Sr Data Architect (Hybrid)

Maxar has an immediate need for a is looking for a Business Process Architect for an exciting opportunity leading state-of-the-art solutions for an intelligence community mission system. We are searching for a creative, visionary problem solver who has a passion for delivering innovative state-of-the-art solutions. In this role, you will deliver quality production solutions that enable MLOps.
This position is located at a corporate client site in Fairfax, VA  and a hybrid working model is acceptable.
 

Your Career: We are quickly growing our team and this opportunity will provide ample opportunity for career growth and skillset development. You will have the opportunity to work closely with leadership to help set your own goals and ensure you are on a path to achieving them.

We offer:

• Dedicated professional development time.
• Peer groups.
• Education reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness.
• and much more...

Day-to-Day with your Colleagues:

• Research and analyze data to inform collection of business process needs through engagements with systems users and managers

• Analyze business process needs and refine understanding of requirements with systems users and managers.
•  Use Business Processing Modeling and Notation (BPMN) standards to diagram business processes and workflows
•  Document current processes, associated diagrams, and analytic findings to inform requirements for new process designs
• Develop a redesigned BPMN concept model and map current processes to redesigned concept model designing improved ones
• Lead workshops with cross-functional engineering and product development teams to design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines to support various business needs.
• Analyze complex datasets, detect trends and patterns, develop conclusions, and provide recommendations to improve data ingestion, increase data scaling, and enhance data exploitation to ensure increased interoperability and secure data.
• Ensure data quality and integrity through data validation, cleansing, and monitoring.
• Support the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ML based pipelines for data inference.
• Improve BPMN models through close and continuous collaboration with analytics teams, SMEs, and systems users and managers responsible for the business processes
• Enable efficient interfacing with business intelligence tools, increased data accessibility, and broad access within security control regimes.

Minimum Requirements: 

• TS and the ability to pass a CI poly
• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology Management or related technical field.
• 7+ year's experience obtaining data from multiple, disparate data sources including structured, semi-structured and unstructured data.
• Conceptual and Logical Data Modeling experience using UML, Business Process Modeling and Notation (BPMN), and Entity Relationship/Studio Data Architect.
• Knowledge of common algorithms (i.e., decision trees, NLP, programming logic, etc.).
• Familiarity with DevOps processes and code versioning tools such as git.
• Experience with test result verification and defect debugging.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Preferred Requirements:

• Current active TS/SCI with CI poly
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology Management or related technical field.

• Familiarity with tools and/or languages such as Graph DBs/Cypher, PostgreSQL/SQL, or Java.
• Experience with data conversions and Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) tools and concepts.
• Demonstrated experience with enhancing, managing, optimizing performance, and processing large volumes of data.
• Familiarity with industry best practices for software/hardware development when processing large data sets.
• Experience with developing data processing workflows using UML, Draw.io, and the Joint Enterprise Modeling and Analytics (JEMA) framework or Apache NiFi.
• Experience in AWS services including but not limited to EC2, Sagemaker, S3, EMR, and IAM.

Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate's unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:

Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.