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Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Senior Informatica MDM Architect to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

• Highly competitive pay rates
• Local support staff for responsive, personal service
• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
  • Life insurance
  • A 401(K) plan with company match
  • Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan

Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.

Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Client's IT is continuing to develop a Master Data Management (MDM) function under the Performance Management & Analytics System (PMAS) on the Enterprise Information Management (EIM) team. This development effort will utilize an agile methodology based upon the approach currently in use at client's for the Performance Management & Analytics System (PMAS). As a lead and member of the EIM team, the worker responsibilities may include:

Overview

The MDM Architect position is an Information Technology (IT) position and will be a part of the Enterprise Information Management (EIM) team working in collaboration with the Office of Data Analytics & Performance (DAP) within the client's business domain. This architect designs and implements master data solutions for a multi-terabyte Master Data Management (MDM) implementation.

The mission of EIM is to ensure client's master data is visible, accessible where appropriate, understandable in context, trusted by users, and uniformly governed in order to advance data quality and support integrated data analytics in the Integrated Continuum of Care Analytics initiative. This enables data-driven decision making across the client's system.

The worker:

• Has an excellent understanding of MDM principles, goals, and tools and how these relate to overall client's data quality and cross-program data integrations.
• Is responsible for development and implementation of new MDM capabilities using the Informatica application tool stack in IDMC.
• Works collaboratively with EIM program staff, with client's Information Technology (IT) resources, and MDM business analysts to implement new program requirements for mastering critical agency data, identity resolution, trusted attribution, and governed reference data.

The applicant will be able to demonstrate extensive experience in:

• Developing MDM solutions for healthcare provider and managed care member domains (using an Informatica tool stack).
• Developing extract/transform/load processes for client's system data into MDM applications (using Oracle, Snowflake and Informatica tools).
• Developing, testing, and maintenance of enhancements/upgrades to MDM application layer(s).
• Working closely with EIM data architects, client's subject matter experts, and client's system data models to accurately represent as-is and to-be process models involving client's master data.
• Operational responsibility for metadata loads.
• Planning and monitoring MDM/Metadata project lifecycle deployment using agile methods.
• Ensuring that the build and deployment of the MDM components are of high quality and comply client's IT coding and security standards.

Strategic Liaison and Translation

• Work with program areas and project sponsor to plan and execute multiple analytics projects asynchronously. 
• Explain project findings and data limitations in simple, non-technical language to agency leadership and program staff.

AI Prompting and Data Synthesis

• Develop and refine effective AI prompts and query strategies to retrieve and synthesize master data for complex data domains.
• Develop a library of standardized prompts and query templates for common reporting needs.
• Provide subject matter expertise on validating output from AI, particularly with respect to identifying and mitigating hallucinations.
• Ensure all data outputs adhere to agency reporting standards, data governance, and compliance regulations.
• Promote a data-driven culture by enabling and empowering all staff to effectively utilize data and AI.
• Stay up to date on new AI and data analytics tools and techniques to continuously improve program competencies.

Collaboration and Problem-Solving

• Work closely with data engineering, IT, and Program teams to troubleshoot data-related issues and address inconsistencies and mitigation strategies.
• Provide expert guidance to program staff on interpreting data trends and answering complex data questions.

Responsible for translating the client's business requirements into specific systems, applications or process designs with interlocked financial modeling for very large complex technical solutions. Analyzes customer service requirements and designs service solutions to meet those objectives. Primary expert to construct the specific solution, scope document, risk profile, and corresponding financials. Maintains and utilizes detailed industry and internal services knowledge in the construction of industry-leading services solutions, including expert working level knowledge of the processes, technologies, and people components involved in the services arena. Uses expertise to construct specific and detailed solutions that encompass process, technology, and staffing plans for customer sales opportunities. Constructs risk assessments and corresponding remediation plans relative to complex services proposals. Participates in the construction of detailed financial models that align with complex services proposals. Composes Statement of Work or other documents, using departmental automation tools as available, to craft detailed and accurate deliverables that specify processes, technology, staffing, and project management involved in proposed services solutions. As needed, provide a "trusted expert advisor" role as a Subject Matter Expert for technical services, to both internal and external customers, ranging from formal advice to internal and external customer presentations. Follow all organizational Standard Operating Procedures relative to cost modeling, approvals and reviews, and all other associated workflow and deliverables.

Minimum Requirements:Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

8

Required

Advanced Informatica and ETL developer skills

8

Required

Experience and understanding of Enterprise Information Management best practices

8

Required

Experience designing and implementing Master Data Management solutions

8

Required

Experience designing and implementing Informatica PowerCenter custom solutions

8

Required

Experience with Erwin and ERStudio data modeling tools or equivalent functional toolsets

8

Required

Strong Communication, analytical and interpersonal skills at all levels

8

Required

Proven ability to work successfully with technical and non-technical groups and manage multiple responsibilities

8

Required

Strong technical writing skills

5

Preferred

Some experience as an Oracle DBA desired, but not required

5

Preferred

Experience installing and configuring Informatica Metadata Manager architecture

5

Preferred

Experience architecting Master Data Management solutions

4

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering or equivalent experience