Remote Senior Data Architect: Data Governance & AI Readiness

Citizant; District of Columbia; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Generous PTO

Company‑paid life and disability保险

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tuition Assistance & Professional Dev.

Job summary

Citizant is seeking a Senior Data Architect to support a Chief Data Officer organization, focusing on enterprise data management, governance, and modernization initiatives for U.S. government clients.

You will document data assets, lineage, and metadata, enabling accurate cataloging and discovery across the enterprise. The role requires deep data architecture experience, collaboration with business and technical stakeholders, and a track record in Agile environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field and 8+ years of data architecture/analysis experience.
• Experience documenting enterprise systems, data assets, and governance artifacts.
• Hands-on data curation for AI/ML readiness and data catalog onboarding.

Responsibilities

• Perform data-centric analysis of enterprise applications, databases, interfaces, and processes to identify data assets and relationships.
• Document data flows, metadata, lineage, and governance artifacts to support data management objectives.
• Prepare metadata for onboarding into the enterprise data catalog and ensure discoverability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define metadata standards and improve data asset visibility.
• Translate complex architectures into clear visualizations and documentation for diverse audiences.
• Provide subject‑matter expertise on data management, cataloging, and modernization best practices.
• Contribute to AI data curation activities to enhance readiness for advanced analytics.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Data governance

Metadata management

Agile

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity

Master’s degree

Tools

ER Studio

GitHub

Job description

Citizant is seeking a Senior Data Architect to support a Chief Data Officer organization, focusing on enterprise data management, governance, and modernization initiatives for U.S. government clients.

You will document data assets, lineage, and metadata, enabling accurate cataloging and discovery across the enterprise. The role requires deep data architecture experience, collaboration with business and technical stakeholders, and a track record in Agile environments.