along with experience of matrixed management, and the ability to influence at all levels.
- Excellent understanding of project management principles; demonstrated ability to apply IT best practices in solving business problems; familiarity with basic graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories. Experience in Agile framework and tools like JIRA.
- Track record for delivering the architecture of a large organization and demonstrated ability to execute the architectural plan.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to reason logically, analyze situations, and reach sound conclusions.
- Knowledge of business ecosystems, Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, micro services, event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
Benefits
Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website, , and the CalPERS website, .
Statement of Qualifications Requirements
A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is Required. The SOQ serves as documentation of each candidate’s ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing. The SOQ is not a resume or cover letter.
The SOQ will be considered the first phase of the hiring process for this position. If your qualifications are competitive, you may be invited to an interview. The SOQ should be typed and not more than two pages in length, not less than 12 point Arial font, single-spaced, and must include a response to the statement below, including specific examples:
- Describe how your work experience and education qualifies you for the role and responsibilities of this position based on the job posting.
- Based on your experience, describe a successful data architecture design and implementation project including tools and techniques deployed.
Résumés and/or cover letters DO NOT take the place of the SOQ. Applications received without an SOQ or SOQs that do not include a response to the statement above may not receive further consideration and may be excluded from the hiring process.
Required Application Package Documents
The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
- Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at
All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
- Resume is required and must be included.
- Statement of Qualifications -
A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is Required.
Please see “Statement of Qualifications Requirements” section for more information about the SOQ.
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