GovCloud Data Solutions Architect

Data Surge; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Surge is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to architect a cloud-first data platform leveraging AWS GovCloud, Databricks, and S3/Delta storage. The role emphasizes governance, metadata standards, and robust data-zone architecture while ensuring secure, scalable data integration with downstream systems.

The candidate will evaluate compute options, maintain an open-standards approach, and support the legacy Informatica layer being phased out, with a focus on FedRAMP High/NIST controls.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS GovCloud, Python 3+ and PySpark.
• Experience with ANSI SQL, Cloudera Hive and HDFS.
• Familiarity with Informatica (mappings & mapplets) being converted.
• Proficiency with Parquet or similar columnar formats.
• Knowledge of CDC and FedRAMP/NIST control requirements.

Responsibilities

• Designs the target architecture spanning AWS GovCloud, Databricks, S3/Delta storage, data layers, governance, identity, network connectivity, job orchestration, and downstream integrations.
• Owns catalog/schema organization, data-zone standards, metadata conventions, and the supported user role model.
• Establishes the preliminary ATO system boundary, control-responsibility model, and architecture decision log - working knowledge of FedRAMP High / NIST 800-53 control families is directly relevant.
• Evaluates serverless-vs-classic compute tradeoffs, including GovCloud-specific behavior like whether serverless compute stops metering when idle.
• Produces network architecture diagrams and the interface/data-flow inventory supporting the security boundary narrative.
• Designs toward the SOW's open-standards / anti-vendor-lock-in requirement and the platform's stated data governance framework.

Skills

Python 3+

PySpark

ANSI SQL

AWS GovCloud

Cloudera Hive

HDFS

Parquet

CDC

Informatica (mappings & mapplets)

Tools

Azure DevOps

Informatica

Job description

Data Surge is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to architect a cloud-first data platform leveraging AWS GovCloud, Databricks, and S3/Delta storage. The role emphasizes governance, metadata standards, and robust data-zone architecture while ensuring secure, scalable data integration with downstream systems.

The candidate will evaluate compute options, maintain an open-standards approach, and support the legacy Informatica layer being phased out, with a focus on FedRAMP High/NIST controls.