Principal Data Architect & Technical Product Owner
Core
Own enterprise data architecture and serve as Technical Product Owner for the Modern Disability Claims (MDC) data pipeline, translating mission priorities into scalable designs and delivery outcomes.
Role type
Principal Data Architect & Technical Product Owner
Builds
Scalable batch and real-time ETL/ELT pipelines, cloud data platforms, and AI/ML-ready data infrastructure for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Domain
Federal government / Healthcare claims / Cloud data engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Enterprise data architecture, Cloud platform design (AWS/Azure/GCP), Data modeling (conceptual/logical/physical), Technical Product Ownership, Agile/Scrum leadership, SQL, Python, Data engineering tools (Pandas, PySpark, Git), Enterprise data warehouses/lakes (Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake), Data governance and lineage.
Preferred skills
HIPAA and federal data handling, Master data management, Dimensional modeling, AI/ML feature pipelines, Infrastructure as code, CI/CD.
Responsibilities
Design scalable data pipelines and cloud architecture; Prioritize and manage technical product backlog; Lead Scrum teams and mentor engineers; Define data governance and quality controls; Communicate roadmaps and technical decisions to executive and government stakeholders.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship
