Data Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Define and oversee the enterprise data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical models, data domains, and the roadmap for the target state.

• Lead the assessment and selection of data platform technologies, providing recommendations suitable for executive presentation.

• Design data integration methodologies, encompassing ETL and ELT pipelines, APIs, streaming, and master/reference data across both legacy on-premises and cloud-based systems.

• Establish data governance standards that include ownership, quality, lineage, cataloging, retention, and classification, in collaboration with business data owners.

• Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to design data storage and access controls that comply with Controlled Unclassified Information handling requirements, such as NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC 2.0.

• Direct data workstreams involved in cloud migration initiatives, including sequencing, migration strategies, and the decommissioning of legacy data storage solutions.

• Evaluate data delivery designs to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and document decisions through architecture decision records.

• Mentor engineers and analysts on modeling, performance, and cost-effective design practices.

• Articulate architecture concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Collaborate with the Director of Infrastructure and Security and the Director of Business Solutions to align business requirements with a cohesive data platform.

• Develop standards and tools while fostering consensus among stakeholders across a cross-functional IT organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Candidates must be U.S. citizens to fulfill the eligibility criteria for this position.

• Extensive experience with relational and dimensional modeling.

• Proficient understanding of lakehouse and NoSQL patterns.

• Practical experience with at least one major cloud data platform, such as Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, or a comparable platform.

• Experience with SQL Server and Oracle Database platforms.

• Familiarity with data governance principles, including cataloging, lineage, quality management, and master data management.

• Proven experience integrating data across ERP, HRIS, CRM, financial, operational, and cloud-based systems.

• Capability to articulate technical trade-offs to executives and draft concise architecture documentation and proposals.

• Knowledge of enterprise data security and compliance standards, such as role-based access, data classification, encryption, privacy, and controlled data.

• Ability to convert business requirements into scalable data architectures and technical standards.

• Competence in collaborating with teams across Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, Applications, and business sectors.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• A minimum of seven (7+) years of experience in data engineering, database design, or analytics.

• At least three (3+) years of experience designing enterprise data architectures that include data models, integrations, data platforms, and information flows across multiple business systems.

• Preferred: familiarity with Azure Government or GCC High.

• Preferred: experience in the defense industrial sector, including Controlled Unclassified Information, NIST SP 800-171, and CMMC 2.0.

• Preferred: on-premises-to-Azure data migrations and data platform modernization experience.

• Preferred: experience in environments subject to NIST, CMMC, or other federal or security mandates.

• Preferred: working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Company Life Insurance

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance

• 401(K) Immediate Vesting

• Professional Development Assistance

• Legal Aid Assistance Program

• Family Planning / Fertility Assistance

• Personal Time Off / Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Observance of Federal Holidays (11 Federal Holidays)

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Training and Development Opportunities