Cloud Data Architect - AWS (TS/SCI Clearance Required)
About this role
Active TS clearance required; must be eligible for CI Polygraph. Applicants without an active TS clearance will not be considered..
North Point Technology is looking to hire a Data Architect to design and build classified data lake solutions within AWS classified (ADC) regions. The qualified candidate must have an active TS/SCI security clearance and will architect scalable, secure data platforms that turn diverse mission data into analytics-ready assets for the intelligence community. The ideal candidate has deep AWS data engineering expertise, a strong grasp of data governance and protection, and a drive to solve hard data problems at scale in support of the mission.
Responsibilities:
This position involves designing and implementing scalable data lake architectures on AWS - including S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation - within classified (ADC) regions. Duties include building ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest classified data from diverse sources such as databases, APIs, streaming, and flat files; architecting data governance frameworks for cataloging, lineage, access control, and classification/tagging aligned to IC data handling policies; implementing analytics and query layers with Athena, Redshift, and EMR in isolated environments; designing cross-domain data transfer workflows with appropriate security controls and approval mechanisms; and ensuring end-to-end data protection through FIPS-validated encryption, fine-grained access, compartmentalization, and audit logging.
Required Skills/Experience:
- Designing and implementing scalable data lake architectures using Amazon S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation
- Building ETL/ELT pipelines for data ingestion from diverse sources (databases, APIs, streaming, and flat files)
- Data governance implementation - cataloging, data lineage, access control, and classification/tagging
- Analytics and query layer development using Amazon Athena, Redshift, and EMR
- Data protection using FIPS-validated encryption, fine-grained access controls, and audit logging
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Hands-on experience within AWS classified (ADC) regions
- Cross-domain solution (CDS) and cross-domain data transfer workflow design
- Familiarity with IC data handling, classification/tagging, and compartmentalization policies
Qualifications:
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance
North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions! We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.
At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first! We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.
Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today!
For positions requiring a federal security clearance, your clearance level must be clearly identified on your resume.
Company at a glance
North Point Technology, LLC, was founded in 2002 by Lisa W. Lee and Robert P. Lee, with a basic mission to provide the highest-quality service possible in systems integration, automation engineering and industrial controls. The firm also offers proprietary software products, which allow our clients to optimize their industrial automation processes and implement the latest in systems engineering solutions at a fraction of the cost and time.
The firm is one of only a few systems integrators in the Northeastern U.S. which holds a Premier level of Certification in Ignition software by Inductive Automation.
We employ a staff of highly specialized engineers with expertise in a wide variety of industries and applications. Our business administration and operations staff have executive level experience with Fortune 500 corporations in high tech manufacturing and engineering. We value and promote hard work, ingenuity, creativity, strong client partnerships, and good business ethics.
North Point Technology is a business member of the Control Systems Integrators Association (CSIA) internationally, The Alliance for Manufacturing & Technology of the Southern Tier( AM&T), as well as The Greater Binghamton and Greater Syracuse Chambers of Commerce. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, a flexible and varied work environment, with challenging opportunities in the field of industrial automation and control systems engineering. We are growing with new office locations to support a diverse client base.
We serve clients across the United States and around the world, including Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, China, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
*North Point Technology, LLC is categorized as a Women Owned Business Enterprise(WBE) and a Small Business Enterprise.
The company holds WBE Certification with the City of Albany, New York.
Top Benefits
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- Flexible Work-life Balance
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