Senior Data Architect

🕒 May 29

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $150k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Ad Hoc LLC

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

🏛️ Government

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔌 API

Government • Artificial Intelligence • API

Ad Hoc LLC is a technology consulting firm that modernizes digital government services through human-centered design, platform and mobile development, and systems transformation. The company specializes in data interoperability, API infrastructure, DevOps and cybersecurity practices, and AI-driven/agentic automation to help federal, state, and local agencies scale services, reduce costs, and improve user experiences. Notable work includes large-scale Medicare enrollment processing, the VA Health and Benefits mobile app, and enabling access to billions of health claims via modern APIs.

📋 Description

• Senior Data Architect serves as an experienced individual contributor within a team, with the expectation that you will further develop your leadership, guidance, and mentoring skills • With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule, and delivery requirements • A Senior Data Architect impacts the long-term goals of the program, while contributing to the development of the program's data architecture strategy • You may serve as the discipline's primary lead when working with stakeholders and utilize strong influential skills to drive improvements in data architecture processes and practices • Lead complex legacy data migrations end-to-end, including schema mapping, data profiling, phased migration sequencing, parallel-run validation, and cutover with automated rollback procedures • Design and maintain cloud-native data pipelines using event-driven infrastructure (SNS/SQS, Lambda/Step Functions) to support BI and analytics workflows • Architect data analytics repositories that are production-ready, monitored, and fully documented so agency staff and external tools can operate without contractor dependency • Manage digital artifact and content management lifecycles including upload, storage, review, and archiving across AWS and Azure/M365 environments • Drive data governance across programs, including lineage documentation, dictionary standardization, and glossary development • Align data architecture and standardize access patterns to make data available to BI tools, apps, and web platforms • Translate business and agency requirements into functional BI portals and dashboards • Present architectural decisions clearly to mixed audiences, from engineers to product owners to federal agency stakeholders • Mentor junior analysts and engineers and participate in technical interviews and candidate evaluations • May lead small, less critical, or temporary structures and projects

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant data architecture experience and a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree • Proven experience leading large-scale legacy data migrations, including schema mapping, phased migration strategy, and cutover with rollback validation • Deep expertise with relational (Oracle, RDS) and non-relational databases, and a solid understanding of how structural variability in legacy systems creates downstream migration risk • Hands-on experience building event-driven pipeline infrastructure (SNS/SQS, Lambda/Step Functions) • Working knowledge of AWS (S3, CloudWatch, OpenSearch) and Azure/M365 environments • Strong grasp of data governance principles, lineage documentation, and data dictionary/glossary standardization

🏖️ Benefits

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance • Flexible PTO • 401K with employer match • Paid parental leave after one year of service • Employee Assistance Program