Sr Data Architect

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At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

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Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter:

The Sr Data Architect is responsible for leading architecture capabilities for the Data Governance Organization.  This role includes creating, maintaining, and communicating conceptual and logical enterprise data models and data flow diagrams.  The Sr Data Architect will have a deep understanding of the organization’s Customer, Supplier, Product, Financial, and Employee master data, the data lifecycle of this content as it exists in ancillary applications and provide guidance on software and process modifications to improve controls and simplify master data management.  This role will work closely with Data Analysts and Stewards to inventory, define, classify, and measure data quality of organizational data assets and partner with Business Owners and IT Leads to simplify and streamline the data environment.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Understand and document current end-to-end data flow diagrams of business subject areas and re-architect data ingestion processes into relevant applications

• Collaborating with Data Integration Engineers and Business Owners to standardize B2B and B2C data exchange formats

• Lead the development and implementation of data standards and best practices for data governance, data management, and data quality

• Assist Data Governance Organization team members in the cataloging, defining, securing, and measuring of organizational data and information assets

• Provide guidance on security, privacy, data management, and regulatory compliance around our data assets

• Provide technical vision, leadership, and guidance to architects, analysts, and stewards on the team

• Perform other duties as assigned

What You'll Bring:

• 10+ years of experience as a data professional

• 5+ years working with multiple Database Management Software (SQLServer, Oracle, Snowflake, etc.)

• 3+ years serving explicitly in a Data Architect or Data Modeler role

• 3+ years utilizing data modeling tools (ERwin, ER/Studio, PowerDesigner, etc.)

• 3+ years creating conceptual, logical and physical data model

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant area

• Knowledge of enterprise-level business function/capability and data modeling

• Prior experience in a complex, highly integrated services environment

• Prior experience with Master Data Management, Metadata Management, and/or canonical modeling

• Familiarity with Industry Standard and Healthcare Standard data formats (ISO, ANSI X12, HL7, etc.)

• Familiarity with services-based development and technologies (e.g. SOAP, XML, XSD, JSON)

• Familiarity with NoSQL platforms

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Candidates need to work well in extended project teams with little oversight

Equal Employment Opportunity

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