Data Architect

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Data Architect providing enterprise-level data architecture support for NCIS. Involves designing, implementing, and maintaining secure data architectures across classified and unclassified environments.

Posted 4/11/2026full-timeQuantico • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $129,800 - $216,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain enterprise data architectures that support NCIS investigative, intelligence, and operational missions.
Develop and manage conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
Establish and enforce data standards, naming conventions, and interoperability frameworks, including NIEM Open.
Architect cloud-native and hybrid data solutions supporting on ‑ premises and DON virtual private cloud environments.
Implement and maintain data governance frameworks, including data stewardship, metadata management, and data quality controls.
Ensure compliance with CJIS, NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, Privacy Act, CUI, and DoD/DON data policies.
Design secure data access controls using least privilege principles, encryption, masking, and data loss prevention mechanisms.
Support data integration strategies, including data lakes, data warehouses, federation, and real-time data exchange solutions.
Maintain an enterprise data catalog to improve data discoverability, transparency, and governance.
Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to ensure architectures support machine learning, analytics, and reporting.
Optimize data platform performance through indexing, partitioning, query optimization, and scalable cloud architectures.
Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, diagrams, and technical documentation.
Support enterprise architecture initiatives and provide technical recommendations to government leadership.
Adhere to Department of the Navy (DON), Intelligence Community (IC), and Department of Justice (DoJ) data standards and security requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Top Secret (TS) clearance
Eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access
Ability to obtain SCI adjudication within six (6) months
Willingness to sign and comply with Non ‑ Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
Minimum 10 years of experience in data architecture, data management, or enterprise data engineering
Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data architectures in regulated or classified environments
Experience supporting law enforcement, intelligence, or DoD organizations is highly preferred
Hands-on experience with hybrid cloud and cloud-native architectures, multiple operating systems and containerization techniques, preferably in Microsoft Azure
Experience integrating data across multiple systems, agencies, and security domains

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive benefits package
healthcare benefits
paid leave
retirement plans
insurance programs
education and training assistance

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Hard Skills & Tools

data architecturedata modelingdata governancedata integrationcloud-native architecturehybrid data solutionsdata quality controlsmetadata managementdata access controlsquery optimization

Soft Skills

collaborationtechnical recommendationscommunication

Certifications

Top Secret (TS) clearanceSensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access