Data Architect

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

SAIC is seeking a Data Architect SETA to provide SETA support to SAIC’s Prime Program, Landmark AOS in Chantilly, VA. Landmark AOS is a large SETA program, supporting the NRO’s Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle. All candidates must have an Active Top Secret Clearance with CI Polygraph.

As the Data Architect SETA you will assist and advise Government managers responsible for the planning, engineering, and development of overarching data services and capabilities in support of a variety of customers.

Responsibilities include:

Guide a team conducting analysis and development of customer-driven technical data architectures and solutions.

Design, plan, and integrate a data-intensive application framework using modern data-centric enabling technologies, cloud computing and virtualization architecture.

Provide specific, detailed information for technology implementations, application & data migration techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet mission needs, including present and future capacity requirements.

Determine the approaches for making heterogeneous data sources broadly available for discoverability and access to support a wide consumer-base, analytic needs, and use by diverse applications, services, and systems.

Optimize the management of data across nodes and the performance of distribution, search and retrieval.

Identify performance bottle-necks and evaluate scaling benchmarks.

Use technical expertise to evaluate and report on new cloud technologies and architectural approaches.

Support systems engineering activities across the program life-cycle.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor degree in engineering, science, or related discipline and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience. Relevant experience to be substituted in lieu of degree.

Active Top Secret Clearance with CI Polygraph

3+ years of experience directly supporting data architecture and solution efforts and a demonstrated understanding of Systems Engineering and Acquisition processes.

Experience with data compliance and data security

Experience with modern data management approaches

Knowledge of IC acquisition cycle, requirements processes, budgetary practices, and acquisition documentation

Strong oral and written communications to support interaction with government, SETA, FFRDC, external stakeholders, and development contractors at all levels on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between all organizations within a high-tempo environment