BIA Data Architects serve as the lead technical resource for strategic
oversight and planning of database structural design and development.
Candidates provide technical, strategic guidance to senior level database
administrators and application developers in the creation and implementation of
new databases, as well as the maintenance of major existing databases
supporting evolving applications. Additionally, candidates provide strategic
guidance to data stewards on the development and implementation of data models
to support organizational business processes.
Duties include leading and
consulting to all levels of the organization on the design, development and
implementation of logical database structures and classification schema; and
developing policies and procedures to build, maintain and leverage the data model.
Data Architects also provide technical, strategic guidance on the development
of metadata tags, Document Type Definitions (DTD), and schemas using
appropriate technologies for representation such as HTML and XML. Additionally,
candidates ensure that metadata and data standards and definitions support both
local business processes and system implementations thereof, and corporate
requirements for sharing data.
Minimum requirements
include a bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems
or an equivalent technical degree program with specific, relevant work
experience; completion of an advanced degree for Expert Officers at the higher
end of this profession. Candidates must also possess ten years of
progressively responsible experience in the oversight and strategic planning of
database structural design and development. It is expected that Expert Officers
at the higher end of this profession will have more extensive experience in
database structural design and/or IT architecture disciplines. A GPA of at
least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale is also required.
All applicants must successfully complete a thorough medical and psychological exam, a polygraph interview and an extensive background investigation. US citizenship is required.