Federal Cloud Data Architect: Governance, Lakehouse FinOps

Wilcore Technologies, Inc.; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilcore Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Data Architect to support an enterprise cloud-based data and analytics platform for a federal health agency.

The platform provides governed data storage, analytics tools, platform integrations, and policy controls for data practitioners across the enterprise, and supplies the technical foundation for component data platforms managed by other parts of the agency.

Qualifications

• Azure Data Environments (Azure Government and Azure Commercial) experience and Databricks familiarity.
• Architecture and compliance documentation experience for data platforms and security.
• Relevant disciplinary expertise in platform architecture, security, and compliance tasks.

Responsibilities

• Set a Policy-First Foundation: establish rules and guardrails around security, compliance, identity and access, data handling, and application design.
• Publish the Enterprise Blueprint: create and maintain enterprise reference architecture, roadmap, and policies across platforms with clear guardrails.
• Standardize Designs and Data Management: define reference patterns, interfaces, and guardrails aligned with Zero Trust Architecture principles.
• Define and Operate Interoperability: specify identity, networking, and trust models for interconnections; maintain diagrams and documentation.
• Operate Architecture Governance: run Architecture Review Boards and maintain a Register of Exceptions.
• Provide Solution Architecture: deliver architectural guidance and cloud cost estimates for initiatives.
• Plan and Govern Hosting Transitions: provide design and risk guidance for hosting transitions and compliance artifacts.
• Manage ATO and Change-Driven Security: execute ATO activities and document mappings before implementation.
• Set Observability and DevSecOps Standards: establish observability, logging, SLAs, and secure CI/CD with gates and secrets management.
• Ensure Data and Model Parity: manage delta lake patterns and data/model parity across platforms.
• Coordinate Across Platforms: align modeling and analytics approaches with component platforms and legacy data.
• Optimize Cloud Cost and Performance: monitor resources and provide cost projections via FinOps dashboard.

Skills

Azure Data Environments

Architecture Documentation

Security & Compliance

Job description

Wilcore Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Data Architect to support an enterprise cloud-based data and analytics platform for a federal health agency.

The platform provides governed data storage, analytics tools, platform integrations, and policy controls for data practitioners across the enterprise, and supplies the technical foundation for component data platforms managed by other parts of the agency.