Senior Data Architect: Enterprise Data & Governance

Booz Allen Hamilton; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Data Architect to own the design, governance, and evolution of the enterprise data architecture powering analytics and reporting for our DoW clients.

You'll lead data modeling, governance, and architecture across stakeholders, with a hands-on focus on Python-based pipelines and SQL, while guiding client data maturity assessments and delivering actionable roadmaps in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or analytics engineering, including ownership of enterprise or program-level data models.
• Experience with SQL, including data modeling, query optimization, and working with relational databases and cloud data platforms.
• Experience with Python data frameworks for data processing, transformation, and automation.
• Experience in assisting with establishing and enforcing data governance practices, data quality frameworks, metadata management, data cataloging, lineage, and access policies.
• Experience with project management, including planning and delivering schedule-bound technical engagements or assessments against a statement of work or charter.
• Ability to use critical thinking and solution-design to take an unfamiliar customer data environment, model it, and shape a practical architecture and roadmap.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise data model, ensuring all production data assets are properly modeled, documented, and governed, with complete schemas and lineage.
• Design and enforce data governance standards, including naming conventions, quality controls, access policies, and metadata management.
• Define and maintain the data catalog so every team knows what data exists, where it lives, and how to use it.
• Lead data quality monitoring, including owning the rules, thresholds, and remediation process, and driving issues to resolution within defined service levels.
• Support new client intake by engaging with prospective and new customers to understand their data environment and design tailored data solutions.
• Lead client-facing data maturity assessments end to end and deliver actionable roadmaps.
• Communicate findings to clients and coordinate with engineers and analysts to execute.
• Design and build data solutions using Python and SQL.
• Evaluate and recommend data tools, storage strategies, and architectural patterns.

Skills

Data architecture

SQL

Python

Data governance

Project management

Solution design

Top Secret clearance

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS S3

AWS Glue

AWS Redshift

AWS Athena

Lake Formation

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Data Architect to own the design, governance, and evolution of the enterprise data architecture powering analytics and reporting for our DoW clients.

You'll lead data modeling, governance, and architecture across stakeholders, with a hands-on focus on Python-based pipelines and SQL, while guiding client data maturity assessments and delivering actionable roadmaps in a fast-paced, agile environment.