Data Architect with Secret Clearance & Navy Experience

• Location:  100% onsite in Portsmouth, VA
• Security Clearance:  Active Secret required
• Citizenship:  U.S. citizenship required
• Position Overview
• Design and build databases for data storage or processing, ensuring optimal performance and scalability for shipyard operations.
• Develop strategies for warehouse implementation, data acquisition and access, and data archiving and recovery.
• Build data models and define the structure, attributes, and nomenclature of data elements across enterprise systems.
• Evaluate new data sources for adherence to quality standards and ease of integration.
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise data architectures supporting Naval Shipyard ship maintenance operations, metrics, and analytics.
• Integrate data from multiple shipyard IT systems, including AIM, AIMXp, MAT, MRQT, PMC, SPF, SUPDESK, WARR, and PWFA, to enable comprehensive analytics and reporting.
• Ensure data integrity, quality, and security across supported systems in compliance with federal and DoD requirements.
• Support development and maintenance of corporate metrics dashboards and data visualizations for the ship maintenance community.
• Conduct continual program and software life-cycle planning, data mining, and alternatives assessments.
• Develop prediction and decision support analytics in support of NAVSEA metrics and operational decision-making.
• Collaborate with ERP Business Analysts and Software Engineers to implement data-driven solutions that enhance shipyard efficiency.
• Support the development of custom data architectures, queries, and data analytics products tailored to stakeholder requirements.
• Develop and maintain system interface relationship diagrams for Naval Shipyard IT infrastructures.
• Support cross-functional teams with data architecture requirements for software portfolio management initiatives.
• Participate in Technical User Groups (TUGs) and Metric Community of Practice (MCoP) meetings to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and best practices.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data management.
• Demonstrated experience with relational databases, SQL, and data modeling.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise data architecture and database design, with the ability to learn and work within Navy Shipyard IT systems.
• Active Secret security clearance.

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