Job Details

Data Architects

Position Number: 6844141
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Computing - Database Administration

Data Architects

Job Summary

Data Architects

Work with a talented team of developers, researchers and clinicians in the University of Utah Division of Epidemiology to conduct large-scale research projects in the domain of infectious diseases. The successful candidate will work collaboratively to develop analysis plans and technical specifications, maintain study documentation, create study cohorts and analytic files from relational databases, extract information from clinical text using natural language processing (NLP), and conduct basic and advanced statistical analyses within the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) and the University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) environments. Previous experience VA CDW, University Electronic Data Warehouse (EDW), or other large electronic health record or administrative healthcare data sets strongly preferred.
Must be proficient in data analysis and management familiar with Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. Experience with TSQL, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS and Power BI strongly preferred. Proficiency in either Python or R required. Expert use of natural language processing libraries (spaCy, medspaCy, huggingface, etc.) and/or machine learning frameworks (scikit-learn, Pytorch, etc.) a plus.
Opportunity for advancement depending upon experience and performance.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities
Data Architect, IVDesign, deploy, and manage the organization's data architecture. Collaborate with technology and management teams to understand structural requirements and define standards for how data will be stored, consumed, integrated, and managed across the organization and translate into a usable blueprint. Build an inventory of data needed to implement architecture and create a vision for how data will flow through the organization. Design and build complex data models, approve modifications, and implement systems. Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility, constantly monitoring and refining the performance of data management systems. Produce and enforce database development standards. Possess strong understanding of data modeling tools and standards, ETL tools, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Pig, NoSQL). Recognized as subject matter expert and advanced individual contributor professional. Requires specialized skill set. Conducts highly complex work, unsupervised and with extensive latitude for independent judgment.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.This is an Advanced-Level position in the General Professional track.Job Code: P34004Grade: P23Expected Pay Range: $77,587 to $152,893
Data Architect, VDesign, deploy, and manage the organization's data architecture. Collaborate with technology and management teams to understand structural requirements and define standards for how data will be stored, consumed, integrated, and managed across the organization and translate into a usable blueprint. Build an inventory of data needed to implement architecture and create a vision for how data will flow through the organization. Design and build complex data models, approve modifications, and implement systems. Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility, constantly monitoring and refining the performance of data management systems. Produce and enforce database development standards. Possess strong understanding of data modeling tools and standards, ETL tools, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Pig, NoSQL). Recognized as subject matter expert and advanced individual contributor professional. Requires specialized skill set. Conducts highly complex work, unsupervised and with extensive latitude for independent judgment.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.This is an Expert-Level position in the General Professional track.Job Code: P34005Grade: P24Expected Pay Range: $85,347 to $168,183
Data Architect, VIDesign, deploy, and manage the organization's data architecture. Collaborate with technology and management teams to understand structural requirements and define standards for how data will be stored, consumed, integrated, and managed across the organization and translate into a usable blueprint. Build an inventory of data needed to implement architecture and create a vision for how data will flow through the organization. Design and build complex data models, approve modifications, and implement systems. Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility, constantly monitoring and refining the performance of data management systems. Produce and enforce database development standards. Possess strong understanding of data modeling tools and standards, ETL tools, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Pig, NoSQL). Recognized as expert in field. Requires highly specialized skill set. Influences best practices within discipline. Conducts the most complex and vital work, unsupervised and with complete latitude for independent judgment.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 12 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 10 years of directly related work experience.This is a Principal-Level position in the General Professional track.Job Code: P34006Grade: P25Expected Pay Range: $93,881 to $185,001
Data Architect, VIIDesign, deploy, and manage the organization's data architecture. Collaborate with technology and management teams to understand structural requirements and define standards for how data will be stored, consumed, integrated, and managed across the organization and translate into a usable blueprint. Build an inventory of data needed to implement architecture and create a vision for how data will flow through the organization. Design and build complex data models, approve modifications, and implement systems. Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility, constantly monitoring and refining the performance of data management systems. Produce and enforce database development standards. Possess strong understanding of data modeling tools and standards, ETL tools, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Pig, NoSQL). Recognized as expert in field. Requires highly specialized skill set. Influences best practices within discipline. Conducts the most complex and vital work, unsupervised and with complete latitude for independent judgment.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 14 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 12 years of directly related work experience.This is a Senior Principal-Level position in the General Professional track.Job Code: P34007Grade: P26Expected Pay Range: $103,269 to $203,501

Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

Data Architect, IV: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.
Data Architect, V: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.
Data Architect, VI: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 12 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 10 years of directly related work experience.
Data Architect, VII: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 14 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 12 years of directly related work experience.

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Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN43884B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: Employees must reside in the state of Utah but might have the opportunity to work a hybrid (in-office and remote) work schedule. Possible consideration of a request for a fully remote work schedule, subject to approval and change.
Department: 00952 - Division of Epidemiology
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: n/a
Close Date: 3/23/2026
Open Until Filled:

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