Cyber Database Architect

$176,800 - $187,200/Yr

System One - Woodlawn, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Woodlawn, MD

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

ALTA IT Services is seeking a Cyber Database Architect responsible for developing and implementing proper architecture and engineering safeguards around cyber security data. The architect is expected to have a deep knowledge of a broad range of information and physical security controls to protect data stores, which may include the data, the data applications or stored functions, the data systems, the data servers, and the associated network links. This role is crucial in ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data against potential compromises. The Cyber Database Architect will perform requirements analysis and develop strategies and solutions for cyber security, risk, and information governance. Additionally, the architect will help identify and evaluate gaps and potential areas of security exposure, ensuring that the organization is well-prepared to handle any security threats. This is a hybrid position requiring the architect to be on-site in Woodlawn, MD for two days a week. Candidates must be US Citizens and able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance. The position is expected to last for 12 months or more, with a strong potential for contract-to-hire opportunities. The architect will be involved in designing, developing, building, analyzing, and evaluating unstructured data streams from various data sources, including database modeling and design, relational database architecture, metadata and repository creation, and configuration management. The role also involves defining and overseeing database organizations, standards, controls, procedures, and documentation, as well as providing technical consulting in the definition, design, and creation of a database environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, build, analyze, and evaluate unstructured data streams from varied data sources including database modeling and design, relational database architecture, metadata and repository creation, and configuration management.
• Define and oversee database organizations, standards, controls, procedures, and documentation.
• Provide technical consulting in the definition, design, and creation of a database environment.
• Advise applications development staff and users on data-based solutions to business problems, data architectures, database management system facilities and capabilities, and the operation and tuning of databases.
• Ensure economic and efficient availability of data within adequate safeguards.
• Design and implement databases concerning access methods, access time, batch processes, device allocation, validation checks, organization, protection and security, documentation, and statistical methods.
• Use data mapping, data mining, and data transformational analysis tools to design and develop databases.
• Determine data storage and optimum storage requirements.
• Prepare system requirements, source analysis process analyses, and design throughout the database implementation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience, Master's degree and 6 years of experience, or 12 years of experience instead of a degree.
• Minimum 4-6 years of experience in building out Data Warehouses/Data models/Data repositories, and/or Data Lakes.
• Minimum 4-6 years of experience in leveraging pre-load data pull from a mature data model.
• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in creating consolidated data sets that conform to a Common Information Model made up of sensor tool data sources that are already aggregated together & are also already searchable.
• Minimum of 3 years transforming already good data (data that has been normalized) into the format needed for ingestion by Xacta.IO and CDM Elastic.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in creating data pipelines to allow transfer of data from data source to I/O through Splunk.
• Minimum 4 years of experience creating data Information Identifiers/tag Identifies within data models.
• Minimum 4 years of experience working with data source sensor tools such as Tanium, Nessus, McAfee, firewalls, and networking equipment to collect data points.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with creating data tattoos and with mapping data back to the tattoo as defined.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with taking Production-ready data and including it in Cyber Risk data model(s).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Exceptional technical writing skills
• Ability to communicate complex data in a simple, actionable way
• Ability to visualize data in the most effective way possible for a given project or study
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with machine learning and AI
• Familiarity with data management tools
• Ability to work independently and with team members from different backgrounds
• Excellent attention to detail.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.