Data Lead – Architecture, Ingestion, Platform Enablement

🕒 May 20

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📊 Data Scientist

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xScion Solutions

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51 - 200 employees

xScion Solutions (xScion) is a technology consulting firm that helps organizations in highly regulated industries Turn Change Into Value® through Business Agility, Cloud Transformation and Change Management expertise. As a certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) with more than 20 years of experience supporting Regulatory Technology (RegTech), xScion provides both domain experts and tailored solutions to help organizations navigate complex compliance and technology requirements efficiently in Financial Services, Healthcare, Nonprofits and Public Sector industries.

📋 Description

• Translate RFQ scope and OEB objectives into a solution blueprint spanning ingestion, storage, access, and analytics for DB/DC/Health benefits data • Design the secure, cloud-based Data Hub architecture (AWS, Databricks, Redshift, Glue, cataloging) optimized for performance, scalability, data quality, and resilience • Produce logical and physical data models for structured/semi-structured sources from third-party recordkeeper and internal systems, ensuring IV&V testability • Define standards for file formats, schemas, metadata, data versioning, and reconciliation patterns supporting analytics, IV&V, and audit readiness • Design and prototype ingestion pipelines, transformation jobs, and storage layouts aligned to architecture and IV&V requirements • Advise on query optimization, clustering/partitioning, workload management, cost controls, and monitoring for DB/DC/Health datasets in Redshift and Databricks • Support troubleshooting of data-quality or performance issues identified during IV&V and testing • Partner with Governance, Security, and IV&V leads to ensure delivery within the June–November term and support the November 2026 go-live goal.

🎯 Requirements

• Permanent Residency or US Citizenship • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business IT Management or equivalent practical experience • 8+ years in data architecture or data engineering with at least 3 years in cloud data platform roles • Hands-on AWS data services experience: S3, Glue, Glue Data Catalog, Redshift, Athena, or equivalent • Databricks experience required — Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and ingestion pipeline design strongly preferred • Proficiency designing RBAC and ABAC security models for sensitive or regulated data environments • Strong data modeling skills (logical/physical), schema design, and metadata management • Experience ingesting structured and semi-structured data from third-party or external recordkeeper systems • Ability to produce architecture documentation and standards that can be reviewed and validated by an independent IV&V team

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical • Dental • 401(k) match • Flexible spending • Up to 27 days off a year • Remote work opportunities • Parental leave • Wellness benefits