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Location: Amarillo, TX - Pantex Plant
Job Title: IT Applications Data Architect 
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist 
Organization: Mission Systems (50214380)
Job Specialty: System Development 
 

What You'll Do

A career at Pantex can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on our nation.  We recognize that excellent employees are absolutely critical for mission success. We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to help enhance and optimize our mission-critical systems through data analysis, design, development, and implementation of technical data solutions. We are looking for a proven leader with demonstrated success in consuming complex data and developing innovative solutions.

 

Primary duties include design and development of data infrastructure to extract and organize data across internal and external enterprise systems utilizing tools such as Denodo or Talend.  Time will be split with software design and development using various products and technologies in a full-stack role .  Other duties may include data and code optimization, business process analysis, architecture and design.  You will use critical thinking to help maintain production operations, conduct system troubleshooting and perform problem analysis.  You will work closely with project stakeholders to scope, estimate, and provide overall technical leadership to develop and implement high-quality technology solutions.

 

Additional duties may include collaboration with external stakeholders across the Nuclear Security Enterprise, developing technical documentation and instructions.

 

Core Responsibilities and Duties

  • Developing data infrastructure to support application development.
    • Identifying relevant data.
    • Designing data structures.
    • Sourcing data (including all aspects of ETL: extract, transform, load).
    • Creating data summarizations such as reports, dashboards, and metrics.
    • Performing advanced data analysis to identify trends and forecast future events.  This may include techniques such as machine learning.
    • Advancing our team’s data utilization capability to enhance business value delivered.
  • Work closely with functional and business team members, project management, enterprise architects, system engineers and application developers to design and develop mission-critical applications based on approved architecture and business requirements.
    • Design and implement innovative solutions to resolve complex Information Technology (IT) and business problems.
    • Lead technical projects through effective communication with peers, customers and management.
    • Ensure solutions are well-engineered, optimized, operable, and maintainable.
    • Ensure adherence to defined project management policies, changes management guidelines, cyber security requirements and software quality assurance processes.
  • Interface with IT Project Management to deliver solutions on schedule, with high quality, and within budget.

Minimum Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience. Typical engineering/science/information technology experience ranging from 3 to 7 years. 
  • OR Master's degree in engineering/science/information technology discipline.
  • OR applicants without a bachelor's degree may be considered based on a combination of at least 10 years of completed education and/or relevant experience

Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2A Requirements

Not applicable.

Preferred Job Requirements

  • Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Business Analytics, or similar degree with at least 5 years of relevant progressive experience.
  • Demonstrated experience using tools such as Excel, Tableau and programming languages (such as Structured Query Language (SQL), Python and R) to perform analytics.
  • Knowledge of databases, data warehouses, business intelligence systems and data analysis tools
  • Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence systems.
  • Knowledge required to perform data analytics that includes statistics, decision sciences, machine learning, reporting technologies and/or predictive analysis.
  • Experience delivering effective communications, both written and oral.

#JointheMission: Your Impact Starts Here

At Pantex, you won't just find a job—you’ll discover a career of purpose safeguarding national security through work performed nowhere else on Earth. We empower dedicated, innovative individuals like you to achieve their greatest impact surrounded by exceptional talent and limitless opportunities for professional growth.
 
When you #JointheMission, you choose a lifetime career where your commitment is genuinely valued and rewarded. At Pantex, we believe that extraordinary talent thrives when supported by a balanced life. Discover the flexibility that empowers you to excel, coupled with a benefits package designed for your total peace of mind from comprehensive health coverage and robust retirement planning, to opportunities for continuous learning through education reimbursement.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
 
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
 
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
 
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 709. Medical requirements may apply.
 
Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to random selection for drug testing without advance notification.
 
Pantex is an equal opportunity employer, and does not tolerate discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law.  Such terms and conditions of employment include, but are not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.  Pantex takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans; including disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active-duty wartime, or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.