Workforce Modernization Architect

Job Description:

• Interpret federal reporting specifications, data standards, and program guidance, focusing on PIRL and U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Education reporting
• Translate federal requirements into detailed functional requirements
• Define clear, testable business rules for reporting periods, populations, deduplication, enrollment, participation, exits, dates, and missing or conflicting data
• Document required file layouts, field definitions, code lists, ordering, and naming conventions for CSV, XML, fixed-width, and agency-specific exports
• Identify root causes of reporting and compliance problems and lead documented fixes
• Research agency FAQs, TEGLs, and technical assistance resources to resolve ambiguity and document edge-case decisions
• Build test scenarios and expected results; partner with QA to validate outputs against specifications and DOL WIPS edit checks
• Apply knowledge of state case management systems to anticipate integration, mapping, and consistency challenges
• Monitor changes to federal specifications, PIRL versions, and reporting cycles and plan system updates
• Recommend intake workflows, required fields, and validation checks to improve data quality
• Support customers during reporting cycles by explaining reports, troubleshooting validation errors, and answering grant manager, monitor, and auditor questions
• Learn the platform and customer state systems within 30 days
• Independently write reporting logic specifications and test cases and lead requirements conversations within 90 days
• Ensure customer reports pass federal validation reliably and serve as the compliance expert for sales and implementation teams within six months

Requirements:

• Experience in workforce development, including programmatic experience in at least one WIOA program: Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, or Title V
• Hands-on experience with PIRL and federal reporting for grant-funded programs
• Hands-on experience with more than one state case management system
• Experience with government software as a user, implementer, or administrator in a public-sector setting
• Grant management experience, including understanding how reporting ties to performance, funding, and compliance
• Ability to read and interpret technical federal specifications and translate them into precise, unambiguous requirements
• Strong logical reasoning and ability to express rules as if/then logic, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and date calculations
• Familiarity with testing and quality assurance practices, including writing test cases and validating report outputs
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Comfort working in spreadsheets to check counts, reconcile numbers, and trace discrepancies
• Background check, including criminal, prior employment, and education verification, required for employment
• Nice to have: familiarity with Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) and general grants compliance
• Nice to have: experience with WIPS, NRS, RSA-911, HMIS, CAREWare, or Sage
• Nice to have: experience working with federal agencies, state workforce agencies, or technical assistance providers
• Nice to have: basic SQL or reporting-tool experience
• Nice to have: background as a program administrator, grants manager, or data analyst at a federally funded agency or local workforce development board

Benefits:

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Employment contingent upon successful completion of a background check, including criminal, prior employment, and education verification