Duties and Responsibilities The NTA is at a very opportune moment in its history: a crossroad in time when modern data technologies, advanced analytics, data science, and artificial intelligence (AI) meet transportation opportunities that are being expected by the growing and changing needs of Irelands population.

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The wealth of the data that the NTA is managing at present will be greatly exceeded in complexity and volume by the data that will soon become available to it.

This data will become a valuable source of knowledge that will help Ireland deliver the transport needs in an innovative and a cost-effective manner.

We have developed an advanced cloud-based BI & Data Analytics Platform to ensure we maximise the potential of the increasing volumes and use cases of data.

In parallel, we are growing our BI & Data Analytics Department to serve the analytical needs of the NTA and the wider transport community in Ireland.

As a result, we are now seeking to recruit a BI Architect who will have the skills to leverage the data and technology within the NTA to provide actionable insights to the relevant public transport stakeholders.

The BI Architect will based in the BI & Data Analytics Department of the NTA, working with the Head of the Department, and a team of Data Engineers, Data Architects, BI Developers and Data Scientists Role Description: Lead high level integration designs that align with enterprise architecture and business process architecture; Lead, review and analysis the Authoritys current and future data architecture requirements, identify changes that lead to BI architecture improvements; Work with the relevant ICT technical stakeholders to define the technical requirements of the ICT environment; Set data architecture principles and create data models that enable the implementation of data architecture; Create diagrams mapping all aspects of data entities and inventory required to implement the architecture solution; Lead and co-ordinate the optimization of data architecture; Translate business requirements into data requests and EDWs; Manage datasets and work with ETL and Data warehouse solutions; Work with the BI & Data Analytics Department of the NTA to articulate information needs and build robust; models in support of planning and policy making; Participate in the relevant working groups and networks and attend relevant meetings; and Provide written and oral briefings based on their analysis to the Head of BI & Data Analytics.

The skillsets associated with this role include the following: Experience in building an understanding of the business at a level of detail that enables them to identify and address critical issues; A critical thinker with a well-developed set of problem solving skills and a strong business acumen to foresee and mitigate issues around the preparation of specifications, development and implementation of solutions, with due consideration to impact of change on the organisation and stakeholders; Strong communication and relationship management skillset, with the ability to deliver critical findings to management regarding any proposed organisational change; Ability to work with SQL databases and several programming languages ; Possesses an appropriate level industry standard vocabulary and technical ability in the extraction, storage and transformation of data; A subject matter expert focused on designing of data architecture based on defined governance rules and experience leading data conversations and developing business concepts; Experience in designing and implementing business intelligence technical solutions covering Data modelling and Data architecture design (both logical and physical); Experience in data management best practices including demonstrated experience with data profiling, sourcing, and cleansing routines utilising typical data quality functions involving standardisation, transformation, rationalisation, linking and matching; Deep understanding of query and analytics tools; Strong understanding of DevOps, SDLC and Release Management processes; Implementation, ETL, data integration and data migration design and implementation and DWH performance optimization; and Experience implementing Data Visualization & Reporting Tools: Power BI, Tableau, Qlik or similar.

Note:The functions and responsibilities initially assigned to the position are based on the current organisational requirements and may be changed from time to time.

The person appointed requires the flexibility to fulfil other roles and responsibilities at a similar level within the Authority.

Essential Criteria Please note: In order to satisfy the shortlisting panel that you meet these criteria you must explicitly reference how you meet same in your application.

Failure to demonstrate these may prevent your application progressing to future shortlisting stages.

Each candidate must meet the following requirements at the time of the competition closing: a)Hold a minimum of an NFQ level 7 qualification in a relevant discipline, being Computer Science, Data Analytics, IT, Engineering or equivalent; b)Have at least 7 years recent satisfactory experience with 5 years working in a BI / Data Architect role; c)At least 3 years experience working with Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Azure Data Lake, Azure DevOps; and d) Have at least 3 years experience managing projects or people.

Desirable Criteria Please note: Should further shortlisting be required after essential criteria above, a selection of the following may be assessed.

The ideal candidate will also: a)Knowledge in how the available data within a public sector body can influence a strategy and contribute to the success of a strategy; and b) Experience implementing Information Governance & Data Catalogue Tools: Informatica, Collibra, Purview or similar.

Skills: Leads and maximises the contribution of the team Effectively manages multiple projects Maintains poise and control when working