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Data Architect

McLean
Level
Lead

Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.

Open. First seen 10 October 2026.

About the role

Data Architect

Location: McLean, VA

Must have an active TS/SCI FS Poly

Position within a team supporting the customer with data engineering and operations, software engineering, security engineering, DevOps engineering, application development, data science, and program management in support of data acquisition, exploitation, engineering, and management tasks. Communicate and collaborate across organizational boundaries, to include other contractor teams, Customer staff and external stakeholders.

Demonstrated experience with cloud infrastructure and data management.
Demonstrated experience with multiple OS environments including Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
Demonstrated experience with cloud environments, including AWS.
Demonstrated experience with development environments including AWS, Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS), Cloudera, Spark, Presto, SQL, and NoSQL.

Requirements

Mandatory Skills
Demonstrated experience conducting data processing activities.
Experience working with Python
Demonstrated experience building executing ETL pipelines
Demonstrated experience with integrating data flows with industry standard systems such as Niagra Falls
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and be a proactive problem solver
Experience providing clear and concise communications for both technical and non-technical audiences

Optional Skills

Knowledge of targeting workflows, tools and environments
Experience with Large Language Models and agentic workflows.
Experience with graphical databases such as Neo4J
Experience working with a hard target mission area.

No Cers required.

Benefits

Node.Digital's standard text

We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Basic Life
  • Health Saving Account
  • 401K matching
  • Three weeks of PTO/Sick
  • 11 Paid Holidays
  • Pre-Approved Online Training

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Hadoop · Neo4j

Rare in Node.Digital's other 17 open postings.

Standard for data engineering roles

AWS · ETL · Python · SQL · Spark

Common in data engineering postings at any company.

86% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Node.Digital's standard text, folded away below.

Read against Node.Digital's other open postings on this site.

The team: Federal HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 17 open in Federal. 6 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in August: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Agile (10 of 17), AWS (9 of 17), Python (9 of 17), CI/CD (6 of 17), Cybersecurity (6 of 17), JavaScript (5 of 17), SQL (5 of 17)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Node.Digital's own job board.

Salary context

13 other open postings titled Data Architect state a salary: median USD 130,000 to USD 188,000 a year.

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