Data Architect, Lead

The Opportunity:

For an organization to transform in today’s digital world, it needs to properly collect, store, and organize its data. Effective data management can enable more efficient operations, provide data driven insights for tactical and strategic advantage, and harness the power of data for business planning and execution. As a data architect, you know how to apply your creative-thinking and analytical mindset to help organizations manage their data assets. We’re looking for an experienced data architect like you to deliver leading-edge solutions for the United States Department of Defense.

As a data architect on our Enterprise Data Management team, you’ll use your extensive technical and functional expertise to design data architecture solutions for a broad spectrum of data management functions, including data quality, data governance, and metadata design as well as big data analytics. You’ll resolve routine data quality and data architecture issues in collaboration with business analysts and technology teams by applying your expertise and analytic skills to develop recommendations for solutions in coordination with a data governance council.

In this role, you’ll grow your technical expertise, apply best practices, and use tools like Erwin Data Modeler, Cameo Magic Draw, Collibra Data Governance, Collibra Data Catalog, JIRA, and Confluence to design data models, design data warehouses, manage data policies, procedures, and standards, and build and maintain a knowledge base of data assets. You’ll guide your team as it designs, defines, develops, and tests cloud solution components, and you’ll serve as a liaison between clients and developers to ensure that data-centric requirements are met, and solutions are delivered.

With your drive to establish processes and lead technological innovation, you’ll make a lasting impact on national security.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:  

• 15+ years of experience with personnel and readiness organizational

• Experience with enterprise data management policy, processes, and procedures

• Experience with database implementations, database language theory, database design, SQL, and database programming

• Experience with dimensional data modeling and schema design for data warehouses as well as conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling techniques

• Experience facilitating information discovery sessions with stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts to extract appropriate terminology and context

• Knowledge of developing standardized business vocabularies across large organizations and multiple business units

• Ability to assist in mapping the business and technical architecture of a delivered solution to technical and functional requirements

• Secret clearance

• Bachelor’s degree

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Create Your Career: 

Grow With Us 

Your growth matters to us—that’s why we offer a variety of ways for you to develop your career. With professional and leadership development opportunities like upskilling programs, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, and firm-sponsored networking, you can chart a unique and fulfilling career path on your own terms.  

A Place Where You Belong 

Diverse perspectives cultivate collective ingenuity. Booz Allen’s culture of respect, equity, and opportunity means that, here, you are free to bring your whole self to work. With an array of business resource groups and other opportunities for connection, you’ll build your community in no time. 

Support Your Well-Being 

Our comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs with HSA contributions, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) match, and more. With these benefits, plus the option for flexible schedules and remote and hybrid locations, we’ll support you as you pursue a balanced, fulfilling life—at work and at home.  

Your Candidate Journey 

At Booz Allen, we know our people are what propel us forward, and we value relationships most of all. Here, we’ve compiled a list of resources so you’ll know what to expect as we forge a connection with you during your journey as a candidate with us.  

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $93,300.00 to $212,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.