Data Platform Architect

ANAUTICS INC; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ANAUTICS INC is looking for an experienced data architect in Oklahoma City. The role involves designing secure data platforms that support analytics and operational workflows. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in data architecture or engineering, with a strong understanding of governance and data modeling. U.S. citizenship and the capability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance are required. AWS experience is preferred. This position offers an exciting opportunity to impact high-stakes decisions through data management.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data platform, data architecture, or data engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of governance, lineage, security, and data modeling.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define the architecture for secure data platforms that support analytics, AI, and operational workflows.
• Design data lake, warehouse, lakehouse, streaming, catalog, and governance architectures.
• Guide tradeoffs across performance, cost, security, and usability.

Skills

Data platform architecture

Data engineering

Governance

Data modeling

Strong written communication

Tools

AWS

Job description

Define the architecture for secure data platforms that support analytics, AI, and operational workflows.

Impact

• Shape how data is ingested, modeled, governed, served, and observed.
• Create platform patterns that support multiple products and domains.
• Improve trust in data used for high-impact decisions.

What you'll do

• Design data lake, warehouse, lakehouse, streaming, catalog, and governance architectures.
• Guide tradeoffs across performance, cost, security, and usability.
• Partner with data engineers, scientists, and application teams.
• Create reference patterns for ingestion, quality, lineage, and access control.

What we're looking for

• 7+ years of data platform, data architecture, or data engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of governance, lineage, security, and data modeling.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
• Comfort working with ambiguous mission, data, and engineering problems.
• Strong written communication and ability to explain technical decisions to technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred experience

• AWS experience is a plus, especially secure cloud, GovCloud, serverless, data, or AI services.
• AI, machine learning, LLM, agentic workflow, or decision intelligence experience is a plus.
• Experience in defense, government, manufacturing, aerospace, logistics, or other mission-critical environments is a plus.