Data Architect

Data Architect

Enlace Health delivers the only end-to-end solution that solves the infrastructure challenges driving today’s unsustainable healthcare system. Connecting payers, providers, and patients, Enlace™ empowers any type of healthcare delivery model, from facilitating retrospective programs to enabling risk for prospective programs. Combining executive-level healthcare DNA with an extensible technology platform, Enlace is the bridge from chaotic healthcare to the healthcare world when Triple Aim optimization is truly realized.

Enlace Health is seeking a Data Architect to be responsible for evaluating, designing and overseeing the development of the enterprise data management framework for collecting, organizing, storing and retrieving data and information. The Data Architect will collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization to convert business requirements into technical requirements, develop high-level integrated designs to meet these requirements, and ensure alignment between the enterprise data strategy and business objectives. 

Responsibilities:

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, including data streams, integrations, transformations, databases and data warehouses.
• Define a scalable data architecture framework, including the development of relevant policies and procedures, that incorporates metadata management, operational and analytical data stores, and ETL and BI platforms.
• Understand the data requirements and structures for the application in order to define a reference architecture.
• Develop and test physical data models for business data, applications and processes optimized to meet operational goals for performance and efficiencyEvaluate new technologies, data modeling methods and information management systems; develop corresponding proof of concept and production implementation timelines and milestones.
• Manage the end-to-end data architecture, including modeling, metadata management, testing, implementation and maintenance.
• Maintain documentation, including accurate database design, data lineage and architecture reports, for teams across the organization.
• Collaborate and coordinate across multiple teams, stakeholders, partners and external vendors.
  

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data engineering, or relevant field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with healthcare data, including familiarity with HIPAA and HITRUST regulations, and a working knowledge of healthcare reimbursement models, alternative payment models (APMs), and medical economics, is required.
• Experience with cloud-based ETL, data management and business intelligence (BI) platforms, such as the Amazon Web Services (AWS) suite of tools.
• Expert in relational database management systems and SQL, as well as NoSQL databases .
• Strong technical understanding of data modeling, design and architecture principles and techniques across master data, transaction data and derived/analytic data.
• Proven background of designing and implementing architectural solutions which solve strategic and tactical business needs.
• Deep knowledge of best practices through relevant experience across data-related disciplines and technologies, particularly for enterprise-wide data architectures, data management, data governance and data warehousing.
• Highly competent with business process and entity relationship modeling, source-to-target documents, use case and activity diagrams, and use case specifications.
• Strong Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence skills.
• Knowledge on how to handle ELT and scalability issues for enterprise level data warehouses and create ETLs/ELTs to handle data from various data sources and various formats.
• Proven experience in provision of insights which influence the overall strategy and plan for scalable data solutions and products that meet business needs.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills in a large data environment.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain advanced data concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Expert at data modeling, design and manipulation, and systems development, including system development life cycle, design and testing techniques.
• Ability to adapt and stay flexible in a fast-paced environment, prioritize critical tasks and maintain a high degree of accuracy amid competing deadlines.

Position Perks:

Enlace Health offers competitive benefits and perks to all our employees! Our comprehensive benefits package is one of the many ways we show our employees how valued they are. All full-time employees are eligible for the following:

• FREE medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees on select plans
• $1200 annual contribution into qualifying HSAs
• UNLIMITED time off
• Matching 401(k) plan
• Mac laptop and accessories
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Annual professional development stipend

All employees are required to maintain confidentiality as related to patient information. Employees are required to follow the acceptable use policy while using any information systems owned or controlled by Enlace. Any disclosures of confidential information made unlawfully outside the proper course of duty will be treated as a serious disciplinary offense. Security roles and responsibilities include:

• Implementing and acting in accordance with the organization’s information security policies
• Protecting assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction, or interference
• Executing particular security processes or activities
• Ensuring responsibility is assigned to the individual for actions taken
• Reporting security events or potential events or other security risks to the organization

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. The requirements listed above are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the job according to specific company requirements. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, or marital status.