Discover the latest data architect jobs from companies hiring across the globe. This page features curated opportunities for senior data professionals who design and manage enterprise data architectures, governance frameworks, and data integration strategies.
Data Surge is looking for like-minded individuals who are passionate about being at the forefront of data technology. The Data Solutions Architect will be joining an upcoming program supporting US Dept of Justice and is responsible for architecture of AWS/Databricks structure from an existing Informatica legacy platform.
Responsibilities:
• Designs the target architecture spanning AWS GovCloud, Databricks, S3/Delta storage, data layers, governance, identity, network connectivity, job orchestration, and downstream integrations.
• Owns catalog/schema organization, data-zone standards, metadata conventions, and the supported user role model.
• Establishes the preliminary ATO system boundary, control-responsibility model, and architecture decision log — working knowledge of FedRAMP High / NIST 800-53 control families is directly relevant.
• Evaluates serverless-vs-classic compute tradeoffs, including GovCloud-specific behavior like whether serverless compute stops metering when idle.
• Produces network architecture diagrams and the interface/data-flow inventory supporting the security boundary narrative.
• Designs toward the SOW's open-standards / anti-vendor-lock-in requirement and the platform's stated data governance framework.
Qualifications:
• Active public trust or higher-level clearance
Applicable experience with the following technologies:
• AWS GovCloud (Amazon Government Cloud)
• Databricks; Delta Lake storage format; Unity Catalog (or equivalent governance/catalog layer)
• Python 3+; PySpark
• ANSI SQL (minimum)
• Cloudera Hive; HDFS
• Informatica (mappings & mapplets) — being converted, not retained
• Parquet or similar high-performance columnar format
• Change Data Capture (CDC), since the legacy system stays live during the build
• Azure DevOps (government-hosted, server-based instance)
• Okta, EntraID, Kerberos, Active Directory, DOJLogin
Pay: $140,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
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Across 10 listings, advertised pay ranges from USD 87k to USD 294k.
Typical band: USD 121k – 200k.
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