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AI & Data Data Architect

Pay
$171,000–285,000/year — pay source
Prior experience supporting financial services or regulatory organizations. The annual salary range for this position is $171,000.00-$285,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. What We Offer: Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
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US citizens onlyUS Citizenship and must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS PUBLIC TRUST

What you’ll work on

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  • Design and maintain logical and physical data models for analytics and AI

  • Define enterprise data architecture standards, patterns and best practices

  • Lead solution architecture for ingestion, transformation, storage and consumption

  • Support governance: metadata, data quality, lineage and stewardship

  • Partner with delivery teams to keep implementations architecturally aligned

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Design and maintain logical and physical data models supporting enterprise analytics and AI initiatives.
Define and oversee enterprise data architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.
Lead solution architecture for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers.
Support data governance initiatives including metadata management, data quality, lineage, and stewardship.
Partner with delivery teams during implementation to ensure architectural alignment and quality.

What you’ll bring

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Core experience

  • Experience designing data architectures in AWS and Snowflake environments.
  • Experience with data modeling (logical and physical) and enterprise data design.
  • Experience supporting data governance and stakeholder engagement activities.
  • Ability to work in a hybrid environment in the DC area.

Preferred experience

  • Experience supporting enterprise analytics or AI platforms.
  • Prior experience supporting financial services or regulatory organizations.
Qualification wording
Experience designing data architectures in AWS and Snowflake environments.
Experience with data modeling (logical and physical) and enterprise data design.
Experience supporting data governance and stakeholder engagement activities.
Ability to work in a hybrid environment in the DC area.
Experience supporting enterprise analytics or AI platforms.
Prior experience supporting financial services or regulatory organizations.
Education & alternatives
- US Citizenship and must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS "PUBLIC TRUST - Bachelor’s degree - TEN (10) or more years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or related technical roles.

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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- Lead solution architecture for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers. - Provide technical leadership across AWS and Snowflake data environments. - Support data governance initiatives including metadata management, data quality, lineage, and stewardship.
- TEN (10) or more years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or related technical roles. - Experience designing data architectures in AWS and Snowflake environments. - Experience with data modeling (logical and physical) and enterprise data design.
What Would Be Nice to Have - Certifications in Snowflake, AWS, or data architecture disciplines. - Experience supporting enterprise analytics or AI platforms.

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Demand for Data Leadership roles

New Data Leadership postings at the employers we follow are about the same over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.

Weekly new Data Leadership postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of November 2. The fewest in a week was 754, the most 1,166, and the latest week had 892.
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About the role

We file this job under Data Leadership, by the work the posting describes.

Data leaders run data teams or design how a company's data fits together. Managers hire, set priorities and answer for whether the data work pays off; architects choose the systems and the shape of the data.

Expect years of hands-on data work, experience leading people or projects, and the ability to explain tradeoffs to executives.

Unlike a senior engineer or analyst, most of a data leader's week goes to people, planning and decisions rather than building.

US government figures for computer and information systems managers

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$175,140
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
15.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for data leaders, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information systems managers, which includes data processing and data operations managers.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 11-3021.

Job description

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Job Family:

Data Science & Analysis


Travel Required:

Up to 10%


Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do

Guidehouse is seeking a Data Architect to design, implement, and govern enterprise data architectures that support analytics, reporting, and AI use cases. This role provides architectural leadership across data modeling, data engineering, and data governance, and works closely with cloud architects, engineers, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Design and maintain logical and physical data models supporting enterprise analytics and AI initiatives.
  • Define and oversee enterprise data architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.
  • Lead solution architecture for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers.
  • Provide technical leadership across AWS and Snowflake data environments.
  • Support data governance initiatives including metadata management, data quality, lineage, and stewardship.
  • Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable data architecture solutions.
  • Partner with delivery teams during implementation to ensure architectural alignment and quality.

What You Will Need

  • US Citizenship and must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS "PUBLIC TRUST
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • TEN (10) or more years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or related technical roles.
  • Experience designing data architectures in AWS and Snowflake environments.
  • Experience with data modeling (logical and physical) and enterprise data design.
  • Experience supporting data governance and stakeholder engagement activities.
  • Ability to work in a hybrid environment in the DC area.

What Would Be Nice to Have

  • Certifications in Snowflake, AWS, or data architecture disciplines.
  • Experience supporting enterprise analytics or AI platforms.
  • Prior experience supporting financial services or regulatory organizations.

The annual salary range for this position is $171,000.00-$285,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.


What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

  • Parental Leave

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan

  • Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

  • Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

  • Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

  • Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

  • Care.com annual membership

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com.  Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse.  Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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Prior experience supporting financial services or regulatory organizations. The annual salary range for this position is $171,000.00-$285,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. What We Offer: Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Location & working pattern

US - VA, McLean

- Experience supporting data governance and stakeholder engagement activities. - Ability to work in a hybrid environment in the DC area. What Would Be Nice to Have
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What You Will Need - US Citizenship and must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS "PUBLIC TRUST - Bachelor’s degree

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