[Hiring] Data Architect @General Dynamics Information Technology

Role Description

Transform data into insight as a Data Architect supporting the Department of the Navy’s Total Force Manpower and Human Resources (TFM&HR) portfolio. Your work will shape enterprise data strategy, enhance data availability, and support mission-driven decision making across the DON.

At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As a Data Architect, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter by designing enterprise data solutions aligned with national-level strategies and Navy data priorities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

How a Data Architect Will Make an Impact

• Provide enterprise-wide data design and optimization for conceptual architecture and data solution projects, including conceptual, integration, and sourcing models, aligned with DON’s Total Force Manpower and HR strategy.
• Collaborate with DoD and DON IT domains to support portfolio goals, ensuring alignment with DON Chief Data Office (CDO) priorities and improving availability of trusted data for insights and operational decision-making.
• Generate high-level operational concept documents describing interactions between system architecture, the user environment, and external systems.
• Create, modify, maintain, and document baselines for data transformation and standardization efforts using Jira or similar project management tools.
• Translate enterprise and business needs into long-term information architecture patterns and solutions aligned with DON CDO policies, regulations, data frameworks, and governance standards.
• Provide data modeling and validation services that produce flexible, extensible, and scalable data structure designs supporting effective business decisions.
• Create and manage multiple data design deliverables including data models, diagrams, flows, and metadata within defined timelines.
• Support the development, implementation, and sustainment of strategic data architecture initiatives including:
  • Master data management
  • Data quality programs
  • Data management policies and standards
  • Data governance practices
  • Metadata management frameworks

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, business, or a related field.
• Three (3) years of experience modeling processes and data using architecture disciplines and industry modeling standards.
• Three (3) years of experience with data management, enterprise repositories, data modeling, data quality, and data mapping tools.

Requirements

• Ability to design enterprise data solutions that align with strategic data initiatives.
• Experience developing conceptual and integration models for large-scale environments.
• Strong collaboration skills for working across multi-domain DON and DoD IT teams.
• Proficiency with data modeling tools and project management systems such as Jira.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex enterprise needs into scalable data design solutions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Current Network+, Security+, or higher, meeting DoD CIO Information Assurance (IA) certification requirements.

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid Family Leave program providing up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.