HCM Data Architect Lead: Cloud Migration & Governance

Guidehouse; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Learning Opportunities

Employee Referral Program

Mobility Stipend

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced Data Architect to lead the design, governance, migration, and integration of enterprise HCM data solutions. This role will serve as the technical authority for data architecture across a large-scale transformation, ensuring data integrity and scalability from legacy environments to cloud-based platforms.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in data architecture, migration strategy, integration design, and data governance with the ability to collaborate

Qualifications

• Must obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust security clearance.
• Eight or more years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, enterprise integration, data management, or system modernization.
• Experience designing data architectures for complex enterprise applications, HCM platforms, HRIS solutions, or ERP programs.
• Demonstrated experience with conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling.
• Experience with data discovery, profiling, source-to-target mapping, data conversion, ETL, quality controls, reconciliation, and migration validation.
• Experience designing API, middleware, batch, file-based, and real-time integration patterns.
• Experience defining metadata, lineage, data ownership, stewardship, access, security, and quality standards.
• Experience translating business processes, policies, and reporting needs into data models, architecture requirements, and technical designs.
• Experience reviewing technical designs and providing direction to data engineers, analysts, developers, and integration specialists.
• Experience supporting federal government clients or complex public-sector organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of enterprise HCM data architecture, including current, transition, and future-state models.
• Define data standards, canonical data models, integration patterns, and architecture principles across HR domains.
• Translate HR business requirements into scalable data solutions that support reporting, analytics, and operational processes.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, data flows, technical standards, and design artifacts.
• Lead data migration strategy for HCM modernization initiatives, including data discovery, profiling, cleansing, transformation, mapping, validation, and reconciliation.
• Define migration architectures, conversion rules, cutover strategies, rollback plans, and post-migration support processes.
• Identify data quality issues, legacy system risks, and remediation approaches to ensure successful transformation and implementation.
• Establish data governance frameworks, including ownership, stewardship, metadata management, lineage, security, and quality standards.
• Develop business glossaries, data dictionaries, governance controls, and data quality monitoring capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and support long-term sustainment of governance processes.
• Design and review integrations between HCM platforms and enterprise systems, including payroll, finance, recruiting, learning, identity management, and reporting solutions.
• Evaluate integration performance, security, scalability, monitoring, and operational support requirements.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, cloud, and platform teams to deliver secure and reliable solutions.
• Lead architecture workshops, technical reviews, and cross-functional decision forums.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to architects, engineers, analysts, and implementation teams.
• Present technical recommendations to client leadership and support program delivery, business development, recruiting, and thought leadership initiatives.

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance

Data migration

Data modeling

HCM data domains

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Architecture, Engineering, Data Management, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Azure

AWS

Snowflake

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced Data Architect to lead the design, governance, migration, and integration of enterprise HCM data solutions. This role will serve as the technical authority for data architecture across a large-scale transformation, ensuring data integrity and scalability from legacy environments to cloud-based platforms.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in data architecture, migration strategy, integration design, and data governance with the ability to collaborate