Senior Cloud Data Architect

Job Title: Senior Cloud Data Architect

Location: Reston

Clearance Requirement: Active TS Clearance with SCI eligibility with willingness to take a CI Poly

*Compensation Range: $120K - $182K

Join Plus3 IT Systems! We are at the forefront of cloud computing, providing comprehensive and cutting-edge solutions across a wide array of critical domains. But we don’t stop at implementing technology; we are trusted advisors, delivering expert analysis to fully understand our clients’ unique challenges and objectives. Our passion is all about empowering our customers to reach their strategic goals. This mission is fueled by our exceptional teams of innovative technology practitioners, who bring deep technical skills and an unwavering commitment to excellence. At Plus3 IT, we foster agile, collaborative processes, working together with our clients to ensure transparency, flexibility, and ultimately, their success in the cloud.

What You’ll Do:

• Collibra Architecture Management: Manage the Collibra architecture across FedRAMP, Development, Test, and Production environments. Create, modify, and delete asset types, attributes, and relationships across all 4 environments, ensuring synchronization as appropriate. Maintain allowable values for selection-based attributes across classified and unclassified environments, and develop clear, concise definitions for asset types, attributes, and relationships.
• Migration: Migrate asset types, attributes, relationships, dashboards, validations, groups, and roles between environments.
• Development & Validation: Develop groovy-based validation scripts for attributes and relationships to ensure completeness and accuracy of data entered via forms or manual entry. Perform functionality testing of new installations of Collibra across environments.
• Data Modeling: Develop and populate the meta-metadata model (MMDM) to enable mapping of Collibra asset types, attributes, and relationships to other systems (Xacta, Atlas, and MARS) as well as to documentation templates (DMP). Track the creation and modification of DDC assets, attributes, and relationships.
• Requirements & Workflows: Work with users and Metadata Managers to gather business requirements for Workflows and DDC modifications. Perform testing of workflows.
• Training: Develop and provide training and presentations to users and management regarding Collibra as implemented within the DIA.

Minimum Requirements:

• US Citizen
• 20 years of experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience)

Education & Experience

• Substitution: Degree levels reduce the total required years of experience according to the following schedule:
  • Doctoral Degree: Requires 10 years of experience (10 years credited)
  • Master's Degree: Requires 14 years of experience (6 years credited
  • Bachelor's Degree: Requires 16 years of experience (4 years credited)
  • Associate’s degree: Requires 18 years of experience (2 years credited)
  • High School Diploma / No Degree: Requires 20 years of experience

Certifications Needed: Security+

Preferred/Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of various development environments and languages (Java/Groovy/Python)
• Knowledge of Collibra or other Governance tools
• Knowledge of IC/DIA environment

What You’ll Love About Working at Plus3:

• Continuous Learning & AI Skilling: Up to $5,000 per year in dedicated Professional Development (PD) funds for certifications, degree programs, and self-directed technical exploration in emerging technologies.
  
• 100% Employer-Paid Healthcare: 100% company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance premiums for employees, accompanied by robust 401(k) matching.
• True Autonomy & Work-Life Balance:
  We empower our team to disconnect fully and recharge with flexible paid vacation and 11 paid holidays, trusting our people to manage their time so they can return and deliver their best work—a commitment reflected in our 100% favorable employee survey scores for work-life balance.
• Technical, Supportive Leadership:
  Work alongside intelligent, hands-on technical directors and team leads who stay ahead of industry advancements and are actively committed to expand your knowledge set, skills, and capabilities. Our leadership fosters a collaborative environment where you really have the opportunity to thrive and seek skill evolution.
• High-Impact Mission Focus: Solve meaningful engineering challenges that directly enhance critical national security capabilities and global outcomes.

EEO:
At Plus3 IT Systems, we believe our success is driven by the contributions of every employee. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we make employment decisions based solely on an individual’s qualifications, skills and merit, and without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact [email protected].

*Compensation: Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate's specific blend of experience, qualifications, and performance location. Salaries or compensation for part-time roles may be prorated or adjusted based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Benefits: Plus3 IT Systems offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including Employer-paid health, dental, vision, life, short/long term disability, contribution to health savings account, 401(k) matching, parental leave, flexible paid vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at.

Position: This is a full-time position and workdays are Monday through Friday. Specific work hours are established with Team Lead. Work location may vary, including onsite requirements which are outlined in the requirements and confirmed with Team Lead.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to view a computer screen, type/operate standard office equipment, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk (including walking to and between client sites as required), and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.