Senior Data & AI Architect for National Security

Ignite Digital Federal Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

PTO benefits

Education stipends

Referral bonuses

Gov't projects

Volunteer program

Growth opportunities

Job summary

The candidate will develop architectures, roadmaps, and documentation while collaborating with diverse teams to deliver customer outcomes and ensure security and governance considerations are integrated.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, data science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in technology consulting, enterprise architecture, data strategy, digital transformation, technology delivery, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience providing technology consulting or advisory services to senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of modern data and technology environments, including data architecture, cloud technologies, data integration, AI/ML, analytics, and governance.
• Experience developing technical strategies, roadmaps, architecture concepts, requirements, or solution approaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical consulting and advisory support to senior customer stakeholders on data, AI/ML, digital transformation, enterprise architecture, and emerging technologies.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies and industry best practices and assess their applicability to customer mission requirements.
• Analyze current-state technology, data, and business processes to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and opportunities.
• Develop future-state technology concepts, architectures, capability assessments, roadmaps, and implementation recommendations.
• Support data and AI initiatives, including data integration, data platforms, analytics, machine learning, generative AI, automation, and digital twin capabilities.
• Evaluate data architecture, interoperability, governance, security, privacy, data quality, and access considerations.
• Translate business and mission requirements into technical requirements and solution approaches.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, engineers, data specialists, program managers, and subject matter experts to develop and validate solutions.
• Develop technical documentation, white papers, concept papers, executive briefings, presentations, process flows, requirements, and other customer deliverables.
• Conduct working sessions, stakeholder meetings, technical discussions, and executive briefings.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical, operational, managerial, and executive audiences.
• Support development of prototypes, proofs of concept, demonstrations, and other technical experiments as required.
• Support project planning, task management, coordination, and delivery activities.
• Identify opportunities to apply technology and process improvements to address customer challenges and mission needs.
• Maintain awareness of evolving customer requirements and emerging technology opportunities.
• Perform hands-on analysis, research, documentation, and technical work as required to support customer objectives.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud technologies

AI/ML & Gen AI

Analytics & BI

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Automation

Digital transformation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Eng

Tools

AWS/GovCloud

Databricks

Palantir Foundry

Kubernetes

Job description

The candidate will develop architectures, roadmaps, and documentation while collaborating with diverse teams to deliver customer outcomes and ensure security and governance considerations are integrated.