Senior Data & Analytics Architect — Defense Data Platforms

ACT1 Federal LLC.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT1 Federal LLC is seeking a Senior Data & Analytics Engineer to lead data engineering, architecture, and BI efforts for defense-industrial-base analytics. You will deliver governed data products, data pipelines, and analytic datasets supporting DON DASN initiatives, with emphasis on data quality and secure government environments.

The role involves designing semantic models, dashboards, and BI solutions (Power BI) across enterprise data platforms, and collaborating with government stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field.
• 10+ years of experience in data engineering/BI roles.
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, and related tools.
• Experience with ETL, data pipelines, and data governance.
• Experience with dimensional modeling and data warehousing.
• Familiarity with governance and government data environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide data engineering, architecture, analytics, and BI support.
• Design, develop, test, document, maintain data pipelines and models.
• Develop governed data products for performance assessment and risk.
• Integrate pipelines with government-designated source systems.
• Maintain data transformations, APIs, data services, and semantic models.
• Develop semantic models, dashboards, reports, and analytics products.
• Prepare analytic-ready datasets for DON DASN (DIB) initiatives.
• Create data quality, lineage, metadata, and governance standards.
• Identify data gaps and analytical limitations for government review.
• Develop Power BI semantic models and visualizations per governance.
• Support integration with DON enterprise data environments (Advana, Jupiter).
• Prepare briefs and documentation for senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate with DASN and DON offices on technical products.
• Support time-sensitive taskers and executive engagements.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data engineering

Data architecture

BI analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline

Tools

Power BI

Advana

Jupiter

Azure Government

Flank Speed

Job description

ACT1 Federal LLC is seeking a Senior Data & Analytics Engineer to lead data engineering, architecture, and BI efforts for defense-industrial-base analytics. You will deliver governed data products, data pipelines, and analytic datasets supporting DON DASN initiatives, with emphasis on data quality and secure government environments.

The role involves designing semantic models, dashboards, and BI solutions (Power BI) across enterprise data platforms, and collaborating with government stakeholders