Remote Senior Cloud Data Architect Databricks Lakehouse

Peraton; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Senior Cloud Data Architect SME to lead the data engineering foundation for a federal data migration program. The role focuses on designing and overseeing ETL pipelines, schema harmonization, and data quality within a FedRAMP-compliant hybrid AWS cloud environment.

The position requires expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake/Delta Live Tables, and data lakehouse architectures, with strong emphasis on metadata standards and authoritative source governance.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• Extensive cloud data architecture experience with Databricks and Delta Lake/DLT.
• Experience designing data lakehouse architectures for large-scale data migrations.
• Familiarity with schema harmonization, ETL pipelines, and data quality frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of cloud data lakehouse architecture for federal species data ingestion.
• Define Delta Live Tables ETL pipeline architecture and data transformation stages.
• Lead schema harmonization, mapping documentation, and metadata standards.
• Define metadata standards and authoritative source registry design.
• Oversee ETL deployment with version control and peer reviews.
• Develop data quality validation frameworks within ETL pipelines.
• Produce Data Model Harmonization Report for government review.
• Prepare operational handoff documentation for data pipelines.

Skills

Databricks

Delta Lake

Delta Live Tables

Data lakehouse architecture

FedRAMP compliance

ETL pipelines design

Metadata management

Education

Bachelor’s degree plus 12+ years experience

Tools

Databricks Platform

AWS Cloud

Job description

Peraton seeks a Senior Cloud Data Architect SME to lead the data engineering foundation for a federal data migration program. The role focuses on designing and overseeing ETL pipelines, schema harmonization, and data quality within a FedRAMP-compliant hybrid AWS cloud environment.

The position requires expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake/Delta Live Tables, and data lakehouse architectures, with strong emphasis on metadata standards and authoritative source governance.