Data Services Manager & Architect

What Success Looks Like In This Job

The Data Services Manager & Architect provides strategic and technical leadership for the County's enterprise data environment. Builds the practice of Data Services and supervises technical staff, leads enterprise data initiatives, and provides expert guidance on database technologies, cloud platforms, data governance, and modernization efforts. Oversees data services operations and performance, supports business intelligence and reporting initiatives, and ensures availability, integrity, security, and accessibility of data.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This posting is scheduled to close on our careers site at 4:30pm Mountain Time on 10/13/2026: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/adams

Examples of Duties for Success

• Supervise and mentor assigned staff, provide technical leadership, review work assignments, establish priorities, and manage vendor relationships. Works with County departments, cross-functional teams, and external vendors.
• Responsible for the architecture, governance, security, administration, integration, and operational management of enterprise databases, data warehouses, and analytics platforms.
• Develops and maintains enterprise data classification and standards.
• Architect scalable data solutions that support systems, analytics, regulatory compliance, and strategic decision-making.
• Develop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models supporting transactional (OLTP), analytical (OLAP), reporting, and business intelligence systems.
• Administer, monitor, secure, and optimize enterprise database platforms through performance tuning, capacity planning, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, patch management, and automation.
• Design and oversee data integration, ETL/ELT engineering processes, APIs, event-driven integrations, and data migration strategies supporting enterprise applications and legacy system modernization.
• Evaluate emerging database technologies, cloud services, and data management tools; recommend solutions that improve performance, scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
• Investigate data anomalies, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve data integrity and reliability.
• Ensure compliance with applicable security, privacy, regulatory, and records management requirements.
• Develop enterprise data standards, reference architectures, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, software development, GIS, and departmental stakeholders to ensure enterprise data solutions align with County technology strategy.

Qualifications for Success

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• At least 7 years of experience in enterprise data, with a focus on data architecture, administration, management, support, and optimization. Prior experience in a leadership or management role is highly preferred.
• Significant experience architecting, designing, implementing, and administering enterprise database and data warehouse solutions.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases, cloud data platforms, ETL/ELT processes, and enterprise reporting environments.
• Experience leading technical projects and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Enterprise data architecture, database design, and data modeling.
• Database administration, performance tuning, backup and recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Data warehousing, business intelligence, analytics, and data integration methodologies.
• Data governance, metadata management, master data management, and data quality practices.
• Cloud data platforms and hybrid architectures.
• SQL and database automation; experience with scripting languages such as C#, Python, or PowerShell is desirable.
• Information security, privacy, and regulatory compliance related to enterprise data.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships, lead technical initiatives, and drive continuous improvement across the County's enterprise data environment.

More Qualifications for Success

Technical Skills

• Enterprise relational databases (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and other current and emerging technologies) administration, backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and performance tuning.
• Cloud data platforms (Microsoft Azure and other cloud platforms)
• Data Fabric/Warehouses, Data lakes, and Lakehouse architecture
• ETL/ELT platforms and orchestration tools
• C#, SQL, Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages
• REST APIs, messaging platforms, and data integration technologies
• Business Intelligence and visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or equivalent)
• Data governance, metadata management, and master data management
• Security frameworks, identity management, encryption, and regulatory compliance

Skills Matrix

Skill/Experience

Proficiency Level

Enterprise Data Architecture

Advanced

Database Administration (DBA)

Advanced

Data Engineering & Integration

Advanced

Data Governance & Quality

Intermediate

Cloud Data Platforms

Intermediate

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Advanced

Performance & Capacity Management

Advanced

Security & Compliance

Intermediate

Automation & DevOps

Proficient

Project Management (Agile, Scrum)

Proficient

Leadership & Team Management

Advanced

Communication & Stakeholder Management

Advanced

This position qualifies for the following benefits:

• Health (medical, dental, vision)
• Life/ADD, disability
• 401a defined benefit plan and 457b deferred compensation plan
• Vacation and sick
• Paid holidays/other paid leaves