Senior Cloud Data Architect

Leidos; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a data architect to design and implement cloud-based data architectures for end-to-end processing and analysis. You will work with subject-matter experts to translate business needs into scalable, high-performance models and enablers across SQL Server, data lake, and Azure-analytic services.

You will also oversee data standards, ingest, integration, and migrations, including SSAS to AAS transitions, with a focus on governance and reusable patterns across enterprise data marts.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or related field.
• MS degree preferred with related work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business needs and translate into long-term data architectures.
• Define conceptual, logical, and physical data models for high-performance queries.
• Design data architectures for relational, data lake, and NoSQL stores.
• Deliver solutions using Azure cloud services (data lake, SQL, Analysis Services, Synapse).
• Lead data-model design for data marts and OLAP cubes; ensure reuse across domains.
• Provide guidance on data pipeline design and governance standards.
• Advise on performance optimizations, indexing, and partitioning strategies.
• Align architectural decisions with enterprise data and analytics roadmap.

Skills

SQL optimization

Data modeling

Cloud data architecture

Governance

CI/CD

Public Trust clearance

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure Data Lake

Azure SQL

Azure Analysis Services

Azure Synapse

SSAS OLAP

SQL Managed Instance

Python

Spark/.NET

Job description

Job Summary

Leidos is seeking a seeking a customer experience focused Data Architect to work with a team of subject matter experts and developers to design and implement data architectures supporting end to end data processing needs. As a data architect, you will interface with functional professionals and business managers to translate business concepts and needs into cloud-based data architectures that support high-performance data and geospatial visualization and advanced analytics. You will be hands‑on in establishing and overseeing implementation of data standards, data ingest, integration, storage, and query architectures. You will design solutions for data migration from/to a range of data architectures that include Microsoft SQL Server, cloud-based data stores such as Azure data lake, Azure SQL, Azure Analytics Services, Azure Synapse.

Responsibilities

• Work with client and Leidos functional team members and business managers to analyze and translate business needs into long‑term data architectures.
• Define conceptual, logical, and physical data models supporting high performance analytical queries in multiple subject areas.
• Design and implement data architectures for relational, data lake, delta lake, medallion architecture, NoSQL data stores.
• Design and deliver solutions using Microsoft Azure cloud services, including Azure data lake, Azure SQL, Azure Analysis Services, Azure Synapse.
• Design and implement data models for OLAP cubes, star schema, subject specific data marts.
• Design and implement processes, functions, and tools for data migration and conversion or refactoring of data models to support new architecture (e.g., SSAS cubes to AAS tabular models)
• Provide guidance on data pipeline design and implementation.
• Assist in the definition and maintenance of data modeling and data architecture design standards, tools, best practices.
• Assist with the implementation of data management and data governance best practices and tools, including capabilities such as enterprise data catalog, data quality.
• Suggest ideas to improve system performance and achieve cost efficiencies.
• Experience establishing common business definitions, conformed dimensions, reusable measures, reference data, and data‑modeling patterns that promote consistency and reuse across enterprise domains and reporting products.
• Hands‑on experience designing reusable SQL‑based metrics and detail layers in SQL Managed Instance or comparable relational platforms, with business logic structured for reuse across multiple subject‑oriented data marts.
• Demonstrated ability to align architectural design decisions and implementation priorities to an enterprise data and analytics roadmap, including outcomes and priorities established through PI Planning.
• Evaluate and optimize SQL MI‑based Gold‑layer structures for query performance, scalability, maintainability, and reuse, including appropriate indexing, partitioning, materialized views, aggregation strategies, and execution patterns.
• Define reusable enterprise‑level dimensions, measures, business rules, reference structures, and detailed data entities within the Gold/SQL MI layer to minimize duplication and promote consistent definitions across subject‑oriented data marts.
• Lead the data‑model design and implementation approach for pending subject‑oriented data marts identified in the enterprise roadmap, reusing common Gold‑layer metrics, detail structures, dimensions, and business logic wherever practical.
• Design and establish reusable Gold‑layer metrics and detail layers in Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI), including modular stored procedures, views, and materialized views that centralize business logic and can be leveraged across multiple subject‑oriented data marts and reporting use cases.
• Align architectural designs, technology choices, and technical decisions with the enterprise data and analytics roadmap established through PI Planning, ensuring near‑term delivery decisions support the target‑state architecture and long‑term modernization objectives.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years or Masters with 6+ years of experience
• 5+ years experience designing conceptual, logical, physical data models.
• 4+ years experience in cloud data architecture, including integration, data storage, query architectures.
• 4+ years developing and implementing data models for Microsoft SQL Server, star models, data marts, and SSAS OLAP cubes
• Experience developing and implementing models for data lake, Azure SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with design of data backup and retention, data migration, data quality
• Ability to work directly with client personnel at management and functional levels.
• Ability to clearly document, explain and obtain buy‑in of designs and technical roadmap.
• Very strong SQL query language skills, with experience optimizing data query performance
• Knowledge and understanding of programming languages like Python, Spark, and .NET based development
• Knowledge and experience with data governance, including metadata management, enterprise data catalog, design standards, data quality governance, and data security.
• Experience with Agile process methodology, and CI/CD automation, and cloud based development (Azure, AWS).
• Ability to successfully obtain a government‑issued Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing Master Data Management solutions
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Experience working with Azure DevOps
• Azure Enterprise Data Analyst certification

Candidate must be a U.S. citizen who has resided in the U.S. for at least 3 years and the ability to obtain a public trust 10% travel is estimated to be required.

About Leidos

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting

Original Posting: October 22, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range: Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

• Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

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Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner