Cloud Data Architect

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☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $154.1k - $278.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🚰 Data Engineer

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Leidos is a leading systems integrator in science, technology, and engineering, providing solutions that transform and enable the missions of its customers. The company operates across various markets, including aviation, defense, energy, government, healthcare, intelligence, science, and space. Leidos is involved in AI, digital modernization, cyber operations, and integrated and mission software systems. With a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability, Leidos also engages in charitable efforts and community enrichment programs. Additionally, it contributes to developing solutions for counter-unmanned aerial systems and electric vehicle infrastructure for military applications.

📋 Description

• Lead and document the Summit Enterprise Reference Architecture and roadmap across Azure-based data, analytics, integration, and platform services • Define and steward approved cloud, lakehouse patterns, and data management standards for ingestion, storage, data modeling, interoperability, metadata, access controls, and platform operations • Serve as the primary technical interface to VA architecture governance and the Architecture Review Board (ARB) • Prepare architecture decision records and manage design exceptions • Design and review Azure cloud and hybrid integration patterns, including identity, networking, segmentation, routing, trust boundaries, and secure connectivity to adjacent VA platforms • Partner with security and compliance leads to align architecture with Zero Trust, NIST 800-53, RMF/ATO, security-impact analysis, and VA enterprise cloud requirements • Provide architecture guidance to solution architects, data engineers, DevSecOps teams, and product leaders • Review complex designs for scalability, interoperability, resilience, and cost • Guide cloud transition options and modernization decisions, including Azure Government/Commercial considerations, migration risks, and service continuity • Support transition-in from the government and incumbent contractor by validating current-state architecture, documentation, dependencies, technical debt, and operational handover

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline • 15+ years of extensive relevant cloud/data architecture experience; final experience threshold to be validated against the approved labor category • Expertise designing and integrating Microsoft Azure data environments, including Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Databricks or comparable enterprise data services • Expertise managing and documenting technical architecture, security/compliance strategies, and data platform engineering • Experience designing complex enterprise data architectures, cloud/hybrid integration, identity and access patterns, and scalable data services • Working knowledge of federal security controls, secure architecture reviews, and operational compliance requirements • Ability to lead technical reviews, document architectural decisions, and communicate tradeoffs with Government and multidisciplinary engineering stakeholders • Experience collaborating with government stakeholders, presenting architectural designs and policies, and securing approvals for implementation • Ability to obtain and maintain required VA Public Trust suitability (Tier 2/Moderate Risk) and meet VA system-access requirements • Highly preferred: Direct experience with the VA Summit Data Platform, VA Enterprise Cloud, or adjacent VA enterprise analytics platforms • Hands-on experience with Delta Lake/lakehouse architectures, including data modeling, optimization, governance, and performance tuning • Experience with federated data access, metadata catalogs, and governance technologies such as Starburst, Collibra, and Immuta, as well as high-performance data streaming and integration technologies such as Kafka • Experience with VA or other federal ATO/RMF processes, NIST 800-53, Zero Trust, and Azure landing-zone security • Preferred certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, and/or relevant cloud or data architecture certification

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work within CONUS • Occasional after-hours or weekend support may be required for critical incidents or planned maintenance

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