Senior Data Architect – Cloud & Security (Remote)

Praescient Analytics; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Very competitive salary

Company paid healthcare

401(k) with company match

Travel & performance incentives

3 weeks paid time off

$5K annual training allowance

Job summary

Praescient Analytics is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to provide technical leadership for NBIS and EIT data pipelines. You will shape data architecture, validate models, and bridge legacy stores with cloud-native streams in an AWS GovCloud environment.

You will collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-performance data solutions for critical mission analytics, with a strong emphasis on security, scalability, and data integrity across federal requirements.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. citizenship and Secret clearance required.
• Master’s degree or PhD with relevant data engineering experience.
• Extensive cloud-native data solutions in AWS/AWS GovCloud.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead data architecture strategy and data pipelines to meet federal requirements.
• Oversee data source integrations using Python/Scala/Java.
• Modernize legacy data structures into cloud-native data lakes and warehouses on AWS GovCloud.
• Engage with data ingestion and secure streaming (Kinesis, Kafka) and orchestration (Airflow).
• Drive CI/CD and DevSecOps within the data tier with governance and validation.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, PMs, and stakeholders to deliver mission-focused analytics.

Skills

Data strategy

Leadership

Pipeline integration

Cloud modernization

Data orchestration

DevSecOps

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile requirements

Education

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Python

Scala

Java

Apache Airflow

AWS Step Functions

Kinesis

Kafka

Jira

Confluence

AWS Glue

AWS Athena

AWS Lambda

S3

Job description

Praescient Analytics is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to provide technical leadership for NBIS and EIT data pipelines. You will shape data architecture, validate models, and bridge legacy stores with cloud-native streams in an AWS GovCloud environment.

You will collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-performance data solutions for critical mission analytics, with a strong emphasis on security, scalability, and data integrity across federal requirements.