Lead Data Architect

Onyx Government Services,LLC • Suitland, MD

23h • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior-level Lead Data Architect to design, develop, deploy, and manage the data architectures, data strategies, and data governance frameworks for the U.S. Census Bureau’s Decennial Transformation and Application Modernization (DTAM) effort. This role possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high-impact assignments, plans and leads major data architecture assignments, and functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments. The Lead Data Architect translates business needs into long-term data architecture solutions and builds platforms that handle data at varying volumes, varieties, and velocities. May supervise others.

Requirements

• Expert experience designing and managing enterprise data architectures and governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to build data lakes, warehouses, marts, hubs, and knowledge graphs at scale.
• Strong conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling skills.
• Experience with data engineering, data pipelines, and data integration patterns.
• Background in data quality, data lineage, metadata management, and data governance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• 10–14 years of experience, possessing and applying comprehensive knowledge across key data architecture tasks and high-impact assignments (Senior level).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with large-scale federal statistical or survey data programs.
• Familiarity with near-real-time data processing and high-volume/velocity data solutions.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and storage optimization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive briefing to senior Government stakeholders.
• Big Data certification from AWS / Google / Azure.
• Cloud Database certification.
• Data Analytics certification.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and manage data architectures, data strategies, and data governance frameworks.
• Translate business needs into long-term data architecture solutions.
• Build platforms that handle data at varying volumes, varieties, and velocities.
• Function as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.
• Plan and lead major data architecture assignments.
• Supervise others (may supervise others).

What This Job Offers

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