Senior Data Architect

🕒 September 1

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote

💵 $150k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🚰 Data Engineer

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Citizant

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1999

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

💰 Private Equity Round - Citizant on 2012-12

Consulting • Defense • Logistics

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

• Perform data-centric analysis of enterprise applications, databases, application interfaces, and business processes to identify enterprise data assets, data relationships, and system dependencies • Analyze application architectures and data flows to document the movement, transformation, and consumption of data across enterprise systems • Develop, document, and maintain metadata, data dictionaries, logical data models, data lineage, and other data governance artifacts • Prepare, validate, and curate metadata for onboarding into the enterprise data catalog • Collaborate with business stakeholders, system owners, data stewards, architects, and development teams to identify critical data assets and define metadata standards • Recommend enhancements to data governance processes, metadata management practices, and catalog capabilities • Maintain enterprise data definitions, data health metrics, reference data, and governance documentation • Perform AI data curation activities to improve readiness for AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics use cases • Translate complex data architectures and technical concepts into visualizations, presentations, and documentation for technical, business, and executive audiences • Provide thought leadership and subject matter expertise on enterprise data management, metadata management, data cataloging, and data modernization best practices • Partner with federal clients to advance enterprise data management, data governance, and data modernization initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field • 8 years of experience in data architecture, data analysis, data governance, or related technical domains • Expertise in data modeling and documenting enterprise systems • Hands-on experience curating and enriching enterprise data assets to improve data quality, discoverability, usability, and readiness for AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics • Experience collaborating with SMEs and technical teams to gather and document data requirements • Hands-on experience participating in Agile teams and workflows • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills • Active Public Trust security clearance or the ability to successfully obtain and maintain a Public Trust • U.S. Citizenship required • Certifications such as DCAM, CDMP, or similar data architecture and engineering credentials (desired) • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (desired) • Expertise in using ER Studio for documenting logical data models (desired) • Experience utilizing GitHub to execute and document project management tasks (desired)

🏖️ 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 • Excellent compensation and benefits • Opportunity for personal and professional development