Lead Data Architect
About the role
CACI is seeking a Lead Data Architect to serve as the trusted advisor to the Chief Data and AI Officer (BCDAO) at Diplomatic Security (DS) and to own the technical vision, strategy, roadmap, and implementation of the DS data platform. The environment is built on Microsoft Azure, with future expansion to AWS planned. In this role, you will translate BCDAO and DS data and AI priorities into a secure, scalable, and cost-effective Azure data platform, shaping its architecture across ingestion, integration, storage, transformation, and analytics. You will work with engineering, cloud, cybersecurity, and mission teams to turn requirements into supportable solutions, and lead the data engineering team in delivering them from design through operations across unclassified and classified environments.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the trusted advisor to the BCDAO and DS leadership on data architecture, technical options, risks, and trade-offs.
- Own the technical vision, strategy, standards, and roadmap for the DS data platform, including data warehouse, data lake, lakehouse, analytics, and AI/ML solutions.
- Lead implementation of the data platform through the data engineering team, providing direction, design reviews, proof-of-concept