Federal Enterprise Solution Architect

Role overview Lead technical delivery of data governance solutions for U.S. federal agencies. The work spans customer discovery, architecture, implementation, and adoption, with designs shaped by agency missions, security rules, and the realities of government procurement.

Responsibilities - Design and deliver data governance solutions that meet agency needs and applicable federal security requirements, such as FedRAMP and FISMA. - Develop tailored strategies for data governance, management, and quality, and help agency teams build the knowledge to sustain them. - Lead requirements gathering, blueprinting, and design workshops with business and technical stakeholders. - Troubleshoot integration, connectivity, and software issues, and coordinate resolution across customer and internal teams. - Align delivery plans with agency priorities and acquisition cycles; identify opportunities to extend solutions as needs evolve. - Support customer adoption and long-term outcomes through reliable project execution and clear communication.

Requirements - 5–10 years of consulting experience supporting U.S. federal agencies, with expertise in data governance, management, or quality. - U.S. citizenship, residence on U.S. soil, and an active Secret, TS, or TS/SCI security clearance. - At least two years working with cloud platforms, REST/JSON API integration, and deployment automation; hands-on AWS or Azure, Kubernetes, and Linux CLI experience. - Experience with data pipelines, quality, orchestration, warehousing, ETL, or integration, plus knowledge of several data management practices such as stewardship, master data management, cataloging, or business rules. - Ability to use Java, Python, or similar scripting for enterprise implementations, and to write functional and technical specifications. - Strong communication, customer ownership, and troubleshooting skills, including the ability to translate between business and technical audiences.

Nice to have - Experience with Spark or Hadoop, enterprise security tools such as LDAP or Kerberos, and a data governance platform or comparable product. - Familiarity with federal cloud and security environments, including GovCloud.

Benefits and work setup The role is preferably based in the Washington, D.C. metro area and may involve on-site customer work up to 25% of the time. Compensation includes a stated base salary range of $128,000–$160,000 per year plus commission eligibility; additional rewards may include bonus, equity for eligible roles, a monthly stipend, retirement plans, health coverage, and time off.