Data Architect
$133,000–$133,000 year
On-siteQuantico, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Design, implement, and maintain enterprise data architectures supporting NCIS investigative, intelligence, and operational missions across classified and unclassified environments. Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models while establishing standards, naming conventions, and interoperability frameworks including NIEM Open. Architect cloud-native and hybrid solutions for on-premises and Department of the Navy virtual private cloud environments hosted on Microsoft Azure. Implement data governance frameworks, ensure compliance with CJIS, NIST, FISMA, and FedRAMP, and design secure access controls using least privilege principles. Maintain an enterprise data catalog to improve discoverability and collaborate with engineering teams to optimize platform performance and support machine learning initiatives. This role operates within Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities and requires Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
Required Qualifications
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance
- Eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access
- Ability to obtain SCI adjudication within six (6) months
- Minimum 10 years of experience in data architecture, data management, or enterprise data engineering
- Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data architectures in regulated or classified environments
- Hands-on experience with hybrid cloud and cloud-native architectures, multiple operating systems and containerization techniques, preferably in Microsoft Azure
- Experience integrating data across multiple systems, agencies, and security domains
- Data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical)
- Enterprise data architecture frameworks
- Data lakes, data warehouses, and hybrid data platforms
- Metadata management and data catalog solutions
- Data integration and federation strategies
- SQL and NoSQL database technologies
- Performance optimization techniques
- Data security, encryption, masking, and access controls
- Familiarity with NIEM, CJIS, NIST, and DoW data standards
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting law enforcement, intelligence, or DoD organizations
- Experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure data services
- Familiarity with DoW and DON data strategies
- Experience supporting machine learning and analytics platforms
- Knowledge of Zero Trust data access principles
- Experience developing data governance policies and enterprise data standards
- Strong documentation, briefing, and stakeholder communication skills
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