OverviewDecisionPoint seeks a
Data & Integration Architect to design and govern enterprise data models, integration flows, data contracts, and event-driven architectures that support mission-critical systems including CMS, E-EFMP, analytics platforms, and API ecosystems. This senior role ensures that data structures, pipelines, and integration patterns are secure, scalable, interoperable, and aligned with DoD and IL5 cloud requirements.
The Data & Integration Architect collaborates closely with application architects, API engineers, cloud architects, analytics teams, and cybersecurity personnel to ensure enterprise-wide consistency across data, integration, and shared information flows.
This position is fully remote.
Duties & ResponsibilitiesThe Data & Integration Architect will:
- Design enterprise data models, schemas, and data contracts for cross-system interoperability.
- Architect integration flows across CMS, E-EFMP, analytics systems, APIs, and shared services.
- Lead design of ETL/ELT pipelines, data transformation logic, and data ingestion processes.
- Develop event-driven architectures leveraging queues, messaging, and asynchronous workflows.
- Govern data mapping, lineage tracking, metadata strategy, and data quality standards.
- Collaborate with API architects to ensure consistent data contracts across integration layers.
- Define standards for data exchange, payload formatting, versioning, and schema evolution.
- Ensure all data and integration designs align with IL5 cloud security, RMF controls, and Zero Trust principles.
- Oversee data migration planning, modernization strategy, and cross-system interface redesigns.
- Support analytics teams with data modeling, warehouse integration, and dataset provisioning.
- Produce enterprise data architecture documents, diagrams, and reference materials.
- Participate in architecture review boards, modernization planning, and cross-team technical discussions.
QualificationsClearance Requirement Must hold an
active Top Secret clearance, supported by a
Tier 5 background investigation.
Education (Required) Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field.
Experience (Required) - Minimum 10 years of experience in data architecture, integration engineering, or enterprise system architecture.
- Experience designing data models, ETL pipelines, and event-driven data architectures.
- Experience supporting cross-system integrations, API data flows, or large-scale data ecosystems.
- Experience designing modern data architectures in federal or DoD mission environments.
Technical Knowledge (Required) - Strong understanding of enterprise data modeling, schema design, and metadata strategies.
- Experience designing integration workflows using APIs, messaging, and middleware platforms.
- Knowledge of ETL/ELT tools, pipelines, and data transformation frameworks.
- Understanding of event-driven architectures (pub/sub, message queues, streaming platforms).
- Strong familiarity with AWS GovCloud IL5 data services and secure cloud architectures.
- Knowledge of DoD cybersecurity requirements, RMF controls, and Zero Trust data protection.
Technical Knowledge (Preferred) - Experience with modern data platforms (Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent).
- Experience with API gateways, microservices, or service mesh architecture.
- Experience with data cataloging, lineage tracking, or governance tools.
Certifications Required: Preferred: - AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
- Data architecture or engineering certifications
- CISSP, CISM, or other advanced security certifications
Skills - Strong analytical and systems-thinking abilities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and mission teams.
- High attention to detail with strong documentation discipline.
- Ability to design complex data and integration solutions spanning multiple systems.
- Strong leadership and ability to drive enterprise-wide data architecture alignment.
Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy- EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
- Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
- Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.
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