Senior Data Architect

Herndon, VA


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Type: Contract-to-Hire

Category: Information Technology

Reference ID: 10069257

Shortcut: http://addisongroup.gosnaphop.com/LX0f6O


Position: Senior Data Architect

Location: Herndon, VA, (mostly remote with occasional travel)

Length: 6 -12 -month Contract to Hire

Target Pay Range: $115.00 - $120.00 / Hourly

Target Conversion Salary: $163,500 - $212,500 / Annually

Work Auth: (TN, EAD-GC, GC, or US Cit.) – Position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Benefits: This position may be eligible for medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).


A leading organization is seeking a Senior Cloud Data Architect (Contractor) to lead cloud-based data modernization initiatives on a flagship enterprise platform that impacts millions of learners nationwide. This role plays a critical part in building a next-generation, scalable data ecosystem that enables analytics, compliance, governance, and innovation across the organization.


Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and evolve a modern enterprise data platform supporting both transactional and analytical workloads
  • Design and govern AWS-based data lake architectures, including raw, curated, and consumption zones
  • Lead enterprise data modeling efforts (conceptual, logical, and physical) to support scalability, governance, and performance
  • Define and enforce data architecture standards, patterns, and best practices
  • Translate business requirements, regulatory constraints, and compliance needs into enforceable data models and technical solutions
  • Architect and optimize PostgreSQL on AWS RDS, ensuring performance, resiliency, scalability, and cost efficiency
  • Design data platforms leveraging AWS services such as S3, Glue, Redshift, RDS/PostgreSQL, and related tools
  • Implement data governance, metadata management, lineage, and observability solutions
  • Partner closely with engineering teams, product owners, and stakeholders to enable high-quality delivery
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance across teams
  • Support on-call rotation and provide remote technical support when required
  • Travel occasionally (up to 10%) for project or organizational needs

Minimum Qualifications

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in data architecture, database technologies, and enterprise data platforms
  • 5+ years of technical leadership experience
  • 1+ year of AWS cloud-based data platform architecture experience
  • Strong experience with:
    • Enterprise data modeling and database design
    • Data warehousing concepts and implementations
    • Master Data Management (MDM) and metadata solutions
  • Proven ability to work with terabyte-scale datasets
  • Experience designing scalable, cost-effective cloud data platforms
  • Ability to participate in on-call or 24/7 support as needed
  • Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship limitations

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Data Vault architecture
  • AWS Certification(s), including:
    • AWS Cloud Practitioner
    • AWS Solutions Architect
    • AWS Big Data / Data Analytics Certification

Work Environment & Expectations

  • Hybrid model: Primarily remote, with in-office presence as required
  • Must be flexible for occasional travel via car, train, or airplane (up to 10%)
  • Ability to meet core business hours consistently
  • May be required to provide on-call or 24/7 remote technical support

Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.


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