Lead Specialist, Federal Solution Architect

About the role

The KPMG Advisory practice is at the forefront of transformation, offering excellent opportunities for individuals to advance their careers and expertise with KPMG. Looking ahead, we anticipate continued evolution and success within the practice, fostering both personal and professional development, thereby creating new pathways for growth. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility, and leading market tools, we help our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory. KPMG is currently seeking a Lead Specialist to join our Federal Advisory practice.

Responsibilities

• Define and document target state architecture for data platforms, inc data flows, integrations, and environment design to enable migration from legacy Access environment to a modern cloud data platform
• Guide technical decisions across development, data engineering, and security workstreams
• Partner with client technical leads and key subject matter experts to ensure alignment of proposed solution architecture to client standards, ATO requirements, and LT roadmap
• Design the data architecture to support cross-program data integration and to accommodate future AI, automation, and fraud detection use cases
• Collaborate with KPMG or client teams in designing and developing technical architectures and best practices

Qualifications

• A minimum of five years of experience with architecting data platforms or enterprise applications in AWS, including architectural considerations for AI/ML workloads (data readiness, model integration, governance) and integration of multiple source systems across organizational boundaries
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• Background in legacy system modernization and database migration
• Familiarity with federal security and compliance frameworks (FISMA, NIST 800-53, ATO process)
• Ability to translate business and oversight requirements into technical architecture
• Experience leading technical teams and reviewing design work of others
• Strong client-facing communication skills, including presenting architecture to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to travel as required to support firm engagements
• Applicant must possess or be eligible for a U.S. Government clearance

Benefits

KPMG is proud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, with options designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself, your family, and your lifestyle. Available benefits are based on eligibility. Our Total Rewards package includes a variety of medical and dental plans, vision coverage, disability and life insurance, 401(k) plans, and a robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support your mental health. Depending on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service, KPMG provides Personal Time Off per fiscal year. Additionally, each year KPMG publishes a calendar of holidays to be observed during the year and provides eligible employees two breaks each year where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off; one is at year end and the other is around the July 4th holiday. Additional details about our benefits can be found towards the bottom of our KPMG US Careers site at Benefits & How We Work.