Data Engineer

2 months ago

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States State Of Indiana Full time
Work for Indiana


Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a diverse range of opportunities across 60+ agencies.

At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance.

Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.


At the State of Indiana, we don't just talk about diversity and inclusion—we make it our goal to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace with a workforce that is representative of Indiana's population.

As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

About the Family & Social Services Administration (FSSA):


FSSA was established by the Indiana General Assembly in 1991 to consolidate and better integrate the delivery of human services by state government.

FSSA is a health care and social services funding agency.

Ninety-four percent of the agency's total budget is paid to thousands of service providers ranging from major medical centers to a physical therapist working with a child or adult with a developmental disability.

The seven care divisions in FSSA administer services to more than 1.5 million Hoosiers.

FSSA's mission is to compassionately serve Hoosiers of all ages and connect them with social services, health care and their communities.


Role Overview:


The role of Data Architect focuses on how data will be stored, consumed, integrated and managed by different IT systems, as well as any applications using or processing that data in some capacity.

The Data Architect, or Data Engineer, is primarily responsible for the design, creation, deployment, and management of the organization's decision support data, both on premise and cloud, focusing on building and managing infrastructure, security, deployment pipeline, continuous integration (CI) tools, and architecture.

This role will blend system administration and development skills to build solutions that deliver with speed and scale, including ensuring that the right data is collected and managed effectively while making it readily accessible to business and data teams.

This role also plays a key part in developing technical specifications that adhere to Agency budgets, security requirements, and timeframes, including programming standards and both system and infrastructure design.


Salary Statement:
The salary for this position traditionally starts at $79,118.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.

A Day in the Life:
The essential functions of this role are as follows:

  • Designs databases for recovery, high availability, performance and maintenance;
  • Monitors the standards, procedures, integrity and integration of data;
  • Defines the overall warehouse architecture and standards;
  • Consults with and makes recommendations to business and technical groups at all levels to define data requirements, evaluate data technology needs and formulate solutions;
  • Analyzes data needs and requirements of existing and proposed systems and develop technical, structural and organizational designs and specifications;
  • Evaluates technology and products to determine the feasibility of adding to agency standards;
  • Develops work plans for assigned projects and supervises their execution;
  • Provides guidance and reviews the work of team members on special projects;
  • Identifies and explores the potential strategies for long term planning implementation;
  • Serves as project lead for software products associated with data;
  • Works with and provides guidance to information systems personnel or user agencies for maximum utilization of the agency data.

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.

Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

What You'll Need for Success:

  • Thorough knowledge of computer hardware/software capabilities and configurations;
  • Thorough knowledge of database software, database definition languages, data dictionaries, computer programming and testing of programs;
  • Thorough knowledge of data communications, connectivity and agency used operating systems;
  • Thorough knowledge of data warehouse architecture and standards;
  • Extensive knowledge of the most recent technical developments in the data management field;
  • Ability to perform logic analysis;
  • Ability to read and understand complicated technical manuals;
  • Ability theories, principles and methodologies to existing computer or database software;
  • Ability to design complex data architectures to support the use of agency data;
  • Ability to guide and coordinate the work of others;
  • Effectively communicate, both orally and in writing.

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:
This role may be utilized in a supervisory capacity based on agency needs.

Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:
The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes:

  • Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
  • Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
  • Health savings account, which includes bi weekly state contribution
  • Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities
  • Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match
  • Two (2) fully funded pension plan options
  • A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:
-150 hours of paid new parent leave

  • Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave
  • Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
-12 paid holidays, 14 on election years

  • Education Reimbursement Program
  • Group life insurance
  • Referral Bonus program
  • Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
  • Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
  • Free Parking for most positions
  • Free LinkedIn Learning access

Equal Employment Opportunity:


The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance.

Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.

We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at

The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants.

We encourage you if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.

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