Chief Data Architect

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As the Chief Data Architect, this individual will lead the development of the organization's overall data strategy, designs the enterprise data architecture, set data standards and policies, and ensures data quality and security. The Chief Architect will execute service delivery under Technical Architecture, Enterprise Engineering Services, and Platform Services areas. In this role, the Chief Architect will provide technical expertise and leadership as an escalation point for all personnel performing architecture and engineering tasks under the program.

Additionally, this individual will provide expert level advice to the Government stakeholders with regards to architecture options, best practices, and methodologies to integrate solutions and solve problems.

• Defines the enterprise data strategy, governance, and platform vision
• Aligns data initiatives with the organizations’ business objectives and long-range goals
• Ensures alignment of Program Team’s plans, deliverables, and technology support services to the Government’s enterprise architecture
• Research and advises the Government on emerging technologies and their feasibility for improving service delivery or IT capabilities to support customers
• Oversees the design and development of complex data architectures
• Drives the build-out of modern data ecosystems, such as data lakes, data meshes, and data warehouses, in a cloud-native, hybrid or on-prem environment
• Validates and synchronizes architecture plans with other architecture teams
• Provides expert engineering for enterprise changes addressing emerging mission needs
• Establishes enterprise-wide policies and standards for data modeling, quality, security, and usage
• Manages metadata practices to ensure data discoverability and lineage
• Develops Engineering and Implementation Plans (EIPs)
• Evaluates and assess EIPs on new and emerging technologies, then present innovative solutions to leadership
• Plans, leads, and/or supports technology pilots to validate proposed designs; provide surge deployment capabilities when a design is accepted for rapid deployment
• Designs solutions to integrate data from various internal and external sources
• Ensures data from different systems can be combined effectively to provide a cohesive, unified view
• Assists in developing a Development Operations (Dev Ops) process combining software development and IT operations into existing Technical Design processes
• Implements Government-approved components into the Dev Ops process; and build and deploy automation to take advantage of Dev Ops integration
• Provides expert guidance and mentorship to data architecture, data engineering, and analytics teams. Drive the adoption of architectural best practices

• BA/BS Degree (degree in Computer Science/Management preferred) and 10 years of related skills and experience is required.
• Must have and maintain a Secret Clearance with TS eligibility
• Current SEC+ Certification
• Strong knowledge of Data/Enterprise Architecture best practices and standards.
• Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to support tasks and issues through to completion, strong follow-through, and critical problem-solving skills.
• Possess a minimum of five (5) years of experience as a Data architect and / or senior data designer architecting DoD IT solutions
• An in-depth understanding of Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF) Definitions and Guidelines
• Understanding and experience in the analysis and design of integrating government systems

• Life insurance and AD&D
• Flexible Spending
• Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• 401(k) and ROTH retirement options and company match
• Pet Insurance
• Identify Theft and Fraud Protection coverage