Data Architect / Engineer

Thinktekllc; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

PTO and paid leave

Career development opportunities

Job summary

ThinkTek LLC in the United States seeks an experienced Data Architect and Lead Data Engineer to define and implement a secure, traceable data foundation for enterprise performance reporting. This hands-on role owns architecture, data models, source mappings, ETL pipelines, APIs, and deployment decisions for government review.

You will lead technical reviews, write and review production code, enforce security and monitoring practices, and coordinate with data owners and government authorities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, IS, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in data architecture, systems integration, or data engineering.
• Experience designing data architectures, models, mappings, and integrations across complex source systems.
• Strong SQL and programming skills with hands-on data pipelines and API development.
• Experience with secure data solutions in regulated environments and knowledge of DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Assess source systems and define supporting data architecture, models, mappings and lineage.
• Translate business measures into technical requirements, validation rules, and acceptance criteria.
• Design, develop, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot secure ETL pipelines and APIs.
• Develop production-quality SQL and code for data integration and API services.
• Apply security, testing, configuration-management, deployment, monitoring, and recovery practices throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead technical reviews and coordinate decisions with Government authorities and data owners.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

SQL

APIs

ETL pipelines

Security controls

Code reviews

Deployment & monitoring

Requirements translation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field

Job description

Data Architect / Engineer

Who We Are

ThinkTek LLC is a fast-growing Certified SBA 8(a) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in management and technology consulting for Federal Government modernization. We provide tailored solutions in Program & Project Management, Strategic Planning, and IT Operations.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect and Lead Data Engineer to define and implement the secure, traceable technical foundation for enterprise performance reporting. This hands-on position owns technical architecture, source-system mapping, canonical data models, physical lineage, integration patterns, ETL pipelines, APIs, and operational controls. The successful candidate will lead technical reviews, write and review production code, and submit architecture, security, and deployment decisions for Government review and approval.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess approved source systems and define the supporting data architecture, models, mappings, integration requirements, and technical lineage.
• Translate approved business measures and user needs into technical requirements, validation rules, and acceptance criteria.
• Design, develop, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot secure ETL pipelines and APIs that connect source systems, enterprise data platforms, and business intelligence products.
• Develop production-quality SQL and application code for data integration, transformation, validation, orchestration, and API services.
• Apply security, reliability, testing, source-control, configuration-management, deployment, monitoring, and recovery practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Lead technical reviews and coordinate architecture, security, integration, and deployment decisions with Government technical authorities and data owners.

Required Qualifications

• Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or another relevant technical field
• Skills & Competencies:
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in data architecture, systems integration, data engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience designing data architectures, data models, mappings, and integrations across complex source systems.
  • Strong SQL and programming skills, with hands-on experience developing data pipelines, APIs, or other integration solutions.
  • Experience implementing secure data solutions in Federal, regulated, or similarly controlled environments.
  • Familiarity with modern software development practices, including source control, code review, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and recovery.
  • Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, resolve complex data and integration issues, and explain technical decisions to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant experience, including hands-on technical leadership on a Federal data modernization or analytics program.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, enterprise data warehouses, streaming or event-driven integrations, and business intelligence environments.
• Experience with PKI, OAuth2, smart-card authentication, and Federal security controls.
• Experience supporting authorization, assessment, or continuous-monitoring activities for Federal information systems.

Preferred Certifications

• Data architecture, cloud architecture, data engineering, DevSecOps, API, or security certification.
• Role-based cybersecurity certification or training when required by assigned duties.

Clearance:

• Active Secret Security Clearance.

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $85,030 - $95,020. This range is a good-faith estimate and not a guarantee of compensation. Final compensation will be based on factors including experience, education, skills, geographic location, internal equity, market data, and applicable contract requirements, and may fall outside the posted range.

ThinkTek LLC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. ThinkTek offers medical, dental, and vision insurance to all full-time employees; PTO and a variety of other paid leave options are also available. You can read more about ThinkTek benefits at https://www.thinktekllc.com/careers/.