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Data Architect Associate

🇺🇸 Lexington, KY 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $52K - $86K 💻 Data Science 🗓️ March 18th, 2026
Tableau

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University of Kentucky is hiring a Data Architect Associate. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining reliable data pipelines to support AI, analytics, and operational reporting initiatives. The position requires sourcing, cleaning, validating, and integrating data while ensuring quality, governance, and compliance, collaborating closely with various data and business teams to develop scalable data solutions.

Highlights

  • Design, build, and maintain data pipelines powering machine learning models and analytics platforms.

  • Source, clean, validate, and integrate data across internal systems and external APIs.

  • Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance standards are met.

  • Collaborate with Data Architects, Data Scientists, AI Engineers, and business stakeholders.

  • Support ethical and effective AI use through scalable data solutions.

  • Required software knowledge: SAP HANA, Tableau, SQL.

  • Educational requirement: Bachelor's degree.

  • Minimum 5 years of related experience required.

  • Salary range: $52,021 to $85,800 per year.

  • Department: Institutional Research Analytics Support.

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Posting Details
Posting Details
Job Title Data Architect Associate
Requisition Number RE53646
Working Title CATS AI Engineer
Department Name 1B700:Institutional Research Analytics Support
Work Location Lexington, KY
Grade Level 46
Salary Range $52,021-85,800/year
Type of Position Staff
Position Time Status Full-Time
Required Education

BS

Click here for more information about equivalencies: https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience

5 yrs

Required License/Registration/Certification
None
Physical Requirements
Sitting for long periods of time, repetitive motion, walking across campus with up to 10 lbs
Shift
40 h/wk M-F 8-5
Job Summary
The Al Data Engineer will support Al, analytics, and operational reporting initiatives. They will design, build, and maintain reliable data pipelines that power machine learning models, analytics platforms, and enterprise reporting.

They will have responsibility for sourcing, cleaning, validating, and integrating data across internal systems and external A Pis while ensuring data quality, governance, and compliance standards are met. Working closely with Data Architects, Data Scientists, Al Engineers, and business stakeholders, this position will help translate data requirements into scalable, trusted data solutions that enable ethical and effective Al use.

Student Success will, from the time of early college outreach to graduation and beyond, support students in living a life of meaning and purpose. From a student-centered framework, our practice will be grounded in peer-reviewed literature, national best practices, and data-informed decision-making. Collaborating with the campus and community, Student Success will work through a holistic lens to support a community of learners in achieving success.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
SAP HANA, Tableau, SOL
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? No
Preferred Education/Experience
Deadline to Apply 03/23/2026
Our University Community
We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.

The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.

Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
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  2. Cover Letter

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