Data Architecture & Finance Systems Liaison

SMX; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SMX is seeking a Data Architecture Analyst to bridge functional finance teams with LCNC engineers. You will design data schemas, map workflows, and translate Army financial requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.

The role focuses on dashboards, role-based access, and user experiences aligned with program needs. Essential duties include documenting processes, writing data dictionaries, and maintaining traceability from current state to LCNC implementation, ensuring accurate data

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Secret Clearance (or higher).
• 5+ years of business or functional analysis experience supporting enterprise IT systems.
• Experience with process mapping, requirements gathering, and supporting system migration efforts.
• Experience processing large-scale federal financial datasets.
• Familiarity with data manipulation frameworks (e.g., Python, pandas, PyArrow) to understand complex data transformations.
• Experience with data modeling/documentation techniques/approaches.

Responsibilities

• Document business processes, data structures, calculations, workflows, and write-back processes to transition functionality off GFEBS BW.
• Develop use cases, user stories, and maintain requirements traceability from current state through LCNC implementation.
• Draft essential user guides, data dictionaries, and SOPs to support the sustainment handoff.
• Communicate effectively with both functional users and technical integration teams to ensure data ingestion preserves source lineage and control totals.

Skills

Secret Clearance

Business analysis

Process mapping

Requirements gathering

System migration

Large-scale federal data

Data manipulation (Python/Pandas)

Data modeling

Documentation

Tools

Python

Pandas

PyArrow

Job description

SMX is seeking a Data Architecture Analyst to bridge functional finance teams with LCNC engineers. You will design data schemas, map workflows, and translate Army financial requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.

The role focuses on dashboards, role-based access, and user experiences aligned with program needs. Essential duties include documenting processes, writing data dictionaries, and maintaining traceability from current state to LCNC implementation, ensuring accurate data