Job Family:Data Science Consulting
Travel Required:Up to 25%
Clearance Required:Ability to Obtain Public Trust
What You Will Do:- Serve as deputy to the Data Workstream Lead and lead day-to-day technical architecture decisions.
- Define the secure Databricks lakehouse architecture, environments, workspaces, storage patterns, identity and access considerations, and Unity Catalog structure.
- Define canonical HR data models, domain boundaries, curated layers, semantic approaches, and reusable data-product standards.
- Establish DataOps, ingestion, transformation, orchestration, integration, API, and other consumption patterns.
- Develop the migration architecture, source-to-target design standards, metadata and lineage approach, and data-contract framework.
- Define architecture standards for security, privacy, quality, observability, performance, testing, deployment, and supportability.
- Review detailed models, mappings, pipelines, interfaces, and data products for conformance with the target architecture.
- Facilitate architecture decisions and communicate tradeoffs to technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.
- Mentor architects and engineers and provide technical quality assurance across Prepare, Stabilize, and Operationalize.
What You Will Need:- Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, data engineering, information systems, engineering, or a related field.
- EIGHT (8) or more years of experience in enterprise data architecture, data engineering, cloud platforms, or analytics modernization.
- Experience architecting Databricks lakehouse solutions and Unity Catalog security and governance structures.
- Strong knowledge of dimensional, relational, canonical, and data-product modeling patterns.
- Experience with ingestion, API, integration, orchestration, metadata, lineage, data contracts, quality, and DataOps patterns.
- Experience designing migration architectures and guiding source-to-target mapping and conversion decisions.
What Would Be Nice To Have:- Databricks Data Engineer Professional, Databricks Architect, or equivalent certification.
- Ability to lead technical teams and communicate architecture decisions to executive and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with HR, workforce, ERP, or financial data models.
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or cloud networking and security patterns.
- Experience supporting public-sector data modernization.
The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
What We Offer:Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
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