Senior Cloud Data Architect – Databricks Lakehouse

🕒 September 2

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $135k - $216k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🚰 Data Engineer

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Peraton

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Peraton is a mission-focused enterprise that supports national security initiatives through advanced IT and cyber services. They provide capabilities in areas such as cyber defense, cloud operations, engineering, and intelligence. With a commitment to solving complex challenges, Peraton integrates data-driven technologies to ensure mission success for their military and government clients.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and implementation of the cloud data lakehouse architecture for federal species data ingestion • Design Delta Live Tables ETL pipeline architecture, including pipeline topology, data flow patterns, transformation stages, and error-handling frameworks • Lead schema harmonization, including source-to-target gap analysis and field-level mapping documentation • Define metadata standards for ingested datasets, including naming conventions, data types, null handling, and authoritative source attribution • Design the Metadata and Authoritative Source Registry structure and population methodology • Oversee ETL pipeline development and deployment, ensuring version control and peer review • Design data quality validation frameworks addressing completeness, accuracy, consistency, and spatial integrity • Produce the Data Model Harmonization Report for government review and approval • Lead operational handoff of ETL architecture, documenting data refresh, monitoring, and maintenance procedures • Provide cloud data architecture guidance for FedRAMP-compliant production deployment • Support integration of marine and anadromous species data into the existing FWS platform to create a unified ESA-listed species data experience

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 12 years professional experience, or a Master's degree and 10 years professional experience, or an Associate's degree and 14 years professional experience, or a high school diploma/equivalent and 16 years' professional experience • U.S. Citizenship required • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance • Extensive experience in cloud data architecture with expertise in Databricks and Delta Lake/Delta Live Tables • Experience designing data lakehouse architectures for large-scale data migration programs • Experience with schema harmonization, ETL pipeline design, and data quality frameworks • Strong knowledge of FedRAMP, FISMA, and federal cloud compliance requirements • Experience with metadata management and authoritative source registry design • Databricks Certified Data Engineer or equivalent certification preferred • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Data Engineer certification preferred • Experience with federal environmental or geospatial data systems preferred • Familiarity with spatial data integration and GIS data pipelines preferred • Active Public Trust Clearance preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Potential eligibility for overtime • Potential eligibility for shift differential • Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus