Enterprise Data Architect: Real-Time AI Data Mesh

Leidos LLC; Egg Harbor Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This hybrid cloud data mesh enables real-time air traffic management capabilities and AI‑first engineering practices.

The role leads enterprise data architecture across platforms, driving data governance, real-time pipelines, and data contracts, with U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of relevant data architecture experience or 10+ years with a Master’s degree or equivalent.
• Enterprise data architecture leadership for large-scale platforms.
• Data mesh architecture design and implementation experience.
• Data governance framework development and enforcement.
• Event streaming expertise (Apache Kafka or equivalent) at scale.
• Real-time data pipeline design for mission-critical applications.
• Expertise across SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
• Distributed data systems architecture and performance optimisation.
• Advanced data modelling for complex operational domains.
• Knowledge of schema governance, data contracts, and data lineage implementation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Define the data mesh architecture including domain boundaries and data products.
• Establish the enterprise data governance framework and standards.
• Design real-time streaming data pipelines for operational aviation data.
• Architect event-driven data integration patterns across platform services.
• Define data product standards including contracts, quality, and discoverability.
• Develop the data integration strategy across legacy and modern systems.
• Plan and oversee legacy data migration to the new platform architecture.
• Establish data quality standards, monitoring, and remediation processes.
• Coordinate cross-ART data architecture decisions and dependencies.
• Implement metadata management and data cataloging solutions.
• Define data architecture for operational ATC data including real-time processing pipelines and low-latency data access patterns.
• Establish schema governance and data contract management ensuring interoperability across modernised and legacy services.
• Design latency management strategies for time-critical ATC data flows supporting real-time operational decisions.
• Implement data lineage tracking providing traceability from source operational systems through processing to consumption.
• Champion an AI-first engineering culture by identifying and applying AI-assisted development capabilities, automation, and emerging software engineering practices.

Skills

Data architecture leadership

Data mesh expertise

Data governance

Kafka / streaming

Real-time pipelines

SQL / NoSQL

Distributed data systems

Data modeling

Schema governance

Public Trust eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 12+ years

Master’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

Cloud platforms (hybrid cloud)

Job description

Leidos is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This hybrid cloud data mesh enables real-time air traffic management capabilities and AI‑first engineering practices.

The role leads enterprise data architecture across platforms, driving data governance, real-time pipelines, and data contracts, with U.S.