“The incumbent serves as the Director, Data Architecture, within Architecture and Engineering Service, Demand Management Division, Enterprise Program Management Office, Office of Information Technology (OIT), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).”
Responsibilities:
- The incumbent will assure the development of strategic plans, preliminary studies, feasibility studies, and final functional requirements for projects assigned to the Division. The incumbent leads and directs the data management strategy and implementation activities for VA Office of Information Technology and serves as the expert authority on the underlying data and data products, to include data architecture artifacts, and serves as the subject matter expert on content, current and potential future uses of data and analytics, and the quality and interrelationship between core elements of the data repository and data products.
- The incumbent will supervise and control the design, development, publication and implementation of the VA’s enterprise-wide data management strategy and vision. This includes supervision and control of the development of policies, practices and procedures that manage VA’s full data lifecycle needs.
- The incumbent will prepare, distribute, and monitor work plans, task definitions, workload projections, task assignments, and priorities. He/she ensures personnel understand their duties and responsibilities and assigns work to be accomplished in a manner which ensures achievement of maximum effectiveness and efficiency, skill utilization, and employee motivation.
- The incumbent is responsible for supervising and enforcing the development and maintenance of enterprise-wide data architecture and engineering guidance in accordance with standards specified in the VA Enterprise Architecture (EA) or other approved guidelines; this includes EA compliance guidance and Enterprise Design Pattern documentation, as well as operational documentation and maintenance of data repositories. He/she supports and ensures compliance to all VA and OIT policies and procedures.
