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# Data Architect

- **Company:** Akima
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $225,000.0 - $235,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, BigQuery, Information Systems, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Database Design, Database Queries, NoSQL, Workflow Management Systems, Feature Store, Cloud Platform System, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Data Lakes, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Physical Data Models, Video Streaming, Amazon Redshift, Databricks
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9218411/data-architect

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI Required.
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information systems, or related field.
 * 7+ years of experience in data engineering, database design, or data architecture, with at least 3 years in an architect role.
 * Proven experience on enterprise architecting data platforms at petabyte scale, with at least 1 PB of managed storage across warehouse, lake, or Lakehouse environments.
 * Demonstrated ability to design for high complexity, including integration of 20+ data sources/streams and data models spanning 500+ entities or tables.
 * Deep expertise in data modeling (dimensional, relational, and NoSQL approaches)
 * Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience with at least one cloud platform
 * Experience with modern data platforms such as [Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift]
 * Familiarity with ETL/ELT and orchestration tools such as [dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, informatica]
 * Solid understanding of data governance, security, and master data management.
 * Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence without direct authority.

Desired Qualifications:

 * Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis.
 * Exposure to supporting ML/AI workloads and feature stores.
 * Certification in AWS Data Analytics, Azure Data Engineer or CDMP.

## Description

* Design and maintain the enterprise data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
 * Define standards for data integration, pipelines, storage, and metadata across cloud and on-prem systems.
 * Lead the design of data warehouses, data lakes, or lake house platforms that support BI, analytics, and ML use cases.
 * Establish data governance practices covering quality, lineage, security, privacy, and access controls
 * Evaluate and recommend tools, platforms, and technologies that fit long-term business needs.
 * Partner with data engineers to review designs, guide implementation, and resolve architectural issues.
 * Translate business requirements into data solutions and communicate trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 * Ensure compliance with relevant regulations per government contract.