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# Lead Data Architect

- **Company:** North Memorial Health
- **Location:** Saint Paul, MN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $97,261 - $145,891
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Data Analysis, Information Systems, Databases, Data Architecture, Data Definition Language, Data Manipulation Languages, Data Normalization, Data Warehousing, Database Design, Maple Software, Online Analytical Processing, Online Transaction Processing, Performance Tuning, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Transaction Processing (Computing), Procedural Programming, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/lead-data-architect-saint-paul-mn--32acc1b2-7536-41a5-80fc-32420bfad936

## About the Role

* BS/BA in computer science or related field and 6+ years of technology experience., * 7+ years in technology field.
 * Data warehousing experience required.
 * Healthcare experience required.
 * Requirements analysis and project management best practices, especially with regard to Agile development methodologies.
 * Experience with data analysis, statistics and interpretation desired. * Strong understanding of Data Architecture [e.g., data modeling / data normalization, database design and tuning for either On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) and On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) information systems, relational and dimensional architectures).
 * Strong verbal communication skills and is comfortable interacting with colleagues at various levels of the organization (including executives).
 * Strong understanding of Database principles, processes, technologies and tools
 * Strong understanding of Structured Query Language (SQL) - both Data Definition Language (DDL) and Data Manipulation Language (DML).
 * General understanding of the Systems Development Lifecycle, project management, and other software development methodologies.
 * A general understanding of statistics and/or analytical methodologies particularly as it is applied to clinical quality improvement preferred
 * Healthcare delivery and administrative processes and functions preferred
 * Procedural programming fundamentals preferred, Employment Sponsorship: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

## Description

The Data Architect Lead, sharing in the performance of the team's work, also manages the efficient and effective delivery of IT Services provided by their team to include: IT Service Portfolio with SLEs, Incident/Problem/Request/Change/Release Management, associated project deliverables and life cycle management of services/technologies owned by the team. The Lead owns the establishment and maintenance of their team's IT Service Portfolio and associated SLEs. The Lead is responsible for the daily management of the team's incidents, problems, and standard and nonstandard service requests based on established IT Scorecard parameters. The daily management of these workflows and the staff performing the work, is in real time to identify and proactively take action on service based metrics to achieve quality outputs. The Lead partners with IT Project Managers in support of the project intake/assessment process and execution of approved project deliverables as assigned.
The Lead manages the life cycle of the services/technologies their team owns by using industry standard best practices. The lead promotes a culture of teamwork, collaboration, trust, and engagement.