Senior Data Platform Architect | Python, Gov't & Security

Accenture; Hill Air Force Base (UT); On-site; USD 124,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Data Platform Architect to set the technical vision for a common data platform within a secure, regulated environment. This hands-on leadership role influences the delivery team and drives data architecture governance across the program.

You will own the platform roadmap, design standards, and reference patterns, while ensuring data quality, lineage, and observability from the start.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data architecture and platform development experience.
• Ability to design data pipelines, governance, and observability.
• Experience interacting with senior stakeholders and shaping architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own technical vision and roadmap for the data platform (lake/lakehouse, ingestion, modeling).
• Translate vision into design standards and reference patterns for engineering.
• Present architecture decisions to governance boards and teams.
• Drive data quality, lineage, and security practices from inception.
• Prototype and review code, build reference implementations, set quality standards.

Skills

Hands-on development

Python

Stakeholder leadership

Technical direction

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Data Platform Architect to set the technical vision for a common data platform within a secure, regulated environment. This hands-on leadership role influences the delivery team and drives data architecture governance across the program.

You will own the platform roadmap, design standards, and reference patterns, while ensuring data quality, lineage, and observability from the start.