Data Architect - Business Intelligence & Information Consumption

Job Description

The Data & AI Enablement organization is seeking a Data Architect - Business Intelligence & Information Consumption to design, sustain, and evolve the architectures that power enterprise analytics, visualization, and AI-enabled consumption experiences. This role owns the consumption layer - how users interact with governed data products through BI tools, natural language interfaces, and consumption pathways that reduce dependency on central teams.
The role balances two focus areas:
Sustaining & modernizing the architectures of existing BI platforms (Tableau, Alteryx, WebFOCUS, BusinessObjects), including lifecycle planning and modernization roadmap
Designing future-state consumption patterns that incorporate Databricks AI/BI, natural language interfaces, and emerging information consumption technologies
The ideal candidate combines deep BI platform expertise with forward-looking architectural thinking - someone who can govern today's tools while designing the path toward modern, AI-enabled consumption.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Standards
Design and evolve architectures for enterprise BI and AI-enabled consumption platforms
Design consumption-ready models within BI tools (published data sources, pre-built joins, extracts) that surface governed data products for self-service use
Ensure BI tools and consumption interfaces correctly consume governed metric definitions and semantic standards from Unity Catalog
Define architectural guardrails and lifecycle management for citizen-developed assets, including promotion pathways, reuse standards, and deprecation
Information Consumption & Enablement
Design the end-to-end information consumption experience: discoverability, documentation, guided analytics, and trusted access patterns
Guide cross-functional teams in adopting modern information consumption patterns and capabilities
Platform Transition
Architect the transition from legacy BI tooling toward modern consumption patterns on Databricks and emerging platforms
Define modernization criteria - which legacy tools remain, which sunset, and on what timeline
Design coexistence patterns during transition (legacy and modern tools consuming the same governed data products)
Collaboration
Partner with the Data Products & Marketplace Architect to ensure consumption tools are aligned with product contracts and access patterns
Work with governance teams to ensure consumption-layer access aligns with enterprise access policies

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Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
8+ years of experience in data architecture, BI architecture, or analytics engineering
Demonstrated experience designing and governing BI architectures across multiple tools in a large enterprise
Experience working across multiple business areas and functions within a large enterprise
Ability to translate business needs into intuitive consumption experiences that enable users to find answers without assistance
Demonstrated ability to communicate architectural decisions and modernization roadmaps to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desired skills

Hands-on experience with Tableau, Alteryx, WebFOCUS, and/or BusinessObjects architecture and administration
Experience with modern platforms such as Databricks, including AI/BI dashboards and Genie Spaces
Familiarity with AI-enabled BI concepts (natural language querying, semantic search)
Experience defining and executing BI platform consolidation or migration strategies
Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance standards relevant to enterprise analytics
Experience with information consumption enablement programs - measuring adoption, reducing time-to-insight

EEO

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

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Ability to work remotely

Full-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings.

Work Schedule Information

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $123,500 - $217,695. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $142,000 - $246,100. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.