Junior Data Architect

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Job Summary:

Steampunk, Inc. is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, seeking a seasoned Data Architect to work with their team and clients. The role involves architecting and developing data models, data warehouses, and governance services while supporting clients in leveraging data as a strategic asset.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and architect migration of data environments with performance and reliability

• Assess, understand, and document data sources

• Address technical inquiries concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture, and general feature / functionality of data products

• Experience in crafting database / data warehouse solutions in cloud (Preferably GCP. Alternatively Azure, AWS)

• Key must have skill sets – data modeling, cloud

• Support an Agile software development lifecycle

• You will contribute to the growth of our Data Exploitation Practice!

Qualifications:

Required:

• Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, or a scientific or technical discipline

• 2-4 years of experience with data model and date warehouse design, including schema design and entity relationship diagrams

• 2-4 years of experience collaborating with management, personas, and engineers to support data quality efforts

• Demonstrated on-the-job experience with large-scale data migration

• Demonstrated on-the-job experience designing storage and retrieval solutions for both structured and unstructured data, in support of data science pipelines

• Demonstrated on-the-job experience designing data platforms for user consumption

• Demonstrated on-the-job experience supporting the development of related data artifacts: Data Dictionary, Entity Relationship Diagrams, Data Flow Diagram, Data Quality Plan, Data Management Plan, Data Asset Catalog

• Demonstrated experience working with SQL and relational databases, query development and optimization (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases, such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and others

• Demonstrated experience programming in Python, R, Scala, or similar language

• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases

• Familiarity with cloud technology, using AWS, Azure, or GCP. Knowledge of managed service offerings (e.g. AWS EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift) and demonstrated experience delivering in a cloud environment

• Experience working in a DevSecOps environment, utilizing CI/CD best practices

• Demonstrated on-the-job experience developing specifications for modern large-scale data repositories including development of specifications for cloud-based database solutions

• Demonstrated and understanding customer requirements and prioritize for maximum customer / user experience

• Demonstrated experience working with software and data science teams to operationalize information

• Demonstrated experience collaborating with staff, IT customers, and other technical and non-technical staff and contractors at all levels

• Demonstrated experience working in an agile environment and leading agile projects

Preferred:

• Experience with BigQuery and Looker

• Familiarity with stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc

• Familiarity with FIPS 140-2 compliant encryption to both stored data and data in motion

Company:

Steampunk is anchored by a startup culture with a customer-centered delivery approach, we put our Federal government clients in the center of everything we design, develop, and deliver to drive high-quality mission impacts and user experiences at speed. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.