Principal Data Architect || Washington, DC local

[Sandy Mishra]

Principal Data Architect

Washington, DC -Hybrid -3 days onsite

Need Local Candidate
USC/GC only
Interview : 1 Video call
We can submit vendor candidate also

 

Must have 15+ Years of experience & Rail industry is highly preferred.

Job Description

Principal Data Architect to lead the strategic design and technical evolution of the Labor Management Operations ecosystem for a major rail transportation leader in Washington, DC. As a key technical authority with over 15 years of experience, you will bridge the gap between legacy mainframe environments and modern, near-real-time streaming architectures. You will be responsible for defining the overall information architecture, ensuring data integrity across a complex portfolio, and setting the enterprise standards for data modeling, API contracts, and security. This is a high-impact role that combines visionary architectural leadership with deep technical expertise in high-performance database tuning and event-driven systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Architectural Leadership: Lead the design and implementation of the technical information architecture for the Labor Management ecosystem, ensuring alignment with enterprise security and performance standards.
• Data Modeling: Create and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models, including standardized event schemas and API contracts.
• Modernization & Integration: Analyze legacy mainframe data systems to inform future-state migrations and develop high-performance pipelines for real-time data transformation and Change Data Capture (CDC).
• System Optimization: Perform advanced database programming and query tuning to maintain peak performance and verify data integrity across the portfolio.
• Governance & Standards: Establish and implement policies for database management, security, and utilization, contributing directly to the refinement of Enterprise Information Management (EIM) standards.
• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance, research new information technologies, and mentor engineering teams on best practices for information design and implementation.

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 15+ years of related work experience in Data Management, specifically within Labor and Transportation systems.
• Industry Knowledge: Previous experience in the Rail industry is highly preferred.
• Technical Mastery: Demonstrated expertise in Information Architecture, Data Modeling, and both Relational and NoSQL technologies.
• Modern Stack: Proficiency with streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kafka Schema Registry) and distributed systems architecture.
• Legacy Systems: Proven ability to navigate and extract value from legacy environments, including mainframe architectures.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field required; Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

 

 

 

Regards,

Sandy M | 1Point System LLC

Lead Technical Recruiter
• Email: sa...@1pointsys.com 

• Fax: 803-832-7973 • www.1pointsys.com
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