Northrop Grumman Australia · 17 hours ago
Senior Staff Data Architect
United States-Virginia-Falls Church
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $289K/yr
10+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading company in technological advancements and is seeking a Senior Staff Data Architect to design and implement enterprise data platforms. The role involves driving data initiatives, establishing data standards, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance data capabilities across the organization.
Defense & Space
Responsibilities
Develop the enterprise lakehouse architecture strategy from data catalog design to AI data readiness, to metadata management - serving as the foundational platform for enterprise analytics and AI
Converge disparate data sources and source systems into an integrated enterprise data foundation
Establish data model standardization by setting best practices and technical standards for relational models, schema implementations, and data engineering development
Collaborate closely with key stakeholders, including data science, business intelligence, and IT leadership—to ensure that critical data needs are addressed within the architectural roadmap
Mentor data engineering teams and foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and accelerated pipeline development in Databricks environments
Ensure enterprise-quality performance, security, and compliance across all data initiatives by implementing robust governance, automated testing, and scalable ingestion architectures for source systems
Advise technical teams across the organization on data architecture designs and best practices for implementing Databricks data solutions
Qualification
Required
Must have at least 14 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field; OR 12 years of relevant experience with a Masters degree; OR 10 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Must have proven expertise with Databricks and associated technologies (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Spark) and hands-on experience with cloud-native data services (Azure, AWS)
Must have demonstrated ability to build enterprise-level data solutions from concept to production, with experience in automation and configuration-driven development (using languages such as Python, C#, or Scala)
Must have a strong command of Python and SQL or other similar programming languages
Must have proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes for non‑technical audiences
Must have ability to translate complex technical challenges into clear business outcomes and strategies for stakeholders at all organizational levels
Preferred
Experience working with and integrating ERP systems data to Databricks (e.g. SAP, Workday, PLM)
Experience with data schema and modeling approaches and their tradeoffs (e.g. star, snowflake, data-vault)
Experience with governance and permissions design and knowledge of how to engineer scalability deployed with Databricks
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase