Principal Data Architect

McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Data Architect providing support to the Command Control Communications and Battle Management Division (C3BM).

Command Control Communications and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF USSF Joint and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BMs main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE) Operational Response Team (ORT) and multiple mission integration teams such as Air Maritime and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space.

This is a full-time position located at Hanscom AFB Bedford MA and is 100% onsite.

Duties to inculde but not limited to:

• Provide interoperability and data architecture support to ensure data consistency reliability and interoperability throughout the mission planning process.
  
• Design and maintain mission planning data architectures schemas and data packages supporting Government Program Office requirements and special interest programs.
  
• Support development of Mission Planning Order of Battle (MPOB) data schemas and recommendations for integrating new intelligence and mission planning data sources.
  
• Participate in technical meetings with Government Intelligence Community and mission partners to support mission planning data requirements and interoperability objectives.
  
• Serve as a senior integration analyst supporting mission planning interface control and interoperability working groups.
  
• Support interoperability for mission planning data formats including MPOB ACTDF Electronic Warfare (EW) Mission Planning Parametrics (MPP) and Common Route Definition (CRD).
  
• Coordinate with data providers users and owners to ensure data reliability consistency and governance across mission planning environments.
  
• Support schema development and updates to incorporate DoD and Intelligence Community standards and security marking requirements.
  
• Provide recommendations for enhancements to mission planning systems data repositories and order of battle capabilities.
  
• Serve as a technical advisor on mission planning data modernization initiatives including data integration cloud architectures API implementation and application modernization efforts.
  
• Design architectures and provide guidance for decomposing mission planning applications into containerized microservices and cloud-based environments.
  
• Support development of data visualizations analytics solutions and data quality assessments.
  
• Provide recommendations regarding security controls accreditation requirements and operation of systems within classified environments.
  
• Support operational planning mission integration automation and data ingestion initiatives across mission planning platforms.
  
• Assist in the development of Information Support Plans (ISPs) architectural documentation and interoperability artifacts required to support mission planning capabilities.
  

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret Level Clearance with the ability to obtain SCI later on

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Bachelors or Masters Degree in a related field

Years of experience: 20 years of experience with 12 years of experience in the DoD

• Data Architecture and Data Management Architecture Design
  
• Mission Planning Data Architecture and Interoperability
  
• Data Governance Data Quality and Data Integration
  
• Cloud-based systems and hybrid cloud architectures
  
• Data Lakehouse architectures including Databricks Snowflake and Delta Lake
  
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and containerization technologies including Kubernetes Docker Terraform and Ansible
  
• API architecture and microservices design utilizing REST gRPC and GraphQL
  
• Event-driven and streaming architectures utilizing Apache Kafka Apache NiFi and Confluent
  
• ETL/ELT pipeline orchestration and data transformation solutions
  
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) Active Directory LDAP Zero Trust and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
  
• Knowledge of XML JSON and mission planning data formats
  
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles related to data servers cloud-based systems and classified environments
  
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies CI/CD pipelines DevSecOps and DevOps principles
  
• Familiarity with intelligence data and intelligence community data sources
  
• Hybrid network architecture cloud connectivity and architecture visualization tools such as Visio and PowerPoint
  

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
  
• Ability to develop innovative solutions to complex interoperability and data architecture challenges
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to both engineering and executive audiences
  
• Strong collaboration skills with Government Intelligence Community and contractor stakeholders
  
• Ability to work independently while leading technical discussions and architecture initiatives
  
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  

Location: Hanscom AFB Bedford MA

Travel: Travel may be required per the customers discretion

100% Onsite