Aviation Data Architect: Enterprise Data & Integration

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect in Herndon, VA to define enterprise data architecture, governance, and integration for the BNATCS program. You will own data models and standards, ensuring secure, conformant data exchange for NAS interfaces in collaboration with aviation experts.

Responsibilities include modeling, governance, and MDM initiatives, plus data lake/warehouse design and analytics readiness. US citizenship and security clearance eligibility required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years with BS/BA; 10 years with MS/MA; 7 years with PhD; 16 years in lieu of a degree.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a public trust clearance.
• Proficiency in relational, dimensional, and graph data modeling.
• Experience with data modeling tools (ERwin, Sparx EA, PowerDesigner).
• Experience with data governance frameworks and master data management.
• Working knowledge of aviation data exchange formats - SWIM, FIXM, AIXM - or comparable standards.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain canonical data models across BNATCS domains.
• Define and steward the enterprise data governance framework.
• Design data integration patterns for cross-package data flows.
• Enforce aviation data exchange format compliance across domain teams.
• Produce data architecture artifacts: dictionaries, catalogs, diagrams.
• Establish and operate a master data management capability.
• Define data quality metrics and remediation workflows.
• Design analytical data architectures for data lake/lakehouse and warehouses.
• Collaborate with SW & Data Architects on ICD data contracts and semantic rules.
• Support MBSE/DNA integration alignment with canonical data models.
• Assist procurement with data architecture evaluation criteria.

Skills

Data modeling

Data governance

Data integration patterns

Cloud data platforms

ETL/ELT

Public trust clearance

Aviation data formats

Metadata catalogs

Data dictionaries

Kafka/Kinesis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

ERwin

Sparx EA

PowerDesigner

Collibra

Alation

Informatica EDC

DataHub

Apache Atlas

Purview

Kafka

Kinesis

Job description

Peraton is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect in Herndon, VA to define enterprise data architecture, governance, and integration for the BNATCS program. You will own data models and standards, ensuring secure, conformant data exchange for NAS interfaces in collaboration with aviation experts.

Responsibilities include modeling, governance, and MDM initiatives, plus data lake/warehouse design and analytics readiness. US citizenship and security clearance eligibility required.