Data Warehouse Architect

Job Description

The state maintains an enterprise data warehouse built on the Teradata ecosystem. Below is a list of services; however this list is not exhaustive.

8 years required for the following:

Teradata database

Upgrades provisioning software maintenance scripting - BASH Perl Python Glink

Teradata ecosystem health monitoring

Teradata node management

Teradata Viewpoint administration

Teradata Tools and Utilities (TTU)

PSIM (Platform Service Intelligent Monitoring) administration

Teradata vendor upgrades

Teradata workload management

Teradata backup & recovery

Performance tuning and resource optimization

Extract Transform Load (ETL)

Unix/Linux knowledge

Cloud computing fundamentals resource allocation networking preferably MS Azure

Statistics

Audits & security plans

Federal requirements - NIST 800-53 IRS Pub 1075 SSA Medicaid etc.

The Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) service offered by DTMB provides customers with the ability to conduct high performance analytics data mining activities and enhanced decision support capabilities. Currently the EDW service employs Teradata technology.

This position will serve as a platform administrator for the EDW consisting of 3 distinct platforms (Production Development/Disaster Recovery and Test). The EDW provides enterprise data warehousing services to executive branch department as well as the State Court Administrator Offices statewide. A total of 7 departments are supported with a user base of over 10000 and 40 Terabytes of data. This position researches and coordinates long term EDW strategies with all current and potential users DTMB management and vendor personnel. This position defines the technical planning implementation plan and delivery of the EDW platform services and supporting technologies to meet the State of Michigans business requirements and objectives. This includes vendor communication trouble reporting escalated troubleshooting and release/patch management. This position is responsible for providing operating system guidance along with EDW security expertise for the systems as well as advising the Agencies on disaster recovery planning strategies related to the EDW and their business applications. The position is also responsible for platform performance monitoring and resolving performance issues. This position provides direct technical expertise to department DBAs and specialists across the enterprise.