University of Kansas Medical Center · 1 day ago
Data Architect
Kansas City Metro Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$83K/yr - $131K/yr
6+ years expThe University of Kansas Medical Center is seeking a Data Architect responsible for designing and implementing IT solutions to support its objectives and strategies. This role involves developing and optimizing data architecture to manage employee and student data, ensuring scalability and reliability in support of business processes and reporting needs.
EducationHigher EducationUniversities
Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable, reliable, and high-performance data architectures that align with goals and strategies and enterprise IT best practices
Develop database solutions for business processes and reporting, ensuring they meet the needs of various stakeholders
Work with leadership to define and maintain the technology roadmap for assigned focus areas, supporting the long-term strategy of the organization
Design architecture for large-scale projects with complex, multi-faceted solutions, ensuring that solutions align with the organization’s overall business objectives
Build and maintain a robust database infrastructure to manage data solutions across various stages of the enterprise and educational units, including admissions, academic performance, grades, and graduation tracking
Monitor integrations processes to ensure data from multiple systems is integrated for reporting and analytical purposes
Create artifacts such as architectural/business models, roadmaps, frameworks, and fitfor-purpose diagrams to communicate database design and solution strategies
Ensure data integration solutions are optimized for performance, scalability, and business continuity
Work closely with leadership to develop and maintain the strategic technology roadmap for the data architecture, ensuring alignment with future needs and organizational goals
Maintain an understanding of short- and long-term strategies for the organization’s data architecture, consulting on solutions and industry standards to meet business objectives
Prepare and present materials, models, and diagrams to communicate solution designs, rollout strategies, and expected customer impacts
Provide leadership and direction in designing and implementing data solutions that meet the business and technical needs of assigned focus areas
Tailor presentations, reports, and diagrams to a variety of audiences, conveying complex information clearly and concisely
Serve as a subject matter expert, offering “big picture” thought leadership and guidance to both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders
Lead collaborative discussions, facilitating consensus on architectural decisions and business requirements
Enforce data governance and security policies as required by the Office of Information Security to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of institutional data
Implement and maintain data security protocols, access controls, encryption, and auditing mechanisms to protect sensitive data and maintain compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., FERPA, HIPAA) and organizational standards
Promote adherence to architectural standards and guidelines, documenting and maintaining the organization's data architecture standards
Maintain familiarity with various architecture frameworks and languages and apply these frameworks to the data architecture process
Collaborate with business analysts, application developers, software engineers, and other IT teams to ensure the data architecture supports the needs of assigned focus areas
Develop collaborative working relationships to optimize business and technical solution implementation, ensuring effective change management and solution adoption
Produce and maintain technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, data models, and solution design artifacts
Develop and maintain reports and dashboards to support operational and strategic decision-making related to student data, admissions, academic performance, and other school metrics
Qualification
Required
Four (4) years of experience in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field. Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis
Six (6) years of relevant experience as a data analyst, engineer, or architect
Experience with database management systems (e.g., SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and data integration techniques
Experience with a variety of data formats to access, import, extract, transform, and transfer or load data
Resume
Cover Letter
Preferred
Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) for business intelligence reporting
Experience with student information systems (SIS) and experience working with academic data management solutions
Experience in developing and maintaining data architecture models, frameworks, and roadmaps
Experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure)
Experience with data security, governance practices, and compliance requirements such as FERPA, HIPAA, and other relevant standards
Higher Education IT experience
Experience with technology planning and roadmap development in alignment with business objectives
Experience in higher education
Experience with technology planning and roadmap development in alignment with business objectives
Experience in Business Intelligence strategies/design as it relates to Data Architecture, including analytics and big data solutions, Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Governance (DG)
Experience with ETL technologies SSIS, Python, and/or Data Integrator
Analytical skills
Communication
Presentation skills
Collaboration
Interpersonal skills
Multitasking
Time management
Benefits
Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan.
Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available.
Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays.
One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment.
A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.
Company
University of Kansas Medical Center
The University of Kansas Medical Center strives to educate exceptional health care professionals.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
University of Kansas Medical Center has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (72)
2024 (71)
2023 (75)
2022 (67)
2021 (67)
2020 (64)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$27MKey Investors
Kauffman FoundationNCATS
2024-11-11Grant
2022-09-21Grant· $27M
Leadership Team
Sean Roberts
Chief Technology Officer
Chris Harper
Chief Information Officer
Recent News
News-Medical.Net
2025-08-26
Company data provided by crunchbase