Data Architect

Overview

We are seeking a Data Architect (365)to join a multidisciplinary team supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Program Management Office (PMO). This role is ideal for engineers who are passionate about applying technical expertise to real-world national security challenges and advancing mission-critical capabilities through research, evaluation, and informed decision‑making.
This position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a CBP Background Investigation (BI) is required; active CBP BI preferred. This position requires 20% travel that may entail remote and rugged areas.

The Dataverse Data Architect will work closely with CBP stakeholders, program managers, and technical experts to assess technologies, guide development efforts, inform program strategies, and enable effective deployment of integrated systems. This includes both field‑focused technical assessments and the development of supporting engineering and programmatic documentation. The ideal candidate has experience with research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), and can bridge the gap between emerging capability and mission utility.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial‑grade platforms and mission‑ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission‑ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors—helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise data architecture solutions across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
• Define data architecture standards, governance models, metadata structures, and information management practices for Microsoft 365 platforms.
• Assess business requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, and maintainable data architecture designs.
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business applications, collaboration platforms, reporting, records management, and automation.
• Design data structures and integration patterns across Microsoft 365 services, including SharePoint Online, Teams, One Drive, Exchange Online, Microsoft Lists, Power Platform, and Microsoft Graph.
• Establish information architecture for SharePoint Online, including site structures, content types, metadata, document libraries, lists, permissions, and lifecycle management.
• Design data integration solutions using Microsoft Graph API, Power Platform connectors, Azure services, and other approved integration tools.
• Support enterprise reporting and analytics by designing data flows between Microsoft 365, Power BI, Dataverse, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, or other approved data platforms.
• Define and enforce data classification, retention, archival, eDiscovery, records management, and compliance requirements within Microsoft 365.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, records management, legal, business, and technical stakeholders to ensure data architecture aligns with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
• Design secure access models using role‑based access control, group‑based permissions, sensitivity labels, conditional access considerations, and least‑privilege principles.
• Support Microsoft Purview implementation for data governance,…