Senior Data Architect — Enterprise Data Strategy & Cloud

MITRE; O'Fallon (IL); On-site; USD 171,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE’s Systems Engineering Analytics department is seeking a Data Architect to join our team and solve mission-critical problems for national security and government sponsors. You’ll design enterprise data architectures, governance, and acquisition-informed strategies while collaborating with engineers and stakeholders across programs.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance, 3 days on-site, and a strong background in data management, data engineering, and software engineering with practical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field with 10 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to rapidly understand unfamiliar mission problems and translate them into technical approaches
• Strong systems thinking and analytical problem‑solving skills
• Experience integrating commercial, government, and open-source technologies to solve operational problems
• Must have an active Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance and must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on‑site.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise data architectures, roadmaps, and implementable plans.
• Design and evaluate data schemas, metadata schemas, data workflows, and data integration patterns.
• Alignment of modern data management capabilities to enterprise‑wide data management.
• Development or assessment of data governance models, stewardship approaches, policies, standards, and operating models.
• Evaluation of technical and programmatic blueprints supporting enterprise‑wide data management adoption.
• Translation of mission needs into data architecture recommendations, implementation plans, and acquisition-informed strategies.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Software engineering

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field

Master’s degree in related field (preferred)

Tools

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Data pipelines

Cloud platforms

Workflow orchestration

Job description

MITRE’s Systems Engineering Analytics department is seeking a Data Architect to join our team and solve mission-critical problems for national security and government sponsors. You’ll design enterprise data architectures, governance, and acquisition-informed strategies while collaborating with engineers and stakeholders across programs.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance, 3 days on-site, and a strong background in data management, data engineering, and software engineering with practical