Senior Data Architect

NTC OVERVIEW:  We are seeking a Senior Data Architect to join our team. Working at NT Concepts means that you are part of an innovative, agile company dedicated to solving the most critical challenges in National Security. We’re looking for the best and the brightest to join us in supporting this mission. If meaningful work, initiative, creativity, and continuous self-improvement are important to your career, join our growing team and discover What's Next for you.

Mission Focus: As a member of our solutions delivery team, you will have the unique opportunity to work on programs advancing the most critical government systems. NT Concepts is seeking an experienced Sr. Data Architect for an exciting data transformation opportunity within our Intel Community.

Clearance: Minimum active secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI CI Poly 

Location/Flexibility: Remote Flexible with on-site work in Fairfax, VA.

Responsibilities: 

CGI Federal is looking for a Business Process Architect for an exciting opportunity leading state-of-the-art solutions for an intelligence community mission system. We are searching for a creative, visionary problem solver who has a passion for delivering state-of-the-art solutions. In this role, you will deliver quality production solutions that enable solid MLOps practices to significantly expand customer capabilities.

• Research and analyze data to inform collection of business process needs through engagements with systems users and managers
• Analyze business process needs and refine understanding of requirements with systems users and managers.
• Use Business Processing Modeling and Notation (BPMN) standards to diagram business processes and workflows
• Document current processes, associated diagrams, and analytic findings to inform requirements for new process designs
• Develop a redesigned BPMN concept model and map current processes to redesigned concept model designing improved ones
• Lead workshops with cross-functional engineering and product development teams to design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines to support various business needs.
• Analyze complex datasets, detect trends and patterns, develop conclusions, and provide recommendations to improve data ingestion, increase data scaling, and enhance data exploitation to ensure increased interoperability and secure data.
• Ensure data quality and integrity through data validation, cleansing, and monitoring.
• Support the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ML based pipelines for data inference.
• Improve BPMN models through close and continuous collaboration with analytics teams, SMEs, and systems users and managers responsible for the business processes
• Enable efficient interfacing with business intelligence tools, increased data accessibility, and broad access within security control regimes.
  
  

 Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology Management or related technical field.
• 7+ year’s experience obtaining data from multiple, disparate data sources including structured, semi-structured and unstructured data.
• Conceptual and Logical Data Modeling experience using UML, Business Process Modeling and Notation (BPMN), and Entity Relationship/Studio Data Architect.
• Knowledge of common algorithms (i.e., decision trees, NLP, programming logic, etc.).
• Familiarity with DevOps processes and code versioning tools such as git.
• Experience with test result verification and defect debugging.

Desired Skills:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology Management or related technical field.
• Familiarity with tools and/or languages such as Graph DBs/Cypher, PostgreSQL/SQL, or Java.
• Experience with data conversions and Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) tools and concepts.
• Demonstrated experience with enhancing, managing, optimizing performance, and processing large volumes of data.
• Familiarity with industry best practices for software/hardware development when processing large data sets.
• Experience with developing data processing workflows using UML, Draw.io, and the Joint Enterprise Modeling and Analytics (JEMA) framework or Apache NiFi.
• Experience in AWS services including but not limited to EC2, Sagemaker, S3, EMR, and IAM.
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift 10-15 pounds at times.

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About NT Concepts

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Washington DC Metro area, NT Concepts is a private, mid-tier company with clients spanning the Intelligence and Defense communities. We deliver end-to-end ​data and technology solutions ​that advance the modernization, transformation, and automation of the national security mission—solutions with real impact developed in a strong engineering culture that encourages technical growth, leadership, and creative “big idea” problem-solving.

Employees are the core of NT Concepts. We understand that world-changing concepts happen in collaborative environments. We are a company where talented and diverse teams work together using innovation and expertise to solve our clients’ most critical challenges. Here, you’ll gain competitive benefits, opportunities to bolster your skills and develop new abilities, and a company culture dedicated to support and service. In addition to our benefits program, we encourage our employees to take part in #NTC_GivesBack, which paves the way for positive social change.

If joining a stable company with strong professional growth opportunities resonates with you, and you seek vital, mission-driven projects (for some pretty cool clients) that use your specific talents, we’d love to have you move forward with us.

Together is Better

We believe diversity and inclusion drive innovation, and that when we work together, we can accomplish anything. NT Concepts is a people-first, Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer—regardless of a person’s race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected class. If you have a disability and need accommodation, let us know. All resumes are held in confidence. NT Concepts participates in E-Verify.