{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b27414dee3724126f7f13fd2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b27414dee3724126f7f13fd2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b27414dee3724126f7f13fd2","title":"Cloud Data Architect","description":"Responsibilities for this Position\r\nLocation: Any Location / Remote\r\nFull Part/Time: Full time\r\nJob Req: RQ220159\r\nType of Requisition\r\nRegular\r\nClearance Level Must Currently Possess\r\nNone\r\nClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain\r\nNone\r\nPublic Trust/Other Required:\r\nNone\r\nJob Family\r\nData Science and Data Engineering\r\nJob Qualifications\r\nSkills\r\nDatabase Architecture, Database Technologies, Data Storage\r\nCertifications\r\nNone\r\nExperience\r\n8 + years of related experience\r\nUS Citizenship Required\r\nNo\r\nJob Description\r\nCLOUD DATA ARCHITECT\r\nThe CMM Data Architect will work as part of an agile development team to build and support the modernization of enterprise-class software applications.\r\nThe successful candidate should be capable of architecting and developing cloud database infrastructure and support the migration of legacy systems to the cloud. The duties and assignments include translating high-level requirements into data storage solutions; creating PoCs and/or prototypes to evaluate various cloud database technologies, architecting and implementing cloud-based database solutions on various platforms; developing and supporting a migration plan from legacy on-premises database to multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms.\r\nThe Data Architect will lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and high-performing database architectures across cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments in support of CMSO modernization initiatives. This role provides expert-level guidance for migrating legacy workloads to commercial cloud platforms and develops Architecture Design Documents that reflect best practices aligned with the Government's selected Cloud Service Providers. The Data Architect will work closely with enterprise teams to shape database standards, assess return on investment, and recommend cost-effective, performance-optimized solutions.\r\nThe architect supports both strategic and operational activities, including configuring cloud databases, enabling diagnostics, optimizing performance, and implementing threat-driven security settings. Responsibilities also include monitoring database usage, addressing replication strategies, and advising on anticipated growth to inform resource planning.\r\nAdditional tasks include provisioning relational databases, managing server-level operations such as scaling, restoring, or deleting instances, and configuring geo-replication and monitoring metrics. Through this broad scope, the Data Architect ensures robust data management and supports CMSO's efforts to build resilient, secure, and future-ready database infrastructure.\r\nIn addition, the Data Architect will execute the following responsibilities:\r\n\r\nContinuously analyze, monitor and optimize database and database query performance to improve responsiveness, scalability and cost efficiency across the full service to meet the functional and non-functional requirements.\r\nImplement automated performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing strategies. Provide regular performance assessments and recommendations for improvements.\r\nLead the design and implementation of multi-tenant, cloud-based data architectures, supporting both cloud and hybrid/on-premises solutions using distributed architectures. Accommodate a range of database technologies, including SQL, NoSQL, IaaS and PaaS, and emerging database paradigms (distributed SQL Multi-Modal SQL, Event-Driven or Streaming databases), based on workload requirements. Ensure logical and physical data isolation, tenant-level security, and resource allocation controls in multi-tenant environments. Design for potability and interoperability across cloud providers.\r\nImplement comprehensive data lifecycle management, including automated archival retention and purging strategies as well as robust backup/restore solutions tailored for cloud ecosystems.\r\nEnsure backup and archival processes are policy-driven, encrypted, and compliant with organizational and regulatory requirements.\r\n\r\nProvide data migration services from on-premises legacy databases to case management cloud databases where required.\r\n* Minimize downtime and data loss through automated, repeatable and verifiable migration processes.\r\n* Ensure data integrity, confidentiality, and security throughout all phases of the database lifecycle, including migration, storage, and access.\r\n* Implement robust access controls, encryption (at rest and in transit), audit logging, and compliance reporting. Support data masking and anonymization.\r\n* Employ comprehensive observability practices including real-time logging, monitoring, alerting, and automated incident response for all database environments.\r\n* Integrate with enterprise monitoring and SIEM systems. Provide dashboards and regular reports on database health, performance, and incidents.\r\n* Maintain detailed version-controlled documentation of data architectures, data models, performance metrics, operational runbooks, and progress reports.\r\n* Implement explicit design and testing of DR and high availability strategies, including automated failover and regular DR drills.\r\n* Implement ongoing analysis and recommendations for database cost optimization, including right-sizing, reserved capacity, and serverless options where appropriate.\r\n* Ensure all database solutions comply with relevant data protection, privacy, and retention regulations.