Enterprise Data Architect

Shape the Future of Americas Skies with Peraton

Join Peraton in advancing the safety efficiency and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAAs Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract. As a trusted partner to the Federal Aviation Administration Peraton delivers the mission-critical systems and services that keep our nations skies safe secure and connected.

Were seeking innovative professionals who thrive in high-impact mission-driven environments and are excited to help transform the future of air traffic management. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to one of the worlds most vital transportation infrastructures while collaborating with leaders in aviation engineering data science and systems integration.

At Peraton you wont just support the missionyoull help define it.

Enterprise Data Architect

Location:Herndon VA

Defines enterprise data architecture canonical data models aviation data exchange standards compliance data integration patterns data governance frameworks and cross-package data flow architecture for BNATCS. Owns the authoritative data models and integration patterns that enable NEEDS package systems to exchange information reliably securely and in conformance with FAA aviation data standards.

This role complements the existing SW & Data Architect positions by providing dedicated depth on data modeling aviation exchange formats master data management and data integration engineering freeing the SW & Data Architects to focus on software cloud and pipeline architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain canonical data models (conceptual logical physical) for BNATCS domain areas and enforce naming typing and semantic conventions across NEEDS package teams
• Define and steward the enterprise data governance framework data ownership stewardship roles quality standards retention and lifecycle management
• Design data integration patterns (ETL/ELT streaming event-driven request-reply) for cross-package data flows and adjacent NAS system interfaces
• Enforce aviation data exchange format compliance SWIM FIXM AIXM WXXM ASTERIX across domain teams; review interface payloads for schema conformance
• Produce data architecture artifacts for current active applicable NEEDS package systems data dictionaries metadata catalogs data flow diagrams entity-relationship models canonical schemas
• Establish and operate a master data management (MDM) capability for shared reference data (facilities sites CIPs JCNs systems personnel roles)
• Define data quality metrics monitoring and remediation workflows; establish data quality gates for ingestion into shared analytical environments
• Design analytical data architecture data lake / lakehouse patterns warehouse structures curated data products supporting the Digital Command Center and Knowledge Base Expansion
• Partner with the SW & Data Architects on thedataside of ICDs payload schemas semantic contracts versioning strategy backward-compatibility rules while software architects own transport security and API structure
• Support MBSE / DNA integration by aligning canonical data models to UAF DIV-2 / DIV-3 artifacts and the DNA knowledge graph ontology
• Support procurement trade studies with data architecture evaluation criteria (data model maturity exchange format compliance integration effort estimates)

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D. 16 years in lieu of a degree
• US Citizenship and the ability to obtain/maintain a public trust clearance
• Proficiency in relational dimensional and graph data modeling; conceptual/logical/physical modeling discipline
• Deep experience with data modeling tools (ERwin Sparx EA PowerDesigner or equivalent)
• Demonstrated experience with data governance frameworks and master data management
• Working knowledge of aviation data exchange formats SWIM FIXM AIXM or comparable domain-specific exchange standards (HL7 ISO 20022) with a plan for aviation ramp-up
• Experience designing data integration patterns ETL/ELT streaming (Kafka Kinesis) event-driven CDC for high-volume operational data
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS GovCloud Azure Government) Redshift Glue Athena Snowflake Databricks or equivalents
• Experience defining data dictionaries metadata catalogs and lineage tracking
• FAA or DoD data architecture experience preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with SWIM / NEMS interface design JMSDD authoring or SWIM Content Filtering
• Experience with data catalog and lineage tools (Collibra Alation Informatica EDC DataHub Apache Atlas Purview)
• Background in operational data stores supporting real-time decision support systems latency freshness and consistency trade-offs
• Familiarity with knowledge graphs ontology development or semantic web technologies (RDF OWL SHACL SPARQL) relevant for DNA and MBSE integration
• Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) or architecture modeling tools (Cameo Sparx EA Archi) particularly UAF DIV / SV-6 data artifacts
• Experience with data virtualization data mesh or data product architectures
• Familiarity with data privacy information classification and controlled unclassified information (CUI) handling in federal environments
• Relevant certifications such as CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) TOGAF or DAMA-DMBOK-aligned credentials

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