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# Collibra Data Architect

- **Company:** Plus3 IT Systems
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $182,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Xacta, Java (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Data Architecture, Groovy, Python (Programming Language), Metadata, Open Source Technology, Collibra
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3ad3f5d0171d3f90

## About the Role

Clearance Requirement: Active TS Clearance with SCI eligibility with willingness to take a CI Poly, * US Citizen

 * 20 years of experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience)

o Education & Experience

 * Substitution: Degree levels reduce the total required years of experience according to the following schedule:
 + Doctoral Degree: Requires 10 years of experience (10 years credited)
 + Master's Degree: Requires 14 years of experience (6 years credited
 + Bachelor's Degree: Requires 16 years of experience (4 years credited)
 + Associate's degree: Requires 18 years of experience (2 years credited)
 + High School Diploma / No Degree: Requires 20 years of experience

Certifications Needed: Security+

Preferred/Desired Skills:

 * Knowledge of various development environments and languages (Java/Groovy/Python)
 * Knowledge of Collibra or other Governance tools
 * Knowledge of IC/DIA environment, * A passion for working on cutting-edge, high-profile projects and a drive for delivering solutions
 * An insatiable curiosity: you ask why, proactively exploring and sharing ideas
 * A love for learning new technologies and sharing them with your team
 * A keen interest in utilizing Cloud-based and Open Source tools for problem-solving
 * Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with customers, vendors, and engineering teams to solve complex business problems

## Description

* Collibra Architecture Management: Manage the Collibra architecture across FedRAMP, Development, Test, and Production environments. Create, modify, and delete asset types, attributes, and relationships across all 4 environments, ensuring synchronization as appropriate. Maintain allowable values for selection-based attributes across classified and unclassified environments, and develop clear, concise definitions for asset types, attributes, and relationships.
 * Migration: Migrate asset types, attributes, relationships, dashboards, validations, groups, and roles between environments.
 * Development & Validation: Develop groovy-based validation scripts for attributes and relationships to ensure completeness and accuracy of data entered via forms or manual entry. Perform functionality testing of new installations of Collibra across environments.
 * Data Modeling: Develop and populate the meta-metadata model (MMDM) to enable mapping of Collibra asset types, attributes, and relationships to other systems (Xacta, Atlas, and MARS) as well as to documentation templates (DMP). Track the creation and modification of DDC assets, attributes, and relationships.
 * Requirements & Workflows: Work with users and Metadata Managers to gather business requirements for Workflows and DDC modifications. Perform testing of workflows.
 * Training: Develop and provide training and presentations to users and management regarding Collibra as implemented within the DIA.