\r\n* Implement use of IaC for database provisioning, configuration, and management to ensure consistency, repeatability, and auditability.\r\n* Provide self-service, automated backup and restore mechanism, with policy-driven scheduling and retention.\r\n* Provide capability to manage data in multiple formats (e.g., object, tabular, etc.), ensuring secure handing and compliance.\r\n* Provide an automated and recurring (i.e., in regular intervals) backup of all images, code, and artifacts.\r\n* Automate scaling of databases through policy-driven triggers and continuous monitoring.\r\n* Automate intelligent data tiering policies for automatically migrating data based on access frequency, or age, for cost savings.\r\n* Ensure continuous backup validation for a period as specified by the Government.\r\nREQUIREMENTS\r\n\r\nExperience designing and implementing a high-availability mission critical system with zero down time.\r\nExperience architecting Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI cloud platform.\r\nExperience data modeling a large multi-tenant database system.\r\nExperience with relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) database technologies.\r\nKnowledge of Data Bricks, Snowflake and other cloud offering.\r\nHands on experience with.\r\nScaling databases to the needs of the customer while maintaining data boundaries.\r\nData migration experience from distributed to single database.\r\nInstalling and maintaining the performance of database servers.\r\nDeveloping processes for optimizing database security.\r\nSetting and maintaining database standards.\r\nManaging database access.\r\nManaging performance tuning of database systems.\r\nInstalling, upgrading, and managing database applications.\r\nPerforming installation and maintenance of data into primary and third-party applications.\r\nProvide technical support and training for team members.\r\nPerforming feasibility studies, cost/benefit analysis, and user training in response to user requests.\r\nPerforming team leader functions for projects involving multiple parties: managing deadlines; providing status reports; facilitating final testing and project sign-off as needed.\r\nBacking up local databases and file directories applications.\r\nDiagnosing and troubleshooting database errors.\r\nRecommending and implementing emerging database technologies.\r\nCreating and managing database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.\r\nCreating automation for repeating database tasks.\r\nAssisting with SSL cert installation & troubleshooting.\r\nPerform complete database environment installation, configuration, on-going administration support (IBM Informix, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle).\r\nNon-relational DB experience\r\nCloud DB solutions like (DynamoDB, CosmosDB, GraphDB, DocumentDB etc.)\r\n\r\nQUALIFICATIONS\r\n\r\n12+ years of general experience in information systems; 10+ years of specialized experience\r\nMinimum Education: MA/MS (Experience may be considered in lieu of degree as follows: HS (18+ years), AA/AS (16+ years), BA/BS (14+ years), Doctorate Degree/Ph.D. (11+ years))\r\n\r\n7+ years experience in developing IT and cloud infrastructures\r\n* Experience in software engineering and design architectures\r\n* Experience and understanding of best practices regarding system security measures\r\n* Experience with building and migration software and IT services to align to strategic business needs and goals\r\n* Experience in conducting research for advanced technologies to determining how IT can support business needs leveraging software, hardware, or infrastructure.\r\n* Experience leading at least one on-premises to cloud migration and/or experience leading a significant modernization initiative.\r\n* Experience with migrating data and artifacts from Legacy (Informix preferred) to Modern DB (DynamoDB, CosmosDB, GraphDB, DocumentDB etc.) solution.\r\n* Experience providing operational database support and monitoring and control for multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms.\r\n* Preferred certification for one or more of the following cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Oracle Cloud.\r\nCommunication and Organizational\r\n\r\nExperience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods best practices, and emerging technologies\r\nStrong analytical skills and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement\r\nExperienced with process design and documentation methodologies, and design and production of quality deliverables, process and use case modeling, business case development\r\nDemonstrated ability to work effectively, independently, and as part of a team\r\nStrong project management, leadership & meeting facilitation skill with knowledge of Project Life Cycle\r\n\r\nThe likely salary range for this position is $157,250 - $212,750. 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.\r\nScheduled Weekly Hours\r\n40\r\nTravel Required\r\nNone\r\nTelecommuting Options\r\nRemote\r\nWork Location\r\nAny Location / Remote\r\nAdditional Work Locations\r\nTotal Rewards at GDIT\r\nOur 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. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. 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.\r\nWe 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.\r\nJoin our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at\r\ngdit.com/tc.