Cloud Data Architect

🕒 March 13

☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $150k - $195k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🚰 Data Engineer

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Citizant

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1999

🏛️ Government

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

💰 Private Equity Round - Citizant on 2012-12

Government • Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise

Citizant is a government-focused IT services and solutions firm that helps federal and commercial enterprises modernize their IT and data ecosystems. The company specializes in enterprise data management, data governance, analytics and visualization, and emerging AI capabilities — including agentic AI and unstructured content intelligence (ALUCIA™ and LUCIE™) to extract actionable data from large document sets. Citizant also provides IT modernization services such as Agile development, DevSecOps, automation and CI/CD pipeline work, alongside program support for CDOs and CIOs and participation in federal contract vehicles (GSA, CIO‑SP3, IDIQs) with recognized cybersecurity posture (CMMC Level 2).

📋 Description

• The Cloud Data Architect serves as the senior technical authority responsible for defining, governing, and evolving enterprise architecture to support mission and business objectives • Leads the development of architecture strategies, standards, and technical roadmaps • Ensures alignment with enterprise architecture frameworks and federal best practices • Provides architectural oversight across engineering, product development, infrastructure, data platforms, and digital services • Develops and maintains enterprise architecture framework, reference architectures, and technology standards • Establishes and leads architecture governance processes • Maintains enterprise architecture artifacts • Defines and maintains reference architectures for cloud environments, SaaS platforms, enterprise applications, and data services • Guides engineering and development teams in designing integrated, scalable, and resilient solutions • Develops and maintains multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with organizational goals

🎯 Requirements

• 10 - 15 years of data governance/architecture/analytics experience • 5+ years of federal data governance, metadata, data quality, dashboards • Experience designing and implementing enterprise architectures across cloud platforms, data ecosystems, and enterprise applications • Experience establishing architecture governance frameworks and technical standards • Strong understanding of cloud architecture, data architecture, DevSecOps practices, and enterprise integration patterns • Experience working with federal agencies or large enterprise organizations is highly desirable • Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field • Certifications: CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional), AWS Data Analytics Specialty or Azure Data Engineer, Databricks/Snowflake/modern data platform certification, AI/ML certification (optional but preferred) • U.S. Citizenship required • Must possess or be able to obtain/maintain a Public Trust background investigation

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401(k) • Generous PTO • Company-paid life and disability insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Tuition Assistance & Professional Development Program