Data Architect

Overview

TISTA Science and Technology is seeking a Data Architect to join our growing team.

At TISTA, you’ll do meaningful, mission‑driven work that improves lives alongside teammates you trust and leaders who are transparent and supportive. We invest in your learning and internal mobility so you can build a career that keeps advancing. We’re proud to serve and hire Veterans, and we put people first in everything we do.

TISTA associates enjoy above Industry Healthcare Benefits, Remote Working Options, Paid Time Off, Training/Certification opportunities, Healthcare Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account, Paid Life Insurance, Short-term & Long-term Disability, 401K Match, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and much more!

Responsibilities

- Design logical and physical data models for supply chain products and the VALIP lakehouse (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog).

- Design databases for migrations to VA sites and the cloud.

- Set data governance, quality, lineage and access standards in line with VA data policy.

- Tune performance across SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres and Databricks.

- Senior: database administration, backups, patching and environment refreshes.

Qualifications

- Senior / Lead: 10+ years of experience, including 7+ years in data architecture or engineering.

- Mid-level / Level II / “Journeyman”: 5+ years in database administration or data engineering.

- Hands-on Databricks/Spark and relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres).

Desired Skills:

- Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and lakehouse design.

- IBM Maximo data and deployments.

- VA data governance and federal health data.

Education:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or a related field.

- Certified (Maximo) Deployment Professional; Certified SAFe Architect.

- Databricks Certified Data Engineer; Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer.

Clearance:
- Must be able to obtain a Tier 2 / Moderate Risk Public Trust and a VA PIV credential.

Location:
- Remote, USA.

Pay Range:

- The suggested pay for this position ranges from $120,546 to $135,875.

- The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

- Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses.

- TISTA associates are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits plan! More information can be found here:

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