Job Description
Responsibilities for this Position
Location: USA VA Chantilly
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ218846
Type of Requisition: Pipeline
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: Data Science and Data Engineering
Job Qualifications: Skills: Data Architecture Development, Data Lake, Data Science, Enterprise Data
Certifications: None
Experience: 10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required: Yes
Job Description: Data Architect Sr. Principal
Own your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers' most complex challenges. As a Data Architect Sr Principal at GDIT, you'll power innovation to drive mission impact and grow your expertise to power your career forward.
We're seeking a Data Architect to design and deliver modern, scalable data platforms and models that support enterprise analytics and decision-making.
Required Qualifications Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science or equivalent
Experience: 10+ years of related experience
Security clearance level: Active TS/SCI with poly
US citizenship required
10+ years in data engineering, BI, or analytics, including 5+ years designing enterprise data architectures (warehouse, lake, or lakehouse).
Delivered 3+ production cloud data platforms on AWS, Azure, or GCP, covering security, networking, cost optimization, and DR aligned to RPO/RTO targets.
Strong data modeling experience: built 10+ enterprise models (conceptual, logical, physical), including dimensional (star/snowflake) and normalized/Data Vault designs.
Delivered and maintained 25+ production data pipelines (batch or streaming) with automated quality checks, lineage, and orchestration tools such as Airflow, ADF, Glue, or Dagster, meeting defined freshness/latency SLAs.
Hands-on experience with data governance: catalogs, glossaries, classification, retention, RBAC/ABAC, and compliance with frameworks like GDPR, HIPAA, PCI, or SOX.
Desired Qualifications Experience with cloud-native data management platforms.
Experience leading data management or analytics teams.
Certification in relevant data science or analytics methodologies.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in data science and engineering at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your determination for solving complex data challenges.
The likely salary range for this position is $169,604 - $229,464. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Travel Required: Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options: Onsite
Work Location: USA VA Chantilly
Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
gdit.com/tc .
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
PI284146684
Data Architect Sr. Principal
Own your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers' most complex challenges. As a Data Architect Sr Principal at GDIT, you'll power innovation to drive mission impact and grow your expertise to power your career forward.
We're seeking a Data Architect to design and deliver modern, scalable data platforms and models that support enterprise analytics and decision-making.
Required Qualifications Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science or equivalent
Experience: 10+ years of related experience
Security clearance level: Active TS/SCI with poly
US citizenship required
10+ years in data engineering, BI, or analytics, including 5+ years designing enterprise data architectures (warehouse, lake, or lakehouse).
Delivered 3+ production cloud data platforms on AWS, Azure, or GCP, covering security, networking, cost optimization, and DR aligned to RPO/RTO targets.
Strong data modeling experience: built 10+ enterprise models (conceptual, logical, physical), including dimensional (star/snowflake) and normalized/Data Vault designs.
Delivered and maintained 25+ production data pipelines (batch or streaming) with automated quality checks, lineage, and orchestration tools such as Airflow, ADF, Glue, or Dagster, meeting defined freshness/latency SLAs.
Hands-on experience with data governance: catalogs, glossaries, classification, retention, RBAC/ABAC, and compliance with frameworks like GDPR, HIPAA, PCI, or SOX.
Desired Qualifications Experience with cloud-native data management platforms.
Experience leading data management or analytics teams.
Certification in relevant data science or analytics methodologies.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in data science and engineering at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your determination for solving complex data challenges.
The likely salary range for this position is $169,604 - $229,464. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Travel Required: Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options: Onsite
Work Location: USA VA Chantilly
Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
gdit.com/tc .
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
PI284146684
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Part time, Immediate start, Remote work, Worldwide, Flexible hours