Gdit

SeniorCloudDataArchitect

$170–229k Washington, District of Columbia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Cloud Data Architect at Gdit. Skills: Cloud Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Snowflake, AWS, Data Modeling, ETL/ELT. Design, create, and maintain data architecture artifacts. Create and maintain an architectural roadmap for the Data Management and Analytics capabilities including support for generative and agentic AI”

What You'll Achieve.

Transforming our clients for the modern age; Help them face any obstacle; Ensure the platform evolves in a scalable, secure, and high‑performing direction; Make a significant impact; Ensure data quality and metadata completeness; Raise capability across the program

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

solving complex architectural challenges; Assess and troubleshoot high-complexity issues

Eligibility Requirements

MBI (T2) clearance, Eligible to obtain federal public trust security clearance, Visa Sponsorship Will Not Be Provided for This Position, Requires 3 days per week at the customer site in SW DC

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10 years of experience in cloud data architecture, data warehousing, data modeling and data analytics in a complex data environment, Extensive hands-on Snowflake experience, with skills in implementing logical and physical models, and leveraging Snowflake tools, including Cortex AI., Proven leadership in large-scale cloud data environments, preferably within AWS, Deep experience with ETL/ELT frameworks and model‑driven engineering approaches, Proficiency in SQL, data transformation design, and performance optimization, Experience working with cloud‑native architectures, modern data integration patterns and AI solution development, expertise in automation and scripting (e. g. , Bash, PowerShell, Python, PySpark), BS degree

Nice to Have

Previous experience supporting U. S. Government Federal Agencies is highly desired., proficiency with SQL and data transformation techniques, Familiarity with Agile / Scrum delivery environments, Snowflake SnowPro Advanced: Architect a plus, Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) a plus, AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty a plus

What You'll Do.

and maintain data architecture artifacts

Create and maintain an architectural roadmap for the Data Management and Analytics capabilities including support for generative and agentic AI

Architect enterprise‑level Snowflake data warehouse solutions

and physical models that support analytics

operational reporting

modernization and AI initiatives

Provide technical leadership across multiple teams

ensuring architectural alignment and model‑driven engineering throughout ETL/ELT pipelines

Define data architecture patterns

and best practices to ensure consistency

and performance across the platform

Lead design decisions related to schema architecture

performance optimization

and cost management in Snowflake

and integration of complex healthcare datasets

ensuring data quality and metadata completeness

Work hands-on in Snowflake

warehouse configuration

and workload optimization

Leverage and advise on usage of related AWS data services to support end‑to‑end data pipelines

Guide automation approaches for data integration

and platform operations

Assess and troubleshoot high-complexity issues

providing direction and technical resolutions across teams

Support roadmap planning by providing architectural insight

identifying technical risks

and shaping long-term data strategy

Mentor and develop data engineers

administrators and modelers

setting the technical tone and raising capability across the program

May serve as a technical lead and/or manager over multiple cloud data engineers / teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Provide leadership across engineering workstreams; Collaborate with Program Management, Agile PMO, ETL development, DevSecOps, DBA, user support, and analytics teams to guide solution design and ensure alignment with enterprise and customer goals; Provide direction and technical resolutions across teams

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience delivering presentations to diverse audiences at various levels of an organization

Process & Methodology

Agile PMO

Full Job Description

**_Type of Requisition:_** Regular _**Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:**_ None _**Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:**_ None ** _Public Trust/Other Required:_** MBI (T2) _**Job Family:**_ IT Infrastructure and Operations ** _Job Qualifications:_** **Skills:** AWS Big Data, Data Architecture Development, Data Warehousing (DW), Snowflake (Platform) **Certifications:** None **Experience:** 10 + years of related experience **US Citizenship Required:** No _**Job Description:**_ At GDIT, we deliver clarity with our cloud solutions and provide meaningful work. Your work will be an important part of transforming our clients for the modern age and help them face any obstacle. We are seeking a highly skilled **Senior Cloud Data Architect** to guide the design, architecture, and technical strategy for our enterprise Data Warehouse and Business Object data cloud data environment. This is a senior‑level, customer-facing, high‑visibility role central to our modernization efforts. You will shape the architecture supporting complex data ecosystems, provide leadership across engineering workstreams, and ensure the platform evolves in a scalable, secure, and high‑performing direction. If you excel at solving complex architectural challenges, driving consistency across teams, and influencing data strategy at scale, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact. **HOW A CLOUD DATA WAREHOUSE ARCHITECT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:** * Design, create, and maintain data architecture artifacts * Create and maintain an architectural roadmap for the Data Management and Analytics capabilities including support for generative and agentic AI * Architect enterprise‑level Snowflake data warehouse solutions, including conceptual, logical, and physical models that support analytics, operational reporting, modernization and AI initiatives * Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, ensuring architectural alignment and model‑driven engineering throughout ETL/ELT pipelines

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