\r\nEqual Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans","company":"General Dynamics","rawCompany":"general dynamics","city":"San Antonio","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-19T04:46:40.681Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1243.00","title":"Database Architects","slug":"database-architects"},{"code":"15-1243.01","title":"Data Warehousing Specialists","slug":"data-warehousing-specialists"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Cloud Data Architect","description":"Responsibilities for this Position\r\nLocation: Any Location / Remote\r\nFull Part/Time: Full time\r\nJob Req: RQ220159\r\nType of Requisition\r\nRegular\r\nClearance Level Must Currently Possess\r\nNone\r\nClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain\r\nNone\r\nPublic Trust/Other Required:\r\nNone\r\nJob Family\r\nData Science and Data Engineering\r\nJob Qualifications\r\nSkills\r\nDatabase Architecture, Database Technologies, Data Storage\r\nCertifications\r\nNone\r\nExperience\r\n8 + years of related experience\r\nUS Citizenship Required\r\nNo\r\nJob Description\r\nCLOUD DATA ARCHITECT\r\nThe CMM Data Architect will work as part of an agile development team to build and support the modernization of enterprise-class software applications.\r\nThe successful candidate should be capable of architecting and developing cloud database infrastructure and support the migration of legacy systems to the cloud. The duties and assignments include translating high-level requirements into data storage solutions; creating PoCs and/or prototypes to evaluate various cloud database technologies, architecting and implementing cloud-based database solutions on various platforms; developing and supporting a migration plan from legacy on-premises database to multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms.\r\nThe Data Architect will lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and high-performing database architectures across cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments in support of CMSO modernization initiatives. This role provides expert-level guidance for migrating legacy workloads to commercial cloud platforms and develops Architecture Design Documents that reflect best practices aligned with the Government's selected Cloud Service Providers. The Data Architect will work closely with enterprise teams to shape database standards, assess return on investment, and recommend cost-effective, performance-optimized solutions.\r\nThe architect supports both strategic and operational activities, including configuring cloud databases, enabling diagnostics, optimizing performance, and implementing threat-driven security settings. Responsibilities also include monitoring database usage, addressing replication strategies, and advising on anticipated growth to inform resource planning.\r\nAdditional tasks include provisioning relational databases, managing server-level operations such as scaling, restoring, or deleting instances, and configuring geo-replication and monitoring metrics. Through this broad scope, the Data Architect ensures robust data management and supports CMSO's efforts to build resilient, secure, and future-ready database infrastructure.\r\nIn addition, the Data Architect will execute the following responsibilities:\r\n\r\nContinuously analyze, monitor and optimize database and database query performance to improve responsiveness, scalability and cost efficiency across the full service to meet the functional and non-functional requirements.\r\nImplement automated performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing strategies. Provide regular performance assessments and recommendations for improvements.\r\nLead the design and implementation of multi-tenant, cloud-based data architectures, supporting both cloud and hybrid/on-premises solutions using distributed architectures. Accommodate a range of database technologies, including SQL, NoSQL, IaaS and PaaS, and emerging database paradigms (distributed SQL Multi-Modal SQL, Event-Driven or Streaming databases), based on workload requirements. Ensure logical and physical data isolation, tenant-level security, and resource allocation controls in multi-tenant environments. Design for potability and interoperability across cloud providers.\r\nImplement comprehensive data lifecycle management, including automated archival retention and purging strategies as well as robust backup/restore solutions tailored for cloud ecosystems.\r\nEnsure backup and archival processes are policy-driven, encrypted, and compliant with organizational and regulatory requirements.\r\n\r\nProvide data migration services from on-premises legacy databases to case management cloud databases where required.\r\n* Minimize downtime and data loss through automated, repeatable and verifiable migration processes.\r\n* Ensure data integrity, confidentiality, and security throughout all phases of the database lifecycle, including migration, storage, and access.\r\n* Implement robust access controls, encryption (at rest and in transit), audit logging, and compliance reporting. Support data masking and anonymization.\r\n* Employ comprehensive observability practices including real-time logging, monitoring, alerting, and automated incident response for all database environments.\r\n* Integrate with enterprise monitoring and SIEM systems. Provide dashboards and regular reports on database health, performance, and incidents.\r\n* Maintain detailed version-controlled documentation of data architectures, data models, performance metrics, operational runbooks, and progress reports.\r\n* Implement explicit design and testing of DR and high availability strategies, including automated failover and regular DR drills.\r\n* Implement ongoing analysis and recommendations for database cost optimization, including right-sizing, reserved capacity, and serverless options where appropriate.\r\n* Ensure all database solutions comply with relevant data protection, privacy, and retention regulations.\r\n* Implement use of IaC for database provisioning, configuration, and management to ensure consistency, repeatability, and auditability.