Senior Data Architect (DMV Metro Area - Remote)

Jobright.ai; Great Falls Crossing (VA); Remote; USD 99,216 - 217,834; Full time

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Job summary

A leading AI-powered career platform is seeking a Senior Data Architect for a remote role in the DMV Metro Area. This position entails leading the design of a robust data lake to support advanced analytics for a government agency focused on enhancing child welfare. Ideal candidates will have at least 8 years of data architecture experience, proficiency in AWS services, and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture or data engineering.
• 3+ years of cloud-native data solutions experience in AWS.
• Hands-on experience with data lakes and real-time data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design of AWS-based data lake.
• Define data modeling, metadata, and governance standards.
• Collaborate with teams to design scalable and secure data architectures.

Skills

Data architecture

AWS services

SQL

Python

Data governance

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS Glue

AWS S3

AWS Redshift

Tableau

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Job Summary:

ICF is a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial consulting company, seeking a Data Architect. This role involves leading the design and implementation of a robust data lake architecture to support advanced analytics and AI/ML initiatives for a government agency focused on improving child welfare.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture and design of an enterprise-scale AWS-based data lake and data integration ecosystem to support advanced analytics and AI/ML initiatives.

• Define and enforce data modeling, metadata, data lineage, and data governance standards to support analytics and machine learning workflows.

• Establish best practices in data architecture, including schema design, data normalization, and optimal format selection (e.g., Parquet, JSON).

• Work with cross-functional teams to define data ingestion, transformation, and curation strategies aligned with AI/ML use cases.

• Collaborate across teams to design scalable, secure and cost-efficient data architectures that support analytics and machine learning needs.

• Guide the selection and use of AWS services (e.g., Glue, S3, Lake Formation, Redshift, Athena, Step Functions) and integration tools (e.g., Kafka, Informatica, Talend).

• Mentor technical teams on architectural standards, data modeling practices, and modern cloud-native data design patterns.

• Support project delivery on Data Lake, Data Warehouse and BI projects for external and internal clients, including partnering with ICF subject matter experts on project execution.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline)

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data management.

• 3+ years of experience designing and implementing cloud-native data solutions in AWS, including services such as Glue, S3, Athena, Redshift, Lake Formation, Step Functions, and Lambda.

• Experience in data modeling, metadata management, and data governance frameworks.

• Understand ETL concepts of data flow, data enrichment, data consolidation, change data capture and transformation.

• Hands-on experience architecting data lakes, data warehouses, and real-time data pipelines.

• Experience working with databases and BI tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.

• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and working knowledge of big data tools such as Spark, Kafka, or AWS Kinesis.

• Knowledge of DevOps tools like Jenkins/Git to assist development process.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with data privacy, security, and compliance frameworks in regulated environments.

• Background in supporting data science, BI, or AI/ML product teams.

• AWS Certification (Solutions Architect, Data Analytics, or Big Data Specialty).

• Knowledge of integration tools such as Storm, and Spark, AWS Kinesis, Kafka a plus.

• Familiarity with multi-cloud environments (e.g., Azure or GCP) is a plus.

Company:

ICF is a global consulting and technology services provider focused on making big things possible for our clients. Founded in 1969, the company is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Public Company.

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