Enterprise Data Architect — Real-Time Data Mesh

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

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to lead data architecture for a hybrid cloud data mesh platform supporting real-time air traffic management. The role requires establishing governance, designing streaming pipelines, and implementing data contracts and lineage across legacy and modern systems.

Located in Gaithersburg, MD; Egg Harbor Township, NJ; or Eagan, MN, this hybrid role emphasizes AI-first engineering, with strict security clearances and U.S. citizenship requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant data architecture experience or 10+ years with a Master's degree or equivalent experience.
• 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 optimization.
• Advanced data modeling for complex operational domains.
• Experience with real-time data processing architectures and low-latency streaming systems.
• Knowledge of operational data semantics in complex system environments.
• Experience with schema governance, data contracts, and data lineage implementation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Successful completion of background investigations as required by the government customer.

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 modernized 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 that improve developer productivity, code quality, testing, and delivery.

Skills

Data mesh architecture

Real-time data pipelines

Event streaming (Kafka)

Data governance

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12+ years experience or Master's + 10+ years

Tools

Apache Kafka

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Leidos is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to lead data architecture for a hybrid cloud data mesh platform supporting real-time air traffic management. The role requires establishing governance, designing streaming pipelines, and implementing data contracts and lineage across legacy and modern systems.

Located in Gaithersburg, MD; Egg Harbor Township, NJ; or Eagan, MN, this hybrid role emphasizes AI-first engineering, with strict security clearances and U.S. citizenship requirements.