TS/SCI Cloud Data Architect - AWS Data Lake Expert

North Point Technology; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

North Point Technology seeks a Cloud Data Architect to design scalable, secure data lake solutions within AWS classified regions for the intelligence community.

The ideal candidate has deep AWS data engineering expertise, a strong grasp of data governance and protection, and a drive to solve hard data problems at scale.

Washington, DC-based role with responsibilities spanning ETL/ELT pipelines, governance, and cross-domain data transfer workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable data lake architectures in AWS environments.
• Implementation of ETL/ELT pipelines for diverse data sources.
• Data governance: cataloging, lineage, access control, tagging.
• Analytics/query layers using Athena/Redshift/EMR.
• Security-focused data protection with encryption and audit logging.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data lake architectures on AWS (S3, Glue, Lake Formation).
• Build ETL/ELT pipelines ingesting data from multiple sources.
• Implement data governance: cataloging, lineage, access controls, tagging.
• Develop analytics layers with Athena, Redshift, EMR in isolated environments.
• Ensure data protection with encryption, access controls, logging.

Skills

Data lake design

AWS data services

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data governance

Security and compliance

Tools

S3

AWS Glue

Lake Formation

Athena

Redshift

EMR

Job description

North Point Technology seeks a Cloud Data Architect to design scalable, secure data lake solutions within AWS classified regions for the intelligence community.

The ideal candidate has deep AWS data engineering expertise, a strong grasp of data governance and protection, and a drive to solve hard data problems at scale.

Washington, DC-based role with responsibilities spanning ETL/ELT pipelines, governance, and cross-domain data transfer workflows.