Governance Data Architect

Aleknagik Technology, LLC (ATL); Falls Church (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is seeking a Governance Data Architect to support enterprise-level data governance initiatives for a federal health organization. The role involves defining and maintaining data governance architecture, translating governance policies into technical designs, and ensuring compliance with federal guidelines. Candidates should have 4–7 years of experience in data governance and architecture, as well as a bachelor's degree in a related field. The position requires on-site and hybrid support in Falls Church, VA.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in enterprise data governance and data architecture.
• Experience with metadata management and data catalog platforms.
• Knowledge of federated or hybrid data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise data governance architecture.
• Translate policy and compliance requirements into technical designs.
• Establish architectural standards for metadata management.

Skills

Enterprise data governance

Data architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Technical leadership

Metadata management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Data catalog platforms

Job description

Aleknagik Technology, LLC is searching for a qualified candidate to fill the role of Governance Data Architect. This position supports enterprise-level data governance initiatives for a federal health organization and requires close collaboration with technical, security, and mission stakeholders.

The selected candidate must be within commuting distance of Falls Church, VA, as this role requires on-site and hybrid support in alignment with customer requirements.

Duties

• Define and maintain enterprise data governance architecture supporting a federated data ecosystem.
• Translate data governance policy and compliance requirements into implementable technical designs, patterns, and workflows.
• Establish architectural standards for metadata management, stewardship, lineage, classification, and policy enforcement.
• Ensure alignment with DoD, DHA, NIST, HIPAA, FISMA, RMF, and Zero Trust requirements.
• Define metadata models and baseline data inventory frameworks cataloging authoritative and secondary-use data systems.
• Establish standardized technical, business, operational, and security metadata elements.
• Architect interim centralized repositories using approved platforms, ensuring proper access controls, versioning, and auditability.
• Ensure repository and inventory designs are forward-compatible with enterprise data catalog solutions.
• Support Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) efforts for enterprise data catalog platforms, including definition of evaluation criteria and technical assessments.
• Define enterprise metadata standards, taxonomies, naming conventions, and lifecycle workflows.
• Architect federated metadata exchange patterns across internal and external catalog platforms.
• Enable role-based self-service data discovery and stewardship workflows.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT), usability assessments, and adoption strategies.
• Collaborate with data owners, stewards, system owners, SMEs, and security stakeholders.
• Provide architectural guidance for optional federated governance models and data product lifecycle management.

Required Experience

• 4–7 years of experience in Enterprise data governance and data architecture.
• Metadata management and data catalog platforms.
• Federated or hybrid data architectures.
• DoD or federal data policy and compliance environments.
• Translating governance policy into technical implementations.
• Stakeholder engagement and technical leadership.
• Risk-aware architecture and ATO-sensitive system design.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as Information Technology, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Physical or Life Sciences.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting