Technical Lead / Data Architect

Location: Hybrid at Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, with up to three telework days per week; remote work may be authorized by the Government only on an exception basis. Occasional travel may be required.

Salary: $140,000–$193,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a government contractor supporting Department of Defense customers with enterprise data, business intelligence, application, and AI capabilities.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary technical interface with Government stakeholders for architecture, engineering, integration, technical standards, and quality matters.
• Define and maintain end-to-end data architecture covering ingestion, ETL/ELT, data warehouses and lakes, semantic layers, BI products, AI interfaces, and custom applications.
• Govern approximately 25–35 active data pipelines, 25–35 BI products, 10–15 Power Apps, and four priority enterprise applications.
• Guide secure interoperability and data movement across Palantir Foundry, AskSage, Microsoft Azure, Advana/WDP, Azure Databricks, and Power BI.
• Review data models, mappings, lineage, data dictionaries, access controls, integration patterns, and operational runbooks.
• Lead design and code reviews, quality gates, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, scalability improvements, and architecture changes.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience designing and governing enterprise data platforms, data warehouses or lakes, analytics solutions, and integrated applications.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms, modern ETL/ELT patterns, SQL, and Python.
• Experience with Azure Databricks and at least one of Palantir Foundry, AskSage, Microsoft Azure, or Advana/WDP.
• Experience designing secure, scalable integrations, data models, semantic layers, APIs or interfaces, access controls, and data-governance practices.
• Ability to lead technical reviews, mentor engineers, communicate architecture decisions, and resolve cross-workstream issues.
• Active SECRET security clearance and compliance with applicable DoD/DAF security, cybersecurity-awareness, CUI, OPSEC, and access-training requirements.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with DAF/DoD human resources, financial, logistics, maintenance, or readiness data systems, including MILPDS, DCPDS, AFRISS, CHRIS, CMS, CRIS, GFEBS, DEAMS, REMIS, AROWS, M4S, or iEMS.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supporting Department of Defense customers and Air National Guard CDAO data and AI initiatives.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance, 401(k) with employer match, paid holidays, and PTO.
• Commuter benefits, employee assistance program, educational reimbursement, and pet insurance.