Aviation Data Mesh Architect - Real-Time AI & Hybrid Cloud

Leidos; Egg Harbor Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP) on a hybrid cloud data mesh. Lead enterprise data architecture for real-time air traffic management and aviation services, with an AI-first mindset to accelerate delivery and quality.

Requires ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. This hybrid role can be located in Gaithersburg, MD; Egg Harbor Township, NJ; or Eagan, MN,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant data architecture experience or 10+ years with a Master's degree or equivalent experience.
• Leadership for large-scale data platforms and data mesh implementations.
• Development and enforcement of data governance and contracts.
• Experience with real-time streaming data and low-latency processing.

Responsibilities

• Define the data mesh architecture including domain boundaries and data products.
• Establish the enterprise data governance framework and standards.
• Design real-time streaming data pipelines for operational aviation data.
• Architect event-driven data integration patterns across platform services.
• Define data product standards including contracts, quality, and discoverability.
• Develop the data integration strategy across legacy and modern systems.
• Plan and oversee legacy data migration to the new platform architecture.
• Establish data quality standards, monitoring, and remediation processes.
• Coordinate cross-ART data architecture decisions and dependencies.
• Implement metadata management and data cataloging solutions.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Data mesh architecture

Data governance

Real-time data pipelines

Event streaming

SQL & NoSQL

Distributed data systems

Data modeling

Data contracts & lineage

Public Trust clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Apache Kafka

Job description

Leidos is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP) on a hybrid cloud data mesh. Lead enterprise data architecture for real-time air traffic management and aviation services, with an AI-first mindset to accelerate delivery and quality.

Requires ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. This hybrid role can be located in Gaithersburg, MD; Egg Harbor Township, NJ; or Eagan, MN,