Lead Data Architect — Foundry Data Strategy

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Huntsville, AL seeks a Lead Data Architect to design and implement data solutions in Palantir Foundry for missile systems development and operations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, govern data warehouses, and ensure secure, scalable data pipelines and ontologies that support dashboards and reporting.

The role requires strong SQL, ETL/ELT expertise, and the ability to translate complex data needs into enterprise-wide analytics while collaborating with executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of relevant experience; or graduate degree with 7+ years; or 13+ years if no degree.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
• Experience with Palantir Foundry in data warehouse environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of data warehouses and dashboards.
• Design and manage data pipelines with metadata and security.
• Document data models and metadata management.
• Define data ontologies and relationships for enterprise analytics.
• Lead customer planning sessions to translate data strategy into integration.
• Develop governance methodologies for ETL/ELT and data analysis.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and maintain documentation.

Skills

ETL/ELT pipelines

Power BI

Data modeling

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate degree

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Python

SQL

TypeScript

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Huntsville, AL seeks a Lead Data Architect to design and implement data solutions in Palantir Foundry for missile systems development and operations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, govern data warehouses, and ensure secure, scalable data pipelines and ontologies that support dashboards and reporting.

The role requires strong SQL, ETL/ELT expertise, and the ability to translate complex data needs into enterprise-wide analytics while collaborating with executives.