Senior Data Architect — Secure Multi-Cloud & Digital Thread

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI); Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is hiring a Data Architect to lead data architecture across Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance and eligibility for CI Poly, with responsibility for enterprise data models, governance, and multi-cloud integration.

You will mentor data engineers, collaborate with MBSE and platform teams, and shape data standards for authoritative, decision-grade data across enclaves.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 8+ years in data architecture or related disciplines.
• DoD compliance/clearance requirements (TS/SCI) and eligibility for CI Poly.
• Strong experience designing data models, ontologies, schemas and APIs.
• Proven work with relational, graph and time-series databases and ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience in Scrum or Agile development environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, deployment and sustainment of federated multi-cloud platform.
• Define enterprise data models, metadata structures and data governance rules.
• Mentor data engineers to scale enterprise data layer across enclaves.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable Digital Threads and lifecycle analytics.
• Advise senior leaders on data maturity, risks and opportunities.

Skills

Data modeling

Ontologies

APIs design

Metadata

Distributed data

ETL pipelines

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data architecture or related field

Tools

Argo Workflows

Relational databases

Graph databases

Time-series databases

Metadata catalogs

Multi-cloud platforms

Job description

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is hiring a Data Architect to lead data architecture across Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance and eligibility for CI Poly, with responsibility for enterprise data models, governance, and multi-cloud integration.

You will mentor data engineers, collaborate with MBSE and platform teams, and shape data standards for authoritative, decision-grade data across enclaves.