COMPANY OVERVIEW:

ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions.  We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis and we deliver practical, useful solutions.  ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service. 

SPECIFIC JOB DESCRIPTION:

Expert-level Data Architects serve as a technical resource for strategic oversight and planning of database structural design and development. They provide technical, strategic guidance to senior- level database administrators and application developers in the creation of new databases, as well as the maintenance of major existing databases supporting evolving applications. Data architect positions provide strategic guidance to data stewards on the development and implementation approaches for data models to support organizational business and mission systems and processes.

Duties may include:

• Consults to all levels of the organization on the design, development and implementation approaches for logical database structures and classification schemas.
• Develops policies and procedures to build, maintain and leverage the data model.
• Provides technical, strategic guidance on the development of metadata tags, Document Type Definitions (DTD), and schemas using appropriate technologies for representation of data and data relationships.
• Ensures that metadata and data standards and definitions will support both business and mission processes and system implementation approaches, and NSG/ASG requirements for sharing data. 

Skills and Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or related equivalent additional experience.
• Expert-level experience working in government or industry in relevant work areas including: Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), or Intelligence Community’s (IC) Program Architecture Guidance (PAG).
• Previous working experience in government or industry in data strategy, models, flow models and standards.
• Previous working experience in government or industry in Data Management services (compliance, cataloging, provenance, identifier, registry, metrics, recall & revision)

Desired:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Previous working experience in government or industry with Data access services, APIs, Linked Data (REST, SOAP, OGC, etc.).
• Previous working experience in government or industry in Data Queuing, Messaging, Orchestration, Choreography services.
• Previous working experience in government or industry with Data Security Services (IAA, DPM, DRM, PDP, PEP, PAP, etc.).
• Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program/project work experience
• Previous IC or DoD program/project work experience

DISCLAIMER:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail  Recruiting@anser.org. 

ANSER is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.