Data Engineering & Architecture Manager

General Dynamics Corporation; Groton (CT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat is seeking a Data Architecture Manager in Groton, CT to lead and evolve a scalable data foundation for analytics, AI, and automation. The role bridges legacy systems with a modern data ecosystem while ensuring stability for mission-critical operations.

The ideal candidate will drive enterprise data strategy, define pragmatic transition paths, and guide cross-functional teams across data, AI, product, and security domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering.
• Significant experience in data architecture, enterprise architecture, data engineering, or related technology discipline.
• 8+ years of IT, data-focused technical roles, or enterprise systems.
• 4+ years of supervisory experience.
• Experience partnering across enterprise, solution, application, infrastructure, security, and AI architecture domains.
• Experience developing enterprise data strategies and multiyear technology roadmaps.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve the enterprise data architecture strategy in alignment with business and technology objectives.
• Define target-state data architecture and practical transition paths from current to future-state environments.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, patterns, and governance that promote scalable, consistent, and secure data solutions.
• Define the data architecture required to support the organization's AI and machine-learning strategy.
• Build, lead, and mentor the Data Architecture team, providing clear direction while empowering architects and engineers.

Skills

Data architecture

Enterprise architecture

Team leadership

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities for this Position

Data Engineering & Architecture Manager

US-CT-Groton

EB Poheganut

Job ID: 2026-21225

Type: Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Information Technology

Overview

We are looking for a Data Architecture Manager to help lead Electric Boats transformation toward a modern, scalable, AIready data ecosystem. This is not a role focused solely on creating data models or maintaining existing data structures. Instead, we need a leader who can bridge our current environment and our future state someone who understands how to work within a complex legacy landscape while designing and implementing a modern data foundation that supports analytics, AI, automation, and nextgeneration applications.

This position requires a forward-thinking architect who can balance pragmatism with innovation: knowing when to modernize, when to integrate, and when to redesign while ensuring stability for missioncritical operations. The ideal candidate is comfortable navigating a large enterprise, influencing across organizational boundaries, and translating business goals into practical, actionable technology and architecture decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Data Architecture & Strategy

• Develop and evolve the enterprise data architecture strategy in alignment with business and technology objectives .
• Define target-state data architecture and practical transition paths from current to future-state environments.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, patterns, and governance that promote scalable, consistent, and secure data solutions.

Build the Foundation for AI and Advanced Analytics

• Define the data architecture required to support the organizations AI and machine-learning strategy.
• Help establish trusted, accessible, well-governed data that can be effectively used by analytics and AI teams.
• Partner with data science, AI, product, and business teams to understand emerging data requirements.
• Evaluate new technologies and architectural approaches for data platforms, AI, real-time data, data products, and analytics.
• Help ensure that data is discoverable, appropriately governed, secure, and usable across the enterprise.

Lead and Develop a Team

• Build, lead, and mentor the Data Architecture team, advancing EBs modeling, ontology, integration, and metadata capabilities.
• Provide clear direction while empowering architects and engineers to solve complex problems.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors degree in Data Science , Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering
• Significant experience in data architecture, enterprise architecture, data engineering, or a related technology discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in IT, data-focused technical roles, or enterprise systems.
• 4+ years of supervisory experience
• Experience partnering across enterprise, solution, application, infrastructure, security, and AI architecture domains.
• Experience developing enterprise data strategies and multiyear technology roadmaps.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security

Preferred

• Experience with modern data platforms, data lakes/ lakehouses , streaming architectures, APIs, and eventdriven architectures.
• Experience supporting AI/ML, generative AI, or advanced analytics initiatives.
• Experience with data governance, data quality, metadata, master data, and information management.
• Experience with semantic layers, ontology development, or enterprise modeling.
• Experience working in complex, highly regulated enterprise environments.
• Experience with cloudbased data platforms and modern data architecture patterns.
• Experience defining targetstate architectures and building transition roadmaps.

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General Dynamics Electric Boat is a recognized leader in the design, construction and lifecycle support of submarines for the United States Navy.