Data Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Columbia, MD
Salary
$86,900–$198,000 / yr
Posted
64 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Oct 7, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $142k
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This role pays less than 71% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$212,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $177k for comparable roles.

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 802 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $86,800–$198,000 across 783 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Data Architect

As a Data Architect on the national security team, you will design and optimize data architecture solutions for cyber operations data governance, analytics, and reporting dataflows. You will be responsible for creating data models, designing databases, documenting as-is architectures to inform future designs, and managing storage capacity. Collaborating with business analysts, technology teams, and clients, you will translate requirements into implementation plans, provide recommendations on database technologies, and evaluate functional requirements for AI and data applications. The role requires expertise in establishing data standards, developing performance metrics, and ensuring data is secure and accessible. You will utilize your skills to solve complex problems within the national security cyber mission domain. Required qualifications include a TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph and experience with data architecture, database solutions, and potentially USCYBERCOM tools or data visualizations.

What you'll do

  • Design and optimize data architecture solutions for cyber operations governance and reporting dataflows.
  • Create data models and visualize "as-is" architectures to inform future system designs.
  • Serve as a liaison between clients and developers to ensure technical requirements are met.
  • Advise leadership on critical data management issues and recommend new database technologies.
  • Analyze information to determine the development of new applications or modifications to existing ones.
  • Identify database structural necessities by evaluating operations, applications, and programming requirements.
  • Manage storage capacity allocation and plan for anticipated changes in data capacity needs.
  • Establish clear, concise, and executable data standards to ensure information is secure and accessible.

What we're looking for

  • TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
  • A Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of experience with data architecture are required.
  • A high school diploma or GED and 6+ years of experience with data architecture are acceptable alternatives.
  • Experience documenting, designing, creating, and deploying data architectures and database solutions for IT systems.
  • Experience guiding teams in converting requirements into implementation plans.
  • Experience establishing clear, concise, and executable data standards.
  • Experience developing performance metrics to demonstrate system performance.
  • Knowledge of making system data available, secure, tagged, formatted, and accessible.

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