Staff Data Architect

Staff Data Architect

We are continuously sourcing for talent while we await anticipated job openings. Candidates who apply to this role understand we may not have an immediate opening and wish to be considered for future opportunities. This is a remote position.

This is a remote position. 

Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.    

Work on things that matter 

Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology.  

Built for a remote life 

Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed.  

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture 

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government. 

The Federal Health business unit covers our work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including HealthCare.gov, and Medicare.gov. Our team supports Federal Heath in building and improving online public experiences and APIs that are reliable, accessible, and user-centered. We help millions of people enroll in healthcare and access Medicare and Medicaid benefits, and we help Federal Health improve the quality of Medicare and Medicaid services for beneficiaries and clinicians.  This position is with the Support Information Technology and Data Innovation (ITDI) office for an ARPA-H Task Order 4.

Primary Responsibilities:  

In this role, you will serve as an emerging subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that exhibits a high level of trust, autonomy and empowerment. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for leading and monitoring the ability to meet scope, schedule and delivery requirements and may support adjacent programs within the business unit. A Staff Data Architect exhibits strong influential skills to represent the data practice in planning sessions, advocating for the best technical solution, while communicating tradeoffs. You will serve as the primary lead and proactively communicate with stakeholders; while utilizing strong influential skills to drive improvements in data architecture processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Staff Data Architect include: 

• Leads strategic and critical data analysis, summarizing findings to provide program recommendations

• Owns overall data strategy and oversees data collection, organization, and storage for program(s)

• Identifies business components and translates requirements into functional BI portals and dashboards

• Presents on technical topics effectively, articulating implementation complexity and other costs to inform business decisions

• Responsible for data governance, eliminating gaps and improving data maturity

• Aligns data architecture and standardizes access patterns to make data available to BI tools, apps, and websites

• Oversees and aligns data organization, dictionary standardization, and glossary development with models

• Periodically travels to work with and present to clients, partners, and stakeholders

• Effectively communicates on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they’ve been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially client-facing communications

• Serves as a mentor for data analysts, scientists, and architects

• Supports data team membe