Lead Data Architect - Enterprise Data Strategy

Federal Reserve System; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 145,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Job summary

The Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC is seeking a Principal Data Architect/Engineer to direct the data architecture and related DevOps pipelines for enterprise data management, metadata, and analytics. The role collaborates with delivery teams to ensure scalable, secure data solutions supporting economic policy research.

Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree and 8+ years in data engineering/architecture with strong SQL, data modeling, and governance expertise; relocation is

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of related experience in data engineering and architecture.
• Expert knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Hands-on experience developing end-to-end data architectures and governance.

Responsibilities

• Document and maintain the division's data ecosystem and standards.
• Develop future state data architecture standards, guidelines, and principles.
• Create data lifecycle roadmaps and migrate pipelines between on-premises and cloud.
• Design data models, metadata, and data flow diagrams to support analytics.
• Define and implement data security, access controls, and regulatory data handling.
• Lead data architecture reviews and guide data pipeline solutions for analytics.

Skills

Data architecture

SQL

Python

ETL/ELT

CI/CD

Data governance

Cloud

Data modeling

Data warehousing

Linux

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC is seeking a Principal Data Architect/Engineer to direct the data architecture and related DevOps pipelines for enterprise data management, metadata, and analytics. The role collaborates with delivery teams to ensure scalable, secure data solutions supporting economic policy research.

Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree and 8+ years in data engineering/architecture with strong SQL, data modeling, and governance expertise; relocation is