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 high-visibility role involves leading the development of Enterprise Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, and Data Visualization solutions for federal customers, ensuring alignment with agency data architecture standards.

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.