26-1120: Data Architect - Herndon, VA

Navitas Business Consulting • Herndon, VA

1d • $120,000 - $147,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Data Architect develops enterprise data architectures, governance frameworks, and data integration strategies supporting analytics, AI/ML, and enterprise modernization objectives.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• 8+ years of cloud architecture experience.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or multi-cloud platforms.
• Understanding of enterprise networking, cybersecurity, and cloud governance.
• Experience producing architecture documentation and technical standards.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI/ML data management and governance.
• Familiarity with cloud-native data platforms.
• Industry certifications in data architecture or governance.
• CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) or equivalent preferred.
• AWS or Azure data specialty certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise data reference architectures and integration frameworks
• Define metadata, master data, and data exchange standards.
• Design AI/ML data governance frameworks and feature store architectures.
• Establish training data lineage, provenance tracking, and metadata registries.
• Define architectures supporting synthetic data generation and cross-domain data sharing.
• Support implementation of data governance and compliance requirements.
• Develop data architecture roadmaps and modernization strategies.

Benefits

• Equal Employer/Veterans/Disabled
• affirmative action and equal opportunity employer
• reasonable accommodation
• employment and opportunities for advancement, compensation, training, and growth according to individual merit

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior