Data Solutions Architect SME

Booz Allen Hamilton • Fayetteville, NC

21h

About The Position

Data Solutions Architect SME The Opportunity: In the defense of a nation, data is a strategic asset, and how we secure, manage, and utilize it defines our ability to outpace and counter threats. As a Data Solution Architect within the Department of War, you’ll lead efforts to modernize data infrastructure, ensuring national security and unlocking the potential of data in mission-critical environments. You will design secure, resilient data architectures aligned with zero trust principles to safeguard sensitive information, optimize operations, and drive mission-critical decision-making. Combining expertise in tools like Varonis, Virtru, BigID, Collibra, Ohalo, and Trellix, you will develop and implement solutions that balance security, scalability, and performance across hybrid and cloud environments. Your responsibilities include designing and delivering innovative data solutions to improve how mission-critical information is stored, accessed, and secured, while facilitating seamless collaboration. By leveraging tools like Varonis and Trellix, you will enhance zero trust data security through advanced access controls, threat detection, and risk mitigation. Using platforms like BigID, Collibra, and Ohalo, you’ll establish robust governance frameworks that enable data classification, lineage tracking, and compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and FEDRAMP. Additionally, you will integrate tools like Virtru to enforce end-to-end encryption and secure data at rest and in transit, while modernizing legacy pipelines to enable cloud-native, scalable architectures that support real-time decision-making and advanced analytics. Beyond technical implementation, you will provide strategic leadership by developing architecture roadmaps, producing design documentation, and mentoring junior engineers, preparing your team to tackle future challenges with confidence. As a Data Solution Architect, you’ll play a vital role in securing and optimizing data environments across national defense operations. Your solutions will advance operational analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning capabilities, enabling smarter and faster decision-making while ensuring data is governed ethically, accessed securely, and shielded from adversaries. By leveraging cutting-edge tools and driving innovation, you’ll contribute directly to safeguarding sensitive information and strengthening the Department’s data-first defense strategy. At the intersection of collaboration and innovation, this is your opportunity to redefine how data is used to protect our nation and make a lasting, tangible difference. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, and configuring data security solutions
• Experience with data security tools, such as Virtru
• Experience with data-centric security models, including maintenance
• Experience designing, implementing, configuring, operating, or testing IT systems or security infrastructure
• Knowledge of DLP solutions and tools, including Trellix, Cisco Email Security Appliance, and Splunk
• Knowledge of Zero Trust principles and solutions
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelors degree
• Security+ Certification

Nice To Haves

• Experience relating data loss prevention solutions to zero trust strategy
• Experience with data security posture management tools, such as Varonis and BigID
• Experience working in data governance in DoD/DoW or IC agency environments
• Possession of excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail and accuracy

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering innovative data solutions to improve how mission-critical information is stored, accessed, and secured, while facilitating seamless collaboration.
• Enhance zero trust data security through advanced access controls, threat detection, and risk mitigation.
• Establish robust governance frameworks that enable data classification, lineage tracking, and compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and FEDRAMP.
• Integrate tools like Virtru to enforce end-to-end encryption and secure data at rest and in transit, while modernizing legacy pipelines to enable cloud-native, scalable architectures that support real-time decision-making and advanced analytics.
• Provide strategic leadership by developing architecture roadmaps, producing design documentation, and mentoring junior engineers, preparing your team to tackle future challenges with confidence.

Benefits

• health
• life
• disability
• financial
• retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care

What This Job Offers

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