Data Architect

Washington Business Dynamics; Stati Uniti; Remoto; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) Immediate Vesting

Professional Development Assistance

Paid Time Off

Descrizione del lavoro

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. seeks a Data Architect to design and govern the enterprise data landscape across on‑premises and Azure cloud, partnering with Security, Infrastructure and Business Solutions to translate needs into a coherent data platform.

Responsibilities include shaping standards, leading data integration across ERP/HRIS/CRM/financial systems, and ensuring data security and compliance while mentoring engineers and analysts.

Competenze

• Must be a U.S. citizen to meet eligibility.
• Relational and dimensional modeling with lakehouse and NoSQL patterns.
• Hands-on with at least one cloud data platform (Azure Synapse, Snowflake, Databricks) and SQL Server/Oracle.
• Data governance concepts: cataloging, lineage, quality, and MDM.
• Integrates data across ERP, HRIS, CRM, financial and cloud systems.
• Translates business requirements into scalable data architecture and standards.
• Explains architecture decisions to executives and documents proposals.
• Ensures data security and compliance including RBAC, classification, encryption.
• Collaborates across Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure and business teams.

Mansioni

• Define and maintain enterprise data architecture (conceptual, logical, physical models).
• Lead evaluation/selection of data platform technologies and produce executive-ready recommendations.
• Design data integration patterns (ETL/ELT, APIs, streaming) across on-prem and cloud.
• Establish data governance standards with data owners.
• Collaborate with Security/Compliance on storage and access controls (NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0).
• Guide cloud migration workstreams and decommission legacy stores.
• Review data delivery designs for alignment with enterprise standards and document decisions.
• Mentor engineers on modeling, performance, and cost-aware design; communicate to technical and non-technical audiences.

Conoscenze

Relational modeling

Dimensional modeling

Data governance

Security/compliance

Architecture communication

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Strumenti

Azure Synapse

Snowflake

Databricks

SQL Server

Oracle Database

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Descrizione del lavoro

The Data Architect owns the design of CNI's enterprise data landscape, including how data is modeled, stored, integrated, secured, and governed across on-premises and cloud-based systems. This position reports through the Chief Operating Officer's office as part of the Enterprise Architecture practice and partners with the Director of Infrastructure and Security and the Director of Business Solutions to translate business needs into a coherent data platform.

The Data Architect works within a small, cross-functional IT organization as the Enterprise Architecture practice continues to develop. This position shapes standards and tooling, builds consensus across stakeholders, and supports an environment that combines on-premises systems with a growing Microsoft Azure footprint.

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries engaged in several lines of business (Business Services, Health, Infrastructure and Engineering, Mission Optimization, Technology and Transportation) for the federal government and commercial enterprises. A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens. We are proud to support the economic development and long-term viability of the Chickasaw Nation and its people. CNI offers premium benefits eligible on the first day of hire to full time employees; (Medical - Dental - Vision), 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, and Observance of Federal Holidays.

As a federal contractor, CNI is a drug-free workplace and adheres to the Federal Controlled Substance Act.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be U.S. citizens to meet the eligibility requirements for this position.
• Possesses deep experience with relational and dimensional modeling and maintains a working knowledge of lakehouse and NoSQL patterns.
• Demonstrates hands-on experience with at least one major cloud data platform, such as Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, or an equivalent platform, as well as SQL Server and Oracle Database Platform.
• Applies data governance concepts, including cataloging, lineage, quality management, and master data management.
• Integrates data across ERP, HRIS, CRM, financial, operational, and cloud-based systems.
• Explains technical trade-offs to executives and writes concise architecture documents and proposals.
• Understands enterprise data security and compliance requirements, including role-based access, data classification, encryption, privacy, and controlled data.
• Translates business requirements into scalable data architecture and technical standards.
• Works effectively across Enterprise Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, Applications, and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrates familiarity with Azure Government or GCC High and the constraints these environments place on data services.
• Brings experience in the defense industrial base, including Controlled Unclassified Information, NIST SP 800-171, and CMMC 2.0.
• Maintains a track record of on-premises-to-Azure data migrations and data platform modernization.
• Works in environments subject to NIST, CMMC, or other federal or security requirements.
• Maintains working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Defines and maintains the enterprise data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical models, data domains, and the target-state roadmap.
• Leads the evaluation and selection of data platform technologies and produces clear, executive-ready recommendations.
• Designs data integration patterns, including ETL and ELT pipelines, APIs, streaming, and master and reference data, across legacy on-premises and cloud-based systems.
• Establishes data governance standards covering ownership, quality, lineage, cataloging, retention, and classification in partnership with business data owners.
• Works with Security and Compliance teams to architect data storage and access controls that meet Controlled Unclassified Information handling requirements, including NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC 2.0.
• Guides the data workstreams of cloud migration efforts, including sequencing, migration approaches, and decommissioning of legacy data stores.
• Reviews data delivery designs for alignment with enterprise standards and documents decisions through architecture decision records.
• Mentors engineers and analysts on modeling, performance, and cost-aware design and communicates architecture to technical and non-technical audiences.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Possesses a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Brings seven or more (7+) years of experience in data engineering, database design, or analytics, including three or more