Workforce Modernization Architect
Careerteam · Remote in the United States
About this role
**Workforce Modernization Architect** **About Career Team** Career Team is a leading workforce development organization on a mission to transform lives. We blend cutting-edge technology with compassionate, high-touch services to drive real, measurable outcomes for job seekers across the country. Career Team is looking for a **Workforce Modernization Architect** who designs solutions around **people, processes, and compliance**—not code. Many of our customers run federally funded workforce development programs that must submit reports to federal agencies in strictly defined formats (including **WIOA Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL)**) and follow detailed logic rules. --- ## Role Overview - **Own federal reporting requirements** - Interpret federal reporting specifications, data standards, and program guidance (with a focus on **PIRL** and related U.S. Department of Labor / Department of Education reporting) - Translate requirements into detailed functional requirements - **Define reporting logic** - Write clear, testable business rules for how the system calculates each reported value, including: - Reporting periods and date ranges - Who counts in each reporting population (participants, exiters, co-enrollments across WIOA titles: Title I–V) - Unduplicated counts and deduplication - Enrollment, program participation, and exit logic - Age and status calculated as of specific dates - Handling missing, refused, or conflicting data - **Specify output formats** - Document required file layouts, field definitions, code lists, ordering, and file naming conventions (CSV, XML, fixed-width, or agency-specific templates) so exports pass federal validation the first time - **Solve compliance issues** - Identify root causes of reporting/compliance problems (system logic, data entry, or unclear guidance) and drive documented fixes - **Resolve ambiguity** - Identify gaps or contradictions in federal guidance - Research agency FAQs, TEGLs, and technical assistance resources - Document edge-case handling and the reasoning behind decisions - **Lead testing and quality assurance** - Build test scenarios and expected results for reporting logic - Partner with QA to validate outputs against specifications and federal validation tools (e.g., **DOL WIPS edit checks**) - Trace errors back to the rule or data that caused them - **Bridge state case management systems** - Apply knowledge of how state case management systems capture and structure participant data - Anticipate integration, mapping, and consistency challenges across customers in multiple states - **Track regulatory change** - Monitor updates to federal specifications, PIRL versions, and reporting cycles - Assess impacts and plan updates ahead of deadlines - **Build data quality in** - Recommend intake workflows, required fields, and validation checks to prevent bad data from entering the system - **Support customers during reporting cycles** - Help program staff understand reports, troubleshoot validation errors, and answer questions from grant managers, monitors, and auditors --- ## Qualifications - Experience in workforce development, including programmatic experience in at least one **WIOA** program (Title I–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,
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