Data Management Architect Senior

Austin, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Data Management Architect Senior

Requisition ID: req1361
Employment Type: Unclassified Regular Full-Time (URF)
Division: Enterprise Data & Analytics
Compensation: Depends on Qualification
Job Closing: 3/31/2026
Location: TRS Headquarters Building 2
1900 Aldrich Street
Austin Texas 78723
United States

WHO WE ARE:

The Information Technology (IT) Division lays the foundation for TRS to deliver excellent service experiences across the organization and with our members. We serve with purpose through mentorship and collaboration across a broad variety of teams unified by innovation to create technology and information solutions that have a positive impact on our members lives.

We invite you to join one of Austins Top Workplaces. TRS offers a best-in-class combination of technology and continuous learning opportunities to equip you to solve problems expand your knowledge and create impact for 1 in 20 Texans.

The Data Management Architect Senior plays a critical role in developing governing and maintaining the enterprise data architecture to ensure data is reliable consistent and trusted across the organization.

The role provides advanced expertise in data modeling metadata and catalog practices semantic standards and data lineage documentation. This position works proactively with internal and external data teams architects and senior business stakeholders to drive complex data initiatives establish enterprise data standards and enhance the organizations overall data management maturity.

WHAT WILL YOU DO

Enterprise Data Modeling Semantics & AI Enablement

Develops conceptual logical physical models across domains.

Maps transformations & integrations and drive clarity across systems.

Reverse-engineers legacy data structures to modernize streamline and rationalize system designs.

Uses ER/Studio & model automation to ensure standards and performance.

Governs design-to-implementation alignment with engineering.

Expands taxonomy and ontology usage across domains.

Applies semantic tagging to improve discovery trust and reuse.

Aligns semantic attributes with lineage & classification rules.

Data Governance Metadata & Catalog Management

Maintains and enriches data dictionaries while automating metadata ingestion and scanning processes.

Applies lineage and classification standards (Purview/Unity Catalog).

Connects catalog to BI and ETL/ELT pipelines.

Expands glossary coverage with stewards.

Implements catalog APIs for programmatic queries/updates.

Trains users on catalog practices and continuously monitors metadata quality KPIs.

Data Strategy & Readiness

Translates business needs into structured data designs and metadata deliverables

Prioritizes modeling/governance work with product owners.

Provides status & risk updates; manage dependencies.

Supports business-led analytics and stewardship routines.

Team Enablement & Knowledge Transfer

Facilitates design/model reviews while maintaining standards and templates.

Supports cross-enterprise stewardship and governance routines.

Creates training materials and onboarding guides for business users.

Performs related work as assigned.

WHAT WILL YOU BRING

Required Education

Bachelors degree from from an accredited college or university in computer information systems computer science data management information systems information science or a closely related field.

High School diploma or equivalent and additional full-time experience in data modeling or similarly related experience may substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.

Required Experience

Five (5) years of full-time directly related progressively responsible experience in data modeling metadata data governance or related experience.

A masters degree or doctoral degree in a directly related field may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.

Required Registration Certification or Licensure

None.

Preferred Qualifications

Certifications in data modeling governance or catalog tools

Experience with Azure Databricks Synapse Fabric Snowflake

Hands-on metadata automation or lineage tooling

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of:

Established data modeling methodologies & standards

Metadata catalog and lineage frameworks across systems

SQL relational design; distributed data platform familiarity

Modern governance incl. business glossary management

Agile delivery & cross-team collaboration patterns

Skills in:

Creating/refining data models across systems

Applying metadata standards & semantic tagging at scale

Analyzing lineage & data flows for quality/trust

Facilitating sessions with stewards/analysts/engineers

Driving business glossary adoption & catalog usability

Ability to:

Translate business requirements into structured models

Apply governance & metadata standards across systems

Enhance lineage glossary and classification

Improve discoverability & catalog adoption enterprise-wide

Communicate complex concepts to technical & non-technical audiences

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Data Management Architect SeniorRequisition ID: req1361Employment Type: Unclassified Regular Full-Time (URF)Division: Enterprise Data & AnalyticsCompensation: Depends on QualificationJob Closing: 3/31/2026Location: TRS Headquarters Building 2 1900 Aldrich StreetAustin Texas 78723United States WH...