Data Architect

$145,000 - $165,000/Yr

GovCIO - Washington, DC

Full-time

Washington, DC

About the position

GovCIO is seeking a Data Architect to support client contract needs, focusing on the design and management of databases for effective data storage, security, and retrieval. This role involves providing technical leadership for Enterprise Data Warehouse operations and developing data architecture strategies, ensuring alignment with agency standards. The position requires hands-on support in data solution development and offers a high visibility opportunity to lead data-related initiatives for federal customers.

Responsibilities

• Directs the design of databases to store, secure, select, and retrieve information in a logical, orderly manner.
• Ensures that designed systems provide sufficient controlled avenues for access to and update of the database.
• Ensures the integrity of the data.
• May oversee the design and maintenance of the data dictionary and retrieve transactions to ensure correct implementation and usage of the database.
• Providing technical leadership for a complex Enterprise Data Warehouse operations and development program.
• Developing data architecture strategy, data integration strategy, and developing data reference models.
• Leading data architecture evaluations and assessing the impact of change to data architectures, data models, and messaging models.
• Developing a master data management strategy and ensuring architecture delivery and governance.
• Creating solution architectures that include data models, standard interfaces for data access, and value-added data services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer sciences, information systems, engineering, business management or other related technical area with 12+ years or commensurate experience.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in database management.
• 5+ years of related Government Contracting experience and HR Systems (i.e PeopleSoft, HRIS, Workday).
• 8 years of experience in managing large scale, complex systems with a critical understanding of data warehousing and relational database concepts.
• 3+ years of experience working on IT systems and software development projects using Agile/Kanban methodologies.
• 5 years of experience in solution design associated with data modeling, message modeling, and integration.
• Well versed in the data domains (Analytics, BI, Big Data, Operational Data Store, Metadata, Master Data, and Unstructured Data).
• Demonstrated expertise with transformation techniques, including transformation, aggregation, decomposition, abstraction, and canonicalization.
• Excellent verbal and written skills, including the ability to facilitate effective meetings and develop presentations for various audiences.
• High degree of professional confidence and credibility with the presence and communication skills to represent IT-related concepts effectively with executive-level management and customers.
• Resourceful and creative in solving problems and overcoming obstacles.
• Attention to detail and highly organized.

Nice-to-haves

• Data modeling, data integration, and profiling tools, e.g. ERwin, Embarcadero.
• Hands-on experience with Extraction Transformation and Load (ETL) tools (e.g. SAP Data Services), data profiling tools and processes.