Senior Data Architect

Citizant; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Generous PTO

Life and disability insurance

FSA

Job summary

Citizant is seeking a Senior Data Architect to join our Washington, DC area team. You will partner with federal clients to advance enterprise data management, governance, and modernization by documenting data assets, lineage, and metadata.

The role emphasizes collaboration with business and technical stakeholders, producing artifacts and visualizations that support data catalog onboarding, governance, and AI readiness across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Cybersecurity or related field.
• 8 years of experience in data architecture, data analysis, data governance, or related domains.
• Proficiency in data modeling and documenting enterprise systems.
• Experience curating and enriching enterprise data assets for AI/readiness.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and working with SMEs and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform data-centric analysis of enterprise applications, databases, interfaces, and processes to identify data assets and relationships.
• Document data flows and dependencies across enterprise systems.
• Develop and maintain metadata, data dictionaries, and data lineage artifacts.
• Prepare metadata for onboarding into the enterprise data catalog and ensure discoverability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify critical data assets and define metadata standards.
• Recommend improvements to data governance processes and catalog capabilities.
• Maintain data definitions, health metrics, and governance documentation.
• Conduct AI data curation to enhance readiness for AI/ML and analytics use cases.
• Translate complex architectures into clear visualizations and documentation for varied audiences.
• Provide thought leadership on enterprise data management and modernization best practices.

Skills

Data architecture

Data analysis

Data governance

Data modeling

Agile collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Cybersecurity

Tools

ER Studio

GitHub

Job description

Company Description

Citizant is a leading provider of professional IT services to the U.S. government. We seek to address some of our country’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Agile application development, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Program Management support services – focusing on the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Treasury. We strive to hire only ethical, talented, passionate, and committed “A Players” who already align with the company’s core values: Drive, Excellence, Reputation, Responsibility, and a Better Future. No matter how large we grow, Citizant will retain its collaborative, supportive, small-company culture, where successful team effort to address external and internal customer challenges is valued above all individual contributions.

Job Type

Full-time

Company Description

Citizant is a leading provider of professional IT services to the U.S. government. We seek to address some of our country’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Agile application development, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Program Management support services – focusing on the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Treasury. We strive to hire only ethical, talented, passionate, and committed “A Players” who already align with the company’s core values: Drive, Excellence, Reputation, Responsibility, and a Better Future. No matter how large we grow, Citizant will retain its collaborative, supportive, small-company culture, where successful team effort to address external and internal customer challenges is valued above all individual contributions.

Job Description

Join our remote team as a Senior Data Architect supporting a Chief Data Officer (CDO) organization. In this role, you will partner with federal clients to advance enterprise data management, data governance, and data modernization initiatives by identifying, analyzing, and documenting enterprise data assets and their relationships. The successful candidate will perform data-centric analysis of business applications and systems to develop metadata, document data lineage and data flows, and prepare data assets for onboarding into the enterprise data catalog. The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience analyzing existing systems and documenting data architectures through logical data models, metadata specifications, data lineage, and governance artifacts. This individual will collaborate with business and technical stakeholders across all organizational levels to identify business data sources, define and enrich metadata, and ensure enterprise data assets are accurately represented and discoverable within the enterprise data catalog.

Responsibilities

• Perform data-centric analysis of enterprise applications, databases, application interfaces, and business processes to identify enterprise data assets, data relationships, and system dependencies.
• Analyze application architectures and data flows to document the movement, transformation, and consumption of data across enterprise systems.
• Develop, document, and maintain metadata, data dictionaries, logical data models, data lineage, and other data governance artifacts to support enterprise data management objectives.
• Prepare, validate, and curate metadata for onboarding into the enterprise data catalog, ensuring enterprise data assets are accurately described and discoverable.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, system owners, data stewards, architects, and development teams to identify critical data assets, define metadata standards, and improve data asset visibility across the organization.
• Recommend enhancements to data governance processes, metadata management practices, and catalog capabilities to improve enterprise data literacy, user adoption, and information sharing.
• Maintain enterprise data definitions, data health metrics, reference data, and governance documentation to promote consistency, accuracy, and standardization across business domains.
• Perform AI data curation activities, including identifying, classifying, organizing, and enriching enterprise data assets to improve their readiness for AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics use cases.
• Translate complex data architectures and technical concepts into clear visualizations, presentations, and documentation tailored to technical, business, and executive audiences.
• Provide thought leadership and subject matter expertise on enterprise data management, metadata management, and data modernization best practices.

Requirements

Required Skillset

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• 8 years of experience in data architecture, data analysis, data governance, or related technical domains.
• Expertise in data modeling and documenting enterprise systems.
• Hands-on experience curating and enriching enterprise data assets to improve data quality, discoverability, usability, and readiness for AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics.
• Experience collaborating with SMEs and technical teams to gather and document data requirements.
• Hands-on experience participating in Agile teams and workflows.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

Desired Skillset

• Certifications such as DCAM, CDMP, or similar data architecture and engineering credentials.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Expertise in using ER Studio for documenting logical data models.
• Experience utilizing GitHub to execute and document project management tasks.

Security Requirements

• Active Public Trust security clearance or the ability to successfully obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Citizant Offers a Competitive Benefits Package, Including

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Generous PTO
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Assistance & Professional Development Program

Additional Information

Citizant strives to be an employer of choice in the Washington metropolitan area. Citizant associates accept challenging and rewarding work and in return receive excellent compensation and benefits, as well as the opportunity for personal and professional development.

Citizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Salary Description

$150,000.00 - $170,000.00