Enterprise Data Architect: Governance & Real-Time Analytics

Citizant; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Generous PTO

Life and disability insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tuition Assistance & Professional Dev.

Job summary

Citizant is seeking a Technical Architect to mature an enterprise data capability, including governance, architecture, and a scalable analytics platform. You will lead cross‑functional collaboration across engineering, security, and stakeholders to ensure reliable, compliant, and scalable data solutions.

The role emphasizes hybrid, on‑prem, and multi‑cloud environments, with focus on data lakes/warehouses/marts, real-time and batch ingestion, and strong governance artifacts.

Qualifications

• 15-20 years enterprise/cloud architecture experience, including federal enterprise architecture
• Experience delivering data platforms/pipelines and analytics solutions (batch + real-time)
• Experience implementing data governance standards, documentation, and stakeholder training
• Strong background in data architecture, data flows/integration, and data quality controls
• Demonstrated ability to embed security and compliance into data design (encryption, access controls, auditing/monitoring)

Responsibilities

• Lead data governance policies, standards, and operating model.
• Design modular data architectures and pipeline frameworks for batch and real-time ingestion.
• Map data flows across systems/APIs/clouds to identify risks and inefficiencies; implement automated data classification.
• Develop data pipelines that integrate IT systems, applications, and devices; automate processing workflows.
• Build scalable analytics platform with real-time and batch processing; deliver advanced analytics.
• Ensure secure, governed API/data-sharing environments and integration with IT tools.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Data governance

Hybrid cloud architecture

Security & compliance

Real-time & batch pipelines

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Open Group ArchiMate

AWS/Azure

Job description

Citizant is seeking a Technical Architect to mature an enterprise data capability, including governance, architecture, and a scalable analytics platform. You will lead cross‑functional collaboration across engineering, security, and stakeholders to ensure reliable, compliant, and scalable data solutions.

The role emphasizes hybrid, on‑prem, and multi‑cloud environments, with focus on data lakes/warehouses/marts, real-time and batch ingestion, and strong governance artifacts.