\r\n* Provide self-service, automated backup and restore mechanism, with policy-driven scheduling and retention.\r\n* Provide capability to manage data in multiple formats (e.g., object, tabular, etc.), ensuring secure handing and compliance.\r\n* Provide an automated and recurring (i.e., in regular intervals) backup of all images, code, and artifacts.\r\n* Automate scaling of databases through policy-driven triggers and continuous monitoring.\r\n* Automate intelligent data tiering policies for automatically migrating data based on access frequency, or age, for cost savings.\r\n* Ensure continuous backup validation for a period as specified by the Government.\r\nREQUIREMENTS\r\n\r\nExperience designing and implementing a high-availability mission critical system with zero down time.\r\nExperience architecting Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI cloud platform.\r\nExperience data modeling a large multi-tenant database system.\r\nExperience with relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) database technologies.\r\nKnowledge of Data Bricks, Snowflake and other cloud offering.\r\nHands on experience with.\r\nScaling databases to the needs of the customer while maintaining data boundaries.\r\nData migration experience from distributed to single database.\r\nInstalling and maintaining the performance of database servers.\r\nDeveloping processes for optimizing database security.\r\nSetting and maintaining database standards.\r\nManaging database access.\r\nManaging performance tuning of database systems.\r\nInstalling, upgrading, and managing database applications.\r\nPerforming installation and maintenance of data into primary and third-party applications.\r\nProvide technical support and training for team members.\r\nPerforming feasibility studies, cost/benefit analysis, and user training in response to user requests.\r\nPerforming team leader functions for projects involving multiple parties: managing deadlines; providing status reports; facilitating final testing and project sign-off as needed.\r\nBacking up local databases and file directories applications.\r\nDiagnosing and troubleshooting database errors.\r\nRecommending and implementing emerging database technologies.\r\nCreating and managing database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.\r\nCreating automation for repeating database tasks.\r\nAssisting with SSL cert installation & troubleshooting.\r\nPerform complete database environment installation, configuration, on-going administration support (IBM Informix, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle).\r\nNon-relational DB experience\r\nCloud DB solutions like (DynamoDB, CosmosDB, GraphDB, DocumentDB etc.)\r\n\r\nQUALIFICATIONS\r\n\r\n12+ years of general experience in information systems; 10+ years of specialized experience\r\nMinimum Education: MA/MS (Experience may be considered in lieu of degree as follows: HS (18+ years), AA/AS (16+ years), BA/BS (14+ years), Doctorate Degree/Ph.D. (11+ years))\r\n\r\n7+ years experience in developing IT and cloud infrastructures\r\n* Experience in software engineering and design architectures\r\n* Experience and understanding of best practices regarding system security measures\r\n* Experience with building and migration software and IT services to align to strategic business needs and goals\r\n* Experience in conducting research for advanced technologies to determining how IT can support business needs leveraging software, hardware, or infrastructure.\r\n* Experience leading at least one on-premises to cloud migration and/or experience leading a significant modernization initiative.\r\n* Experience with migrating data and artifacts from Legacy (Informix preferred) to Modern DB (DynamoDB, CosmosDB, GraphDB, DocumentDB etc.) solution.\r\n* Experience providing operational database support and monitoring and control for multi-cloud/hybrid cloud platforms.\r\n* Preferred certification for one or more of the following cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Oracle Cloud.\r\nCommunication and Organizational\r\n\r\nExperience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods best practices, and emerging technologies\r\nStrong analytical skills and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement\r\nExperienced with process design and documentation methodologies, and design and production of quality deliverables, process and use case modeling, business case development\r\nDemonstrated ability to work effectively, independently, and as part of a team\r\nStrong project management, leadership & meeting facilitation skill with knowledge of Project Life Cycle\r\n\r\nThe likely salary range for this position is $157,250 - $212,750. 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.\r\nScheduled Weekly Hours\r\n40\r\nTravel Required\r\nNone\r\nTelecommuting Options\r\nRemote\r\nWork Location\r\nAny Location / Remote\r\nAdditional Work Locations\r\nTotal Rewards at GDIT\r\nOur 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. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. 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.\r\nWe 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.\r\nJoin our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at\r\ngdit.com/tc.\r\nEqual Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans","datePosted":"2026-05-19T04:46:40.681Z","dateModified":"2026-05-19T04:46:40.681Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"General Dynamics","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"San Antonio","addressRegion":"TX","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"b27414dee3724126f7f13fd2"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b27414dee3724126f7f13fd2"}}