Federal Data Architect: Cloud, Databricks & Governance

US101 Guidehouse Inc.; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. seeks a senior Data Architect to design and implement modern data architectures supporting fraud detection, investigations, and enterprise decision-making for a federal client.

You will lead data strategy, governance, analytics, and platform modernization, ensuring secure, compliant, and scalable data solutions across RMF frameworks. The role requires 8+ years in enterprise data, cloud experience, and strong leadership to guide architecture initiatives and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience administering enterprise applications/systems.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise data architectures and modern data platforms.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, data integration, and API-based architectures.
• Experience developing data visualizations and analytical reporting solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of enterprise data architectures.
• Provide Databricks governance and architecture expertise.
• Serve as trusted advisor on data architecture and analytics strategy.
• Develop architecture baselines, reference architectures, and roadmaps.
• Design and oversee data integration solutions (ETL/ELT, data pipelines).
• Architect and support system-to-system and API integrations.
• Define data requirements and translate business objectives into scalable solutions.
• Ensure RMF integration and compliance across platforms.
• Develop sustainment strategies for reliability, scalability, performance.
• Enable analytics through data warehouses, lakes, and models.
• Create data visualization solutions for insights.

Skills

Data architecture

Databricks governance

Analytics strategy

Leadership & advisory

Security & RMF

Governance & metadata

Data modeling

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Databricks

ETL/ELT

APIs & integrations

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins)

Job description

Guidehouse Inc. seeks a senior Data Architect to design and implement modern data architectures supporting fraud detection, investigations, and enterprise decision-making for a federal client.

You will lead data strategy, governance, analytics, and platform modernization, ensuring secure, compliant, and scalable data solutions across RMF frameworks. The role requires 8+ years in enterprise data, cloud experience, and strong leadership to guide architecture initiatives and cross-functional