Solution Architect (Data Governance & Data Engineering), Federal

Sophinea • Tampa, FL

16h

About The Position

As a Solution Architect focused on Data Governance and Data Engineering, you will serve as a dedicated technical partner to Federal DoW/DoD customers. You will guide customers from onboarding through advanced use-case expansion, provide technical expertise and solution design for governance and compliance challenges, and design proof-of-concepts and governance solutions within customer technology environments. You will also convey customer feedback to the Product team and collaborate with Customer Success Managers and field leadership on account strategies and long-term outcomes.

The role includes defining customer technical strategies, serving as a technical liaison to customer leadership, leading technical and functional meetings, building demonstrations and proof-of-concepts across cloud environments, and implementing solutions in customer technology stacks. You will advise on platform integrations, configuration, and policy construction, contribute to internal knowledge resources, support partner teams, and maintain expertise in related data platforms, cloud services, identity management systems, and data catalog tools. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with an active TS/SCI security clearance because of the nature of the U.S. Government contracts.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must possess an active TS/SCI security clearance.
• At least 5 years of working experience as a technology consultant, preferably with government-focused clients in DoW/DoD, Intelligence Community, and Federal Civilian environments.
• Experience delivering on-premises solutions in air-gapped networks.
• IAM integration experience, such as PingFederate.
• Working experience in data engineering or data governance roles.
• Strong experience with modern data platforms such as Trino, Postgres/RDBMS, Snowflake, and Databricks.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cloud data architecture, data analytics, and programming.
• Understanding of data access through identity management and the purpose of data catalog tools.
• Ability to analyze complex technical concepts and explain them in business terms to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead and influence customer opinions on technology adoption and solution design.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills and ability to navigate complex customer requests and projects.
• Comfort with uncertainty and changing priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Immuta or a similar data/AI governance tool.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Public Sector Customer Success Manager and Technical Field Leadership to define a comprehensive technical strategy for each customer account.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison to customer leadership, translating complex technical concepts into strategic business outcomes.
• Lead technical and functional meetings to advance strategic objectives and project deliverables.
• Build technology proof-of-concepts and demonstrations across multiple cloud environments and platforms.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on the platform’s technical integrations, configuration, and policy construction.
• Implement solutions directly within the customer’s technology stack and represent current best practices.
• Contribute to internal knowledge bases and provide ad-hoc support to partner internal teams.
• Maintain competency in related data platforms, commercial cloud offerings, identity management systems, and data catalog tools.
• Translate customer insights and field experiences to the Product team to influence future development and innovation.
• Collaborate with Customer Success Managers and field leadership to execute account strategies and drive long-term customer outcomes.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Training & Development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed