Senior Cloud Data Architect

Job Description:Type of Requisition:RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess:NoneClearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:NonePublic Trust/Other Required:MBI (T2)Job Family:IT Infrastructure and OperationsSkills:Job Qualifications:AWS Big Data, Data Architecture Development, Data Warehousing (DW), Snowflake (Platform)Certifications:NoneExperience:10 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required:NoJob Description:At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle.We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Data Architect to guide the design, architecture, and technical strategy for our enterprise Data Warehouse and Business Object data cloud data environment. This is a senior‑level, customer-facing, high‑visibility role central to our modernization efforts. You will shape the architecture supporting complex data ecosystems, provide leadership across engineering workstreams, and ensure the platform evolves in a scalable, secure, and high‑performing direction.If you excel at solving complex architectural challenges, driving consistency across teams, and influencing data strategy at scale, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact.HOW A CLOUD DATA WAREHOUSE ARCHITECT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:Design, create, and maintain data architecture artifactsCreate and maintain an architectural roadmap for the Data Management and Analytics capabilities including support for generative and agentic AIArchitect enterprise‑level Snowflake data warehouse solutions, including conceptual, logical, and physical models that support analytics, operational reporting, modernization and AI initiativesProvide technical leadership across multiple teams, ensuring architectural alignment and model‑driven engineering throughout ETL/ELT pipelinesDefine data architecture patterns, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and performance across the platformLead design decisions related to schema architecture, data distribution, performance optimization, security, governance, and cost management in SnowflakeCollaborate with Program Management, Agile PMO, ETL development, DevSecOps, DBA, user support, and analytics teams to guide solution design and ensure alignment with enterprise and customer goalsOversee ingestion, transformation, and integration of complex healthcare datasets, ensuring data quality and metadata completenessWork hands-on in Snowflake, including DDL design, warehouse configuration, performance tuning, and workload optimizationLeverage and advise on usage of related AWS data services (e.g., Lambda, S3, Glue, Step Functions, IAM) to support end‑to‑end data pipelinesGuide automation approaches for data integration, testing, metadata capture, lineage, and platform operationsAssess and troubleshoot high-complexity issues, providing direction and technical resolutions across teamsSupport roadmap planning by providing architectural insight, identifying technical risks, and shaping long-term data strategyMentor and develop data engineers, administrators and modelers, setting the technical tone and raising capability across the programMay serve as a technical lead and/or manager over multiple cloud data engineers / teamsWHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:Required Education: BS degreeRequired Experience:10 years of experience in cloud data architecture, data warehousing, data modeling and data analytics in a complex data environmentRequired Technical Skills:Extensive hands-on Snowflake experience, with strong skills in implementing logical and physical models, and leveraging Snowflake tools, including Cortex AI.Proven leadership in large-scale cloud data environments, preferably within AWSDeep experience with ETL/ELT frameworks and model‑driven engineering approachesProficiency in SQL, data transformation design, and performance optimizationExperience working with cloud‑native architectures, modern data integration patterns and AI solution developmentStrong expertise in automation and scripting (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Python, PySpark)Previous experience supporting U.S. Government Federal Agencies is highly desired.Required Skills And Abilities:Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience delivering presentations to diverse audiences at various levels of an organizationExperience managing, mentoring, and developing engineering staffPreferred Skills and Experience:Strong proficiency with SQL and data transformation techniquesFamiliarity with Agile / Scrum delivery environmentsPreferred Certifications:Snowflake SnowPro Advanced: Architect a plusCertified Data Management Professional (CDMP) a plusAWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty a plusClearance: Candidates must be eligible to obtain federal public trust security clearanceVisa Sponsorship Will Not Be Provided for This PositionLocation: Hybrid and requires 3 days per week at the customer site in SW DC.What Can GDIT Offer You:401K with company match.Customizable health benefits packages.Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators.Internal mobility team is dedicated to helping you own your career.Rewards program for high-performing employees.The likely salary range for this position is $169,604 - $229,464. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.Scheduled Weekly Hours:40Travel Required:NoneTelecommuting Options:HybridWork Location:USA DC WashingtonAdditional Work Locations:Total Rewards At GDIT:Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events atgdit.com/tc.Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans