Senior Data Platform & AI Lead — DoD-Scale, Clearance, Hybrid

Strategic Growth Partners; United States; Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 331,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Growth Partners is seeking a Senior Data Platform & AI Lead in the United States to drive large-scale data platform modernization and AI enablement for clients with complex distributed environments, including DoD data. The role demands enterprise-scale design experience and active clearance.

You will lead architecture discussions, design AI/ML enablement, and coordinate with data governance, security, and stakeholders across hybrid/multi-cloud environments. Travel up to 80% is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in data platform architecture and/or AI/ML engineering for large enterprises.
• Proven leadership in data platform modernization or AI enablement programs.
• Government or defense experience strongly preferred; other complex environments acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Lead data platform architecture and engineering assessments and roadmaps.
• Design AI/ML enablement architectures for scalable model development and monitoring.
• Assess governance and readiness with compliance timelines.
• Evaluate dependencies between modernization and AI sequencing.
• Define federated data model and cross-MilDep access requirements.
• Support internal practice development and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate across data engineering, security, and stakeholders.

Skills

Data platform architecture

AI/ML engineering

MLOps

Data governance

Cross-boundary data

DoD data experience

Cloud infrastructure

Data mesh

Security/compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Advanced degree (MS/PhD) preferred

Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP/Databricks)

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Redshift

Job description

Strategic Growth Partners is seeking a Senior Data Platform & AI Lead in the United States to drive large-scale data platform modernization and AI enablement for clients with complex distributed environments, including DoD data. The role demands enterprise-scale design experience and active clearance.

You will lead architecture discussions, design AI/ML enablement, and coordinate with data governance, security, and stakeholders across hybrid/multi-cloud environments. Travel up to 80% is required.