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# Data Architect

- **Company:** T-Rex Solutions, LLC
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Big Data, Data Architecture, Data Conversion, Data Integrity, Data Warehousing, Apache Hadoop, NoSQL, Data Streaming, Apache Spark, Data Lakes, Apache Kafka, Functional Programming
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=071d5b6d9129d182

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of overall experience
 * US Citizenship required
 * Must possess an active IRS MBI Clearance and have current GFE
 * Demonstrable experience having led/participated in Data Architecture Strategy and Roadmap engagements.
 * Design and implementation experience in Big Data technologies (Spark, Hadoop ecosystem, Kafka, NoSQL databases) and familiarity with data architecture patterns (data warehouse, data lake, streaming, Lambda/Kappa architecture)
 * Excellent oral and written communication skills with client stakeholders at all organizational and technical levels
 * Prior experience working on Agile teams

## Description

* Lead a large data conversation specific to transforming legacy data model and data sets into the new modern system.
 * Analyze and design the data conversion and validation plan and leading the testing of the conversion to ensure data integrity and the time needed to convert the data.


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