
Lead Data Architect
Soliel, LLC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fort Eustis • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Own the end-to-end data strategy, defining data models, warehouse schemas, and integration patterns that meet business and security requirements.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a small team of DBAs and data engineers, ensuring alignment with cross-functional stakeholders (DevOps, security, analytics).
- Design and oversee the data migration and integration across unclassified and classified systems to Azure Synapse, ensuring minimal downtime and data integrity.
- Develop and maintain complex ETL pipelines (ADF, Synapse Pipelines, Databricks) that ingest data from unclassified and classified systems.
- Drive performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization across the data platform, ensuring sub-second query response times for critical reports.
- Optimize cost and performance using Azure Cost Management, Advisor, and Policy.
- Enforce 100 % Azure Policy compliance, implement STIGs, and support NIST/RMF certification efforts for DoD environments.
- Own cross-domain data synchronization projects (e.g., NIPR – SIPR) and deliver on schedule, providing strategic capability to senior leadership.
- Work with stakeholders to align data architecture with evolving business and mission requirements.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data architecture, with a focus on cloud platforms.
- Deep expertise in Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL Managed Instances.
- Bachelor’s or higher in Engineering, Science, or IT.
- CompTIA Security+ certification
- Proven track record of large-scale data migrations and cross-domain synchronization.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, and team-leadership skills.
Benefits
- Major medical, dental, and vision
- Paid holidays
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data architecturedata modelsETL pipelinesdata migrationquery optimizationperformance tuningdata integrationdata synchronizationcloud platformsAzure SQL Managed Instances
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder managementteam leadershipmentoring
Certifications
CompTIA Security+