Data Architecture Advisor

Jobtailor; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced enterprise architect to lead architectural strategy and roadmaps for mission applications in a cloud-first environment. You will guide data platform design, data lake/warehouse implementations, and modernize enterprise solutions while mentoring staff.

The role requires a Secret clearance, strong AWS expertise, and fluency in secure development practices. You will interact with senior leadership to align technology with strategic goals and risk management.

Qualifications

• Requires 8+ years of experience with BS/BA (or 6+ years with MS/MA; 3+ years with PhD or 12+ years in lieu of degree).
• Active Secret clearance required for work.
• Experience designing and building Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and scalable cloud data platforms.
• Advises senior leaders on data storage, access, security, and technology choices supporting modernization.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development and orchestrating complex workflows with AWS Step Functions.
• Familiarity with Informatica and AWS services.
• Proficiency in Java, SQL, Scala, Python; knowledge of schema definitions and secure, maintainable code and databases (SQL/NoSQL/Hadoop/Spark/Kafka/Kinesis).

Responsibilities

• Provides architectural leadership and advisory support for mission applications planning, strategy, maturity, and target-state definition.
• Helps define prioritization and sequencing for application development by proposing strategic roadmaps aligning customer needs with technology.
• Supports and oversees technical activities across the contract, mentors staff, drives continuous improvement and innovation.
• Advises on technology alternatives related to processing, storage, access, and enterprise architecture decisions.
• Demonstrates strong expertise in AWS architecture, security in the SDLC, and communicates technical risk to executives.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Data lakes

Data warehouses

Security in SDLC

Executive communication

Java

Python

SQL

Scala

Education

BS/BA (8+ yrs)

MS/MA (6+ yrs)

PhD/12+ yrs in lieu of degree

Tools

Informatica

AWS Step Functions

AWS services

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provides architectural leadership and advisory support for mission applications planning, strategy, capability maturity, and target-state definition across the program.
• Helps define prioritization and sequencing for application development and integration by proposing strategic roadmaps that align customer needs with best-in-class technology.
• Supports and oversees technical activities across the contract, mentors technical staff, and drives continuous improvement and innovation into program operations.
• Advises on technology alternatives related to processing, data storage, data access, application development, and enterprise architecture decisions.
• Demonstrates strong expertise in AWS architecture, security in the SDLC, and communication of technical risk and architecture decisions to executive audiences.

Requirements

• 8 years experience BS/BA, 6 years with MS/MA, 3 years with PhD or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• active Secret clearance
• Experience designing and building Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and scalable data platforms in the cloud
• Advises senior leaders on data storage, access, security, and technology selection decisions supporting architecture and modernization objectives.
• Experience with AI assisted software development, AWS Step functions to orchestrate complex workflows
• Familiarity with tools like Informatica and AWS services
• Experience with Java, SQL, Scala, Python, schema definition, and software engineering best practices including secure, testable, and maintainable code and databases (eg SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis)

Certifications & Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance