Senior Data Architect: Enterprise Data Platforms & Governance

Akima; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) and retirement options

Job summary

Suvi Global Services, an Akima company, is seeking a Data Architect to design and govern a data foundation powering analytics, reporting, and product decisions across government contracts. Hybrid role with ~50% on-site work; must be within commutable distance to Herndon, VA.

You will define data models, storage standards, and governance, partnering with engineering and analytics teams to deliver scalable, secure systems while ensuring compliance with government contract requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, database design, or data architecture, with at least 3 years in an architect role.
• Proven experience designing enterprise data platforms at petabyte scale with 1 PB+ storage across warehouse, lake, or lakehouse environments.
• Demonstrated ability to design for high complexity with 20+ data sources/streams and 500+ entities/tables.
• Deep expertise in data modeling (dimensional, relational, NoSQL).
• Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience with at least one cloud platform.
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift.
• Familiarity with ETL/ELT and orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, Informatica.
• Solid understanding of data governance, security, and master data management.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the enterprise data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Define standards for data integration, pipelines, storage, and metadata across cloud and on-prem systems.
• Lead the design of data warehouses, data lakes, or lakehouse platforms that support BI, analytics, and ML use cases.
• Establish data governance practices covering quality, lineage, security, privacy, and access controls.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, platforms, and technologies that fit long-term business needs.
• Partner with data engineers to review designs, guide implementation, and resolve architectural issues.
• Translate business requirements into data solutions and communicate trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations per government contract.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

SQL

Cloud platforms

ETL/ELT

Communication

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Redshift

dbt

Airflow

Job description

Suvi Global Services, an Akima company, is seeking a Data Architect to design and govern a data foundation powering analytics, reporting, and product decisions across government contracts. Hybrid role with ~50% on-site work; must be within commutable distance to Herndon, VA.

You will define data models, storage standards, and governance, partnering with engineering and analytics teams to deliver scalable, secure systems while ensuring compliance with government contract requirements.