{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f689f33dfd87f1d46ff4c2c6","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f689f33dfd87f1d46ff4c2c6","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f689f33dfd87f1d46ff4c2c6","title":"Lead Data Architect","description":"If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.\r\nLead Data ArchitectParis, VA, US\r\nSalary Range: $155,000.00 To $180,000.00 Annually\r\nSHR Consulting Group, LLC is a small business delivering enterprise IT, cybersecurity, and program management services to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. We support mission-critical infrastructure at the Pentagon and across the National Capital Region, and we invest in our people through competitive compensation, professional certification support, and long-term career growth on stable, multi-year programs.\r\nWe are seeking a seniorLead Data Architectas a Key Personnel for a bid opportunity to provide enterprise data architecture leadership for a FEMA effort.\r\nThe Lead Data Architect will establish and evolve the overarching data architecture while ensuring that pipelines, integrations, data products, external sharing mechanisms, and AI/ML data services remain scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with FEMA's enterprise architecture.\r\nThis position is CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD. Candidates selected for consideration must be willing to authorize the submission of their resume and qualifications in support of our proposal response.\r\nKey Responsibilities\r\nLead the design and evolution of FEMA's enterprise data architecture.\r\nDesign enterprise-wide cloud data platforms and scalable data-processing architectures.\r\nDevelop and governMedallion/Lakehouse architecture patterns .\r\nDesign and oversee metadata-driven ingestion frameworks.\r\nDesign scalablereal-time and streaming architectures .\r\nEstablish architectural patterns supporting growth in data sources, data volume, velocity, concurrency, and users.\r\nEnsure new pipelines, integrations, and data products conform to FEMA's architecture standards.\r\nDefine reusable architecture and integration patterns rather than one-off implementations.\r\nOversee end-to-end data lineage from source systems through curated data layers and downstream consumption.\r\nSupport technical implementation of FEMA data governance requirements, including:Metadata management\r\nData classification and tagging\r\nCataloging\r\nFine-grained access controls\r\nData lineage and provenanceDevelop architecture supporting secure external data exchange and ingestion.\r\nArchitect data services supporting AI/ML workloads, including feature pipelines, curated datasets, embedding/vector stores, and retrieval pipelines as required.\r\nSupport platform capacity planning, performance engineering, elastic scaling, workload isolation, and cost optimization.\r\nTroubleshoot complex enterprise pipeline and architecture issues.\r\nProvide architecture guidance and technical leadership to engineering teams and Government stakeholders.\r\nMaintain architecture documentation sufficient for Government personnel or successor contractors to operate and extend the platform.\r\nRequired Qualifications\r\nExtensive experience designing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and architectures.\r\nDemonstrated experience withDatabricks Lakehouse or comparable enterprise cloud data platforms .\r\nStrong hands-on knowledge ofMedallion architecture .\r\nDemonstrated expertise designing scalablereal-time streaming topologies .\r\nExperience designing data architectures within Federal cloud or similarly regulated environments.\r\nStrong understanding of enterprise data integration, data modeling, lineage, metadata management, governance, and access controls.\r\nExperience designing architectures supporting high-volume batch and streaming workloads.\r\nAbility to troubleshoot complex data pipeline and architecture failures.\r\nExperience establishing reusable enterprise architecture patterns and technical standards.\r\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate architecture decisions to both technical teams and Government leadership.\r\nHighly Desired Technical Experience\r\nDatabricks\r\nPython / PySpark\r\nSQL\r\nLakehouse / Medallion architecture\r\nStructured Streaming or comparable streaming frameworks\r\nData catalogs and lineage\r\nAPI and data-exchange architectures\r\nCI/CD and DevSecOps\r\nData security and fine-grained access control\r\nFinOps and cloud architecture optimization\r\nPreferred Qualifications\r\nFEMA or DHS experience.\r\nExperience architecting enterprise Federal data modernization programs.\r\nExperience integrating large numbers of heterogeneous modern and legacy source systems.\r\nExperience designing governed data foundations supporting AI/ML applications.\r\nKnowledge of NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, DHS 4300A, and Federal data/privacy requirements.\r\nDatabricks architecture or engineering certifications.\r\nClearance Requirements\r\nMust be able to obtain and maintain the Government-required suitability/fitness determination and IT access authorization.\r\nCompetitive salary commensurate with experience and clearance level.\r\nComprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.\r\n401(k) with company contribution.\r\nPaid time off and eleven federal holidays.\r\nCertification reimbursement and training\r\nLife and disability insurance.\r\nSHR Consulting Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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We support mission-critical infrastructure at the Pentagon and across the National Capital Region, and we invest in our people through competitive compensation, professional certification support, and long-term career growth on stable, multi-year programs.\r\nWe are seeking a seniorLead Data Architectas a Key Personnel for a bid opportunity to provide enterprise data architecture leadership for a FEMA effort.\r\nThe Lead Data Architect will establish and evolve the overarching data architecture while ensuring that pipelines, integrations, data products, external sharing mechanisms, and AI/ML data services remain scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with FEMA's enterprise architecture.\r\nThis position is CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD. 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