Data Architect Senior

Position: Data Architect Senior Staff
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* Description:

** Lockheed Martin is seeking a seasoned Data Architect, Team Lead to act as a servant leader for a high performing data management team  In this role you will define, design, and govern enterprise wide data solutions, ensure compliance with DoD/SOFSA policies, and serve as the central point of contact for all data related support requests  You will partner with data stewards, program managers, and the Data Governance Council to deliver secure, high quality data that drives mission critical decision making

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

- Model servant leadership; coach the team, conduct peer reviews of technical artifacts, and promote autonomy without micromanagement

- Report directly to the Data Program Manager and contribute to strategic road maps

Architecture & Design

- Define physical/virtual data structures, security, backup & recovery specifications

- Create and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models; develop ETL, reporting, and analytics pipelines

- Select, configure, and operate the enterprise Data Management Platform  e g , IBM Cloud Pak for Data  in line with DoD/SOFSA IT standards

Data Governance & Quality

- Enforce formal data standard processes; maintain the metadata registry and data dictionary

- Establish, track, and report KPIs for data quality, accessibility, security, and ROI

- Design and maintain automated validation rules; execute data quality checks  automated & manual  and cleansing activities

Service & Support

- Serve as the primary liaison for data related tickets; ensure timely resolution through the Service Delivery System  IT Ticket System  

- Provide Level 2 support for data queries and Service Level Agreement  SLA  compliance

- Delegate complex issues to the Data Management team as needed

Stakeholder Collaboration

- Partner with department data stewards to capture comprehensive data sets and document collection processes

- Present performance metrics via SAP Business Objects dashboards to the Data Governance Council

- Lead the Data Management Working Group and define data steward responsibilities and reporting structures

Security & Compliance

- Implement data security safeguards  encryption, monitoring, access control  and ensure alignment with cybersecurity policies

- Maintain an auditable configuration management baseline for all data dictionary changes

Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Typical Duties

- Analyze data to extract insights and uncover actionable findings by combining the scientific method, mathematics, statistics, specialized programming, advanced analytics, AI, and storytelling

- Conduct hypothesis testing and statistical analysis of data sources to provide actionable recommendations

- Build predictive, prescriptive, or descriptive models in collaboration with stakeholders

- Plan and execute complex analytical, mathematical, and statistical research that informs operational requirements

- Design and run advanced studies using data modeling techniques, trend analysis, and custom algorithms

- Program custom algorithms and train/evaluate machine learning models; write and document reproducible code

- Utilize open source languages and quantitative techniques  e g , descriptive & inferential statistics, sampling, experimental design, parametric & non parametric tests, OLS regression, generalized linear models  

- Assist integrated project teams in identifying, curating, and managing test data

- Apply DoD/best practice cybersecurity principles, addressing cyber threats and vulnerabilities to deliver secure solutions

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* Generally has 8  years of related experience and may have a post secondary degree or training in a related discipline

Bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field  Master's preferred  

Designing solutions that consider computer networking concepts, protocols, network security methodologies, cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and overall cybersecurity principles

Experience with data administration and data standardization policies and standards

Applying data mining, data warehousing, machine learning, and artificial…