Data Architect

Accenture Federal Services•Arlington, VA

20h

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to help the US federal government strengthen the nation, enhance public safety, and improve lives through technology and ingenuity. We are a community of over 13,000 professionals dedicated to serving clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. As a technology company within the global Accenture network, we offer a supportive and collaborative environment recognized by Glassdoor as a Top 100 Best Place to Work. We empower our employees with hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training to foster growth and learning. Join us to drive meaningful change and advance government missions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (or 4 years of additional equivalent experience) in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering
Minimum 8 years of experience designing enterprise data architectures and models
Active TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

Design and govern the entire data ecosystem.
Establish the enterprise data model.
Define standards for data storage (e.g., data lakes, warehouses, databases).
Design the architecture for data ingestion, processing pipelines (ETL/ELT), and data access.
Collaborate with GRC and security teams to integrate data governance, data quality, and data protection policies into the architecture.
Ensure data is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) to enable advanced analytics and AI/ML at scale.