Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector is looking for a Principal/Sr Principal Data Architect to design and develop an ecosystem of interconnected business systems, virtualized data pipelines, data catalogs, and end-user consumable data products to drive performance across a broad range of strategic activities.
Requirements
- Experience with data architecture, data models, physical database designs, data integration strategy and design for operational systems, systems integration, and analytical systems
- Experience with SQL Server and proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
- Knowledge of data governance best practices, data quality standards, and data security protocols
- Expert in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools
- Experience with NoSQL Databases (e.g., MongoDB, Neo4J, etc.)
- Familiarity with Data Virtualization, Warehousing, Cataloging, and Orchestration concepts and tools (e.g. Denodo, Collibra, Airflow)
- Development experience utilizing Hadoop, Spark, PowerShell, and automation scripts
Responsibilities
- Develop and run a data architecture plan that supports business goals and objectives
- Build and maintain data models and metadata standards to facilitate data integration and analysis
- Work with business stakeholders to understand their data requirements and develop solutions to meet those requirements
- Work across technical teams and product owners to provide an architectural recommendation
- Lead a technical and technology assessment initiative to develop and deliver a recommendation for digitizing core business functions
- Understand the current business processes, systems and their functions to be able to develop a recommendations for the digital ecosystem
- Ensure that data storage and retrieval solutions are in line with business requirements
Other
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skill
- Collaboration and problem-solving skills
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field with at least 5 years of experience OR Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field with at least 3 years of experience
- Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time
- U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions
