Database Architect

Njvc LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company supporting large-scale government operations as a Database Architect in Washington D.C. This role focuses on designing modern data architectures, implementing cloud solutions on AWS and Azure, and ensuring data governance for federal initiatives. With a robust professional development culture, you will have opportunities for career growth while contributing to national security. The team values innovative thinkers who can enhance mission success through data-driven strategies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in database and data architecture.
• Expertise in data lake and data fabric concepts, metadata cataloging.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead strategies ensuring high availability for data management.
• Architect secure data pipelines using AWS and Azure.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design data models that meet business requirements.

Skills

Data Management

Data Architecture

SQL

Python

AWS

Azure

Education

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

Tools

AWS Glue

Azure Data Factory

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Req ID: 36325

Summary

Database Architect

Washington D.C

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!

We deliver essential technology services to our customers in support of their missions to sustain national security and economic interests. SecuriGence is seeking a mission-focused Database Architect to join our team in support of the FCC Enterprise Engineering and Architecture Services (EE&AS) Program, leading the design and implementation of modern data lake and data fabric architectures supporting secure, scalable, and compliant data platforms across AWS and Azure environments. This role supports public sector initiatives, including cloud modernization, data integration, and mission-critical analytics for federal and government clients.

Responsibilities

Data Management & Architecture

• Develop data management strategies ensuring high availability

• Lead large-scale data management, warehousing, or analytics projects

• Design and implement federated data architectures, including data lakes, lakehouses, and data fabrics, to support multi-source integration and cross-agency data sharing

• Architect secure and resilient data pipelines using AWS (S3, Lake Formation, Glue) and Azure (Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse, Purview)

Technical Leadership

• Demonstrate industry leadership in database design and development, data warehousing, data governance, or data sciences

• Provide technical guidance and leadership to the development team

• Optimize database performance through appropriate design and configuration

• Develop scalable ingestion, transformation, and analytics solutions using cloud-native services (e.g., AWS Redshift, Azure Data Factory, Databricks)

• Integrate structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data sources into centralized repositories for reporting, ML/AI, and decision support

Governance, Security & Compliance

• Ensure data security and privacy by following industry best practices

• Apply federal standards such as NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, and FISMA to ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability

• Establish and enforce metadata management, data lineage, and audit traceability using tools like AWS Glue Data Catalog and Azure Purview

• Support Privacy Act, CUI, and PII data handling across the data lifecycle

Stakeholder Engagement & Delivery

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and design data models that meet those requirements

• Develop and maintain data dictionaries and metadata repositories

• Collaborate with federal data stewards, program managers, and system integrators to develop and align data architecture to agency mission needs

• Contribute to technical documentation, data architecture blueprints, and roadmap planning artifacts in support of modernization initiatives

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field

• Education requirement may be substituted with 4+ years of relevant experience

• 7+ years of experience in database and data architecture, with at least 1 year designing and delivering solutions in AWS and/or Azure

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust (PT); Current PT preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of databases, primarily Oracle and other relational and non-relational databases such as Netezza, Oracle, SQL, PostgreSQL, and RDF

• Expertise in data lake and data fabric concepts, metadata cataloging, and federated query systems

• Proficiency in SQL, Python, Spark, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep)

• Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD integration for data deployments

• Experience leading large-scale data management, warehousing, or analytics projects

• Demonstrated industry leadership in database design and development, data warehousing, or data sciences

• Solid understanding of data mining, acquisitions, database architecture, administration, data migration, replication, archive recovery, design, modeling, analysis, and metadata repository creation

• Strong communication and data presentation skills

How you’ll grow

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Benefits

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.

Chenega MIOS’s culture

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.

Corporate citizenship

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.

Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world.

Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/

Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team

We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Chenega MIOS to feel prepared and confident. To help you with your research, we suggest you review the following links:

Chenega MIOS web site - www.chenegamios.com

Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Chenega-MIOS-EI_IE369514.11,23.htm

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1472684/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chenegamios/

#DICE

Teleworking Permitted?

Yes

Teleworking Details

Hybrid Schedule

Estimated Salary/Wage

USD $140,000.00/Yr. Up to USD $175,000.00/Yr.

Chenega Corporation and family of companies is an EOE.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Native preference under PL 93-638.

We participate in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program