Hybrid Principal Data Architect

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About the role

  • Principal Data Architect overseeing technical vision and strategy for federal government's data solutions at Metric5. Leading innovations and ensuring alignment with customer priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Define and articulate a multi-year technical vision and roadmap for the data lake, encompassing data ingestion, processing, storage, governance, and consumption layers.
  • Act as the primary technical interface for customer stakeholders, ensuring all architectural decisions and development activities directly address and prioritize the customer's mission-critical needs and objectives.
  • Serve as a technical leader in driving innovation across the data platform and actively implement initiatives defined by the existing Center of Excellence (CoE) and Innovation teams.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional development, data science, and engineering teams (DevSecOps, AWS, Databricks) to translate architecture into actionable implementation plans, providing guidance and mentorship to ensure technical excellence and adherence to standards.
  • Coordinate and synchronize technical activities across multiple workstreams (data ingestion, graph services, and data consumption) to manage interdependencies, mitigate risks, and ensure the timely delivery of integrated solutions.
  • Lead end-to-end technical design and architecture reviews, focusing on optimal use of Databricks E2/Delta Lake features.
  • Architect robust and secure interfaces for both internal and external data exchange, managing technical discussions with various data source owners (internal/external to USCIS).
  • Lead code and design reviews to uphold high-quality standards, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability across the Python, Scala, Apache Groovy, and PL/SQL code base.

Requirements

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen and capable of obtaining/maintaining appropriate government clearance
  • Bachelors or masters degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
  • 12+ years of progressive experience in data architecture, with at least 5 years in a senior or principal role defining data lake or modern data warehouse strategies
  • Prior experience supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), or similar federal customers is highly valuable
  • Proven track record of successful coordination and communication with diverse teams (developers, product owners, QA, and customer leadership) in a complex enterprise environment
  • Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, foster a collaborative team environment, and drive consensus on complex technical decisions
  • Demonstrated experience in a technical leadership capacity, specifically driving architecture around Databricks/Delta Lake and Graph Data Services.

Benefits

  • Health & Dental Insurance with 100% of individual coverage paid for by the company
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
  • 401k with company match (employees are immediately vested)
  • Paid Vacation
  • 9 Paid Holidays per year (plus 2 paid floating holidays)
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Bonuses
  • Professional Development Reimbursement Program
  • Tuition Assistance Program

Job title

Principal Data Architect

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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