Senior Data Architect: Lakehouse & Cloud Strategy

CMT Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CMT Services Inc. seeks a Data Architect to design enterprise data strategy, models, and integration patterns for work with the USDA. The role emphasizes governance standards, data modernization, and cloud architecture initiatives.

Hybrid work with meetings in Washington, DC, and strong collaboration with federal agencies. The position requires 5+ years in data architecture, experience with Databricks Lakehouse and Unity Catalog, and knowledge of federal data domains.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience (5+ years) in data architecture, data strategy, and data modernization.
• Experience designing enterprise data models and governance standards.
• Leadership in Databricks and cloud data platforms; Cloudera desirable.
• Knowledge of data in federal HR and financial systems.
• Strong problem-solving, documentation, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise architecture, governance, migration strategy, common data model.
• Databricks Lakehouse support: architecture, security, migration framework.
• Data migration planning, mapping rules, reconciliation.
• Systems integration engineering including APIs, ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Knowledge transfer through training, SOPs, workshops, and documentation.

Job description

CMT Services Inc. seeks a Data Architect to design enterprise data strategy, models, and integration patterns for work with the USDA. The role emphasizes governance standards, data modernization, and cloud architecture initiatives.

Hybrid work with meetings in Washington, DC, and strong collaboration with federal agencies. The position requires 5+ years in data architecture, experience with Databricks Lakehouse and Unity Catalog, and knowledge of federal data